Omnicrisis? Or just business as usual?
For UK universities, there seems to be an endless flow of crises to be overcome. But what if this is not just a tough spell, but the new normal?
For UK universities, there seems to be an endless flow of crises to be overcome. But what if this is not just a tough spell, but the new normal?
THE questionnaire explores whether half-empty classrooms are the new normal, and what students and academics really think of in-person and online teaching
While a weaker measure than the autumn semester, data amplify concerns that higher education’s loss of value may reflect more than just Covid
Eight-year average ‘feels about right’ given need to get to know institutions and form strategies, says Hepi director
Wavering Chinese demand has driven a dive into south Asia, where unwary recruiters ‘get burned’
Job and course cuts in England bring concern on impact of ministerial pressure, plus warnings that universities are ‘lazily misusing’ cost-of-living crisis
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Following ministerial orders, England’s independent regulator will look at business and management courses, including online provision
Ucas also forecasts continued dominance of China among overseas applicants
Even universities in the hermit kingdom largely cut themselves off from the rest of the world. Yet those few Westerners with direct experience of them suggest that while critical inquiry is...
The historian discusses ‘glimpsing the nightmares’ of early colonial Americans in his Wolfson prize-nominated book on witchcraft, and why he took early retirement from academia
The next exercise should clarify its purpose and language, relax its disciplinary focus and refine research culture, says James Wilsdon
Smile you’re being watched: What is academic life in North Korea really like?
Protesters who disrupted gender theory book talk accuse university of ‘repression’ after criminal complaint lodged
SOAS director says he’s seen little evidence colleagues are prepared to confront ‘difficult questions’ of African brain drain and ‘unequal’ relationships with institutions in the developing world