Academic life

Avoid mentioning a female panellist’s looks and remember that her marital status is about as relevant as her favourite Muppet, says Janina Dill

With PhD students now presenting doctoral findings in the form of a cabaret or video documentary, is it time to ditch the thesis and viva? asks Jack Grove

Radical action to erase disparity comes as new figures show lingering gender pay deficit across UK universities

With earnings inequality inflaming industrial unrest over pay, figures show most salaries are relatively static while top staff get more

Friendships can blossom naturally between scholars and students, but are they always problematic? Nina Kelly navigates the boundaries

UCU leader will tell congress that docked salaries should be handed to student hardship funds

Do people fear the menace of 'transient academics', or is it just more scholarly infighting? Gerard Kelly writes

Move to axe 14 per cent of workforce branded ‘devastating’, but v-c insists change needed

The UK’s leading role in shaping the future of science would be lost if voters choose to leave research ‘superpower’, pro-Remain voices warn

Sally Tomlinson has seen much during her many doctoral examinations, from supervisors left literally holding the baby to the first Bedouin woman in Jordan to gain a PhD

Brazil dominates the list of Latin America’s best universities as judged by Times Higher Education’s Academic Reputation Survey

Being sick threatens employability, legacy and self-image. Two recent victims of stroke and cancer tell their tales

After failing to be shortlisted for several jobs, a black British lecturer decided to apply to universities using a ‘whitened name’

Does flexible working benefit universities as well as individuals? Jack Grove reports

Two-day walkout follows offer branded an 'insult' by the UCU, but employers claim strike will have 'no to low impact'

Fears that Britain will leave the EU are deterring academics from taking up posts at UK universities, says Universities UK president Dame Julia Goodfellow

It might sound obvious, but a closer relationship with students is the best way to ensure harmony on campus, says Keith Burnett

Interactive tool allows you to benchmark your vice-chancellor’s pay against key information sets

Being open about failure is one thing, but we must also look at how we define success, says Shahidha Bari

Universities should take responsibility for the betterment of society, says Michael Crow

Steph Wright wonders if it is better to speak your mind or to hold your tongue

Pressure to publish can lead to unethical behaviour, writes Athene Donald

Why one academic takes her students to Dharavi, a large slum in Mumbai, to teach drama

Legal battle overturned landmark ruling that may have led to routine disclosure of senior staff salaries

An academic who takes students from the UK to Mumbai to lead a community theatre programme tells Chris Parr how the project affects all who take part

Specialist language in scientific literature can put people off. Doctoral candidate Michelle Reeve asks: is it really necessary?

Scholars should cheer up and learn to take the rough with the smooth, says John Tregoning

University revises policy after backlash from academics

By some measures, universities are wonderfully accommodating workplaces for gays and lesbians. Six academics give us their perspective

Academic precarity is a special kind of ‘torture’, observes Siobhan O'Dwyer, but scholarly life is not all doom and gloom

Twitter may be a medium for academic vanity, but it also serves some very useful scholarly purposes, argues Les Back

To aid non-traditional students, David Burns built a ‘Spoc’, a digital course where an academic is always on call

How can it be that experienced, full-time lecturers teaching huge classes at Canadian universities can be on such low salaries that they officially qualify as “poor”?, asks Andrew W. Robinson

Planning, personal connections and relentless self-promotion could just unlock the largesse of the masses, says Glen Wright

Richard Budd mulls the logic of giving money to your alma mater

Producing ‘real’ books builds academics’ collective public presence, and it is also the most irresistible scholarly challenge, says Ödül Bozkurt

UPP Foundation will seek to invest money in areas such as access and retention for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Amid all the events to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Peter J. Smith contemplates our appetite for everything – and anything – to do with the Bard

The impulse to make things relevant is not always facile, says Shahidha Bari

During a bout of severe depression, a professor in the US was admitted to a secure hospital unit. He writes here of his experiences