Study finds that overseas scholars in former communist countries work there not out of deliberate choice but often due to ‘happenstance’, love or to escape poor job prospects at home
THE’s data editor Simon Baker explains how he used student population and general election data to make some poll predictions for the 2019 General Election
The first black leader of an Oxbridge college on the need for careers-based initiatives for students, the joys of parenthood and seeking out moments of calm
Proposals include new job classifications, a rolling back of metrics, and shorter publication lists in a bid to end excessive ‘emphasis on research performance’
Conservatives’ intense scepticism about the value of expanded higher education set against Labour’s attack on ‘failed free-market experiment’, as differing philosophies underlie pledges
Growing numbers of academics struggle to combine work and personal care responsibilities, according to research by Marie-Pierre Moreau, who explains how universities can help