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New research identifies the formula for winning a student-led teaching prize

Study finds general management skills are valued more in education pro vice-chancellors than pedagogic expertise

Royal Academy of Engineering drive to link advancement to good teaching could be a better way to drive up standards than the TEF

Jenny Pickerill explains how she balances her workload

Employers make final offer for 2018-19

Women are less likely to become principal investigators than equally qualified male scientists, Yale University researchers claim

Study suggests doctorates are now seen as a test of character rather than intellect

The dawn of the digital age means universities must rethink how they respond to negative headlines, according to a new book

Universities should emulate the private sector in a positive way by eliminating costly duplication, says a worker in professional services

Converting the USS into a defined contributions scheme could give younger academics a bigger pension pot, argues David Voas 

But male researchers with small children get a boost, study of academics at Italian university finds

Professional doctorates offer a more useful, less stressful but no less rigorous alternative to the moribund PhD, says Richard Willis

Sophie Inge speaks to two sets of job-sharers about the pros and cons of dividing an academic role

Publish before your viva, distinguish opportunities from time-drains and have a strong online profile, says Helen Coleman

Parochialism makes sense from a career point of view, but is disastrous for public discourse, say Cynthia Miller-Idriss and Mitchell L. Stevens

People must be treated fairly, but endless box-ticking is not the way to ensure this, say Roger Watson and David Thompson

Detail, clarity and a constructive approach: all these are key to a helpful review, writes Sophie Inge

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

Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa urge academics to leave their ‘fixed mindsets’ behind if they want their careers to flourish

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

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

In an increasingly competitive publishing environment, responding effectively to criticism is key to getting published, says Robert MacIntosh

The brains behind some of higher education’s most successful public relations drives share the secrets of their trade

There are numerous survival guides for doctoral students, but much less advice on how to supervise PhD candidates. Robert MacIntosh offers some tips on becoming an effective supervisor

Rogier Creemers advises early career academics to be ruthless and put themselves first to move up the ladder

Minimum compliance with publication requirements is the best recipe for job satisfaction, says Mike Marinetto

From faculty meetings to exam boards, research committees to staff-student liaison panels, meetings are a regular feature of university life. Robert MacIntosh explains how to chair them

Editing an academic journal is a vital and rewarding task, but also time-consuming and often frustrating. Current and former editors advise would-be gatekeepers on why you'll need the skills of a ringmaster – and more

Male academics two and a half times more likely to speak up, as women cite lack of confidence and ‘intimidating’ speakers

In the rivalry to make the next scientific breakthrough, collaboration is key. But the UK’s post-Brexit course only undermines its competitive standing

Sally Everett explains how her institution used low-cost and creative measures to transform its support services

Academia often treats leavers as failures, but some of our smartest scholars are starting to see walking away as liberation, writes Inger Mewburn

Library staff should think in terms of the whole university if they want to advance, Sconul report says

The most effective institutions in ‘oiling elite trajectories’ are now universities, not schools, find Sam Friedman and Aaron Reeves 

Junior researchers being ‘held back’ by the ordering of names on joint papers, study finds

Robert MacIntosh explains how academics should tackle their first university administrative role

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

Leading higher education professionals heading for executive teams of Australian universities

Josiah Marineau on the importance of giving a purpose to students’ passion

Focusing on your own priorities makes it possible to enjoy an easier and more productive working life, says Mark Reed

After this year’s laureates were announced, 50 winners share the secrets of their success

Pragya Agarwal considers what aspiring doctoral students can do to make their application stand out from the rest

Publishing is part of the academic game, says Mike Smith, so you’d better get good at it 

Quiet acceptance of accent discrimination damages efforts to make classrooms more inclusive, says Katerina Loukopoulou

Is your resolution for the new academic year to publish more? Here, 16 scholars give advice on pitching, editing and writing – and dealing with negative peer reviews

Adam Szetela has been speaking to some high profile scholars about how to write well, and this is what he found out

Studies from industry and academia show there are significant benefits to incentivising supportive behaviour, says Theo Gilbert

Salary transparency can promote equality but also tends to foment jealousy and strife among academic staff, as Adrian Furnham has seen at first hand

Many researchers also ‘harbour unrealistic expectations’ about academic careers

Leru says that commission’s focus should be on improving scholars’ employment prospects

Pragya Agarwal explains how lecturers can support first-year students as they make the transition to the self-directed learning required at university

US physician also tells summit that, while governments change, ‘science goes on’

Metric on self-referencing could provide ‘truer’ citation data, say researchers

Spreading the word on social media about research can help academics get ahead, but is it too much of a distraction, asks Brooke Erin Duffy

Andrew Southgate and Rob Turner offer some tips on organising a study-abroad trip following a visit to a Japanese university

Many UK doctoral students view professional development as a ‘distraction’ or a ‘waste of time’, says study

Emily McIntosh and David Grey offer advice on rediscovering a ‘lost art’

Without more research funding, senior Indonesian academics are unlikely to be able to meet new government-imposed publication standards, says Martin Surya Mulyadi

Discipline at ‘critical point’ in UK as universities struggle to replace retiring staff, says report led by Newcastle vice-chancellor

How can higher education prepare students for jobs that do not even exist yet? asks Christina Slade