‘Simpler systems’ needed to solve underpayments, says Monash v-c
Unions and management should strike ‘grand bargain’ to resolve issue that ‘casts a shadow’ over the sector, says outgoing leader
Unions and management should strike ‘grand bargain’ to resolve issue that ‘casts a shadow’ over the sector, says outgoing leader
Historian vice-chancellor Evelyn Welch has faced criticism for marking final-year dissertations personally
The route will ease the staffing crisis by widening access, but apprentices will have to pass the same professional exams as everyone else, says Nichola Hay
Our report suggests the discipline is struggling in the UK amid low funding and methodological clashes, say four academics
Academics question whether two new institutions are needed in a system already facing growing pains
Ministers’ metric-based boasts about the country’s scientific prowess are belied by the reality, as a recent incident illustrates, says Roohola Ramezani
Revenue and visa applications reach record levels, but have not yet translated into record student numbers
Branches across the UK aim to disrupt open days and graduations with fresh round of action as tensions rise
Walter Rosenthal aims to use German Rectors’ Conference presidency to find common ground between applied science and traditional universities
Centre-periphery model of higher education ‘already obsolete’, with strong research output from a growing number of nations, scholar tells Boston conference
Australian government advised to ban agents from taking commission for recruiting foreign students already in country and to ‘link’ visas to institutions
Outrage at cases of falsely claimed Native identities is fuelled by the conflation of positionality with academic merit, says Jonathan Zimmerman
When she was BBC Newsnight’s top booker, Sam McAlister persuaded Prince Andrew to give his infamous interview about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. She tells Jack Grove how academics can avoid...
With a UK general election potentially less than a year away, there is no better time for academics to influence political thinking, says ex-MP Natascha Engel
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