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Further walkouts would target exam period between April and June

Latest Hesa data reveal big jump in staff with a doctorate, although numbers remain static at some institutions

USS dispute has also revealed deep divides among vice-chancellors on way forward for the sector, experts say

Universities need to confront, rather than ignore, uncomfortable questions about the worth of higher education to be in with a fighting chance

Vice-chancellor convenes special council meeting after academics vote overwhelmingly to change institution’s stance

UCU estimates that most UK higher education institutions use hourly paid teachers for between 15 and 40 per cent of their teaching, with an average of 27 per cent

Negotiations between UUK and UCU due to resume on 6 March

Uncertainty over the future of 18 per cent contributions is hampering negotiations, argue Jon Forster, Graham Niblo and James Vickers

Talks at mediation service Acas planned as strike action at UK universities enters fifth day

Universities UK concedes that it might ‘have not considered every possible angle’, as strike action continues

Staff at 65 universities walk out over changes to Universities Superannuation Scheme

Academics do not want to damage students' education but strike action is the only option left to protect pensions, says Sam Marsh

Teaching would improve if all scholars were required to undertake regular secondments in industry, says Cecilia Chan

Lawrence Bacow’s appointment at Harvard sparks discussion about the ‘greying’ of college leadership

Academics warned they could face salary deductions for failing to reschedule lectures or cover for colleagues

Despite fears that a new generation of graduates will find themselves serving coffee, Germany’s university leavers have fitted successfully into the economy, analysis finds

No sign of deal between UCU and vice-chancellors on eve of industrial action

Majority say they will support their lecturer if they walk out, but two-thirds concerned about impact on education

Claudia Pama launches campaign calling on research bodies to introduce proper sick pay provision

Survey of German professors finds US-based doctoral candidates favoured over counterparts in Singapore or Vietnam

THE survey reveals how work pressures shape researchers’ decisions around relationships and family

Times Higher Education’s first major global survey of university staff views on work-life balance finds academics feeling stressed and underpaid, and struggling to fit time for personal relationships and family around their ever-growing workloads. Ellie Bothwell reports

Generous leave packages used as a strategy to retain top female researchers in elite institutions, study suggests

Suspension is a legal and emotional minefield that can blow up in managers’ faces, says a wrongfully suspended scholar 

Universities pay only for direct teaching time, making effective hourly pay derisory, union claims

In survey of 15,000 university staff, just 2.6 per cent supported the government’s higher education policies

David Pitt-Watson and Hari Mann believe there could be a way to settle the ongoing pensions row amicably

Programme aimed at empowering women, used in more than 35 universities, ‘unfit for an academic institution’

Walkouts at 61 universities set to go ahead as chair’s casting vote backs UUK reforms

Fourteen days of strike action set to begin on 22 February if talks fail, affecting 61 universities

‘Trained observers’ can help selection committees stamp out implicit bias against women, Europe’s biggest highest education institutions say

Senior academics express fears for younger colleagues as strike deadline looms

Jordanian-established institution has fallen short of recruitment expectations

University staff in both sectors also report deteriorating workplace conditions

Scholars claim dean-elect is unfit for office after publishing articles in journals found on Jeffrey Beall’s blacklist

Sir David Eastwood earns £90,000 as USS chair, while Dame Glynis Breakwell gets £50,000

The past year has seemed one of almost daily shocks and surprises for higher education, which THE has divulged, documented and dissected

Interventions such as women-only fellowships have improved gender balance – but some professoriates are still more than 85 per cent male

Chris Parr reveals the 25 Times Higher Education stories that received the most views during the last 12 months

Group CEO of the Universities Superannuation Scheme Bill Galvin outlines the processes and procedures involved in the pension scheme valuation

University management ‘actively misled’ union representatives and wanted to keep members ‘in the dark’, tribunal rules

With women still under-represented at the top levels of research, some see the rise of more explicit ‘affirmative action’ on gender becoming more common

Garlanded Yorkshire institution denies claims that cuts are related to financial pressures or research ambitions

Union says teaching will not resume until additional funding has arrived in university accounts

Sally Hunt offers three ways to fix the proposed USS pension reforms

Plans would ‘devastate’ members’ pensions, warns UCU after actuarial analysis

Police crack down on academics for delivering external lectures and supervising exams and PhDs at other universities, saying it breaks work permit rules

Hilary Benn also suggests that UK’s future in Horizon 2020 is not necessarily contingent on free movement

UCU says move will 'raise further questions about the priorities of senior managers'

University and College Union will ballot members on a national walkout over plans to move staff to defined contribution pension scheme

University and College Union warns Russell Group institution will struggle to raise teaching quality while cutting jobs

Broad-brush efforts to support female and ethnic minority academics will not address ‘multidimensional inequality’, says Warwick professor

Tipping point likely to be between 2020 and 2025, new demographic analysis suggests

Universities not doing enough to protect staff from harm, researchers say

In-depth examination of researchers’ career paths suggests few adhere to long-held stereotype that the young publish more

The entrepreneur and philanthropist on not going to university, student start-up mistakes and Brexit

Leading higher education professionals heading for executive teams of Australian universities

Lagging degree attainment leads to Latinos becoming stuck in middle-wage tiers of labour market, says study

Education minister sees break from Spain as a path to more ‘competition and excellence’ in hiring, firing and leadership

Jessica Johnson on the challenges of arranging maternity cover