John Krumboltz, 1928-2019
Tributes paid to psychologist who put counselling on a scientific footing
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Managing out the geniuses will end in dismal mediocrity
Promotion criteria requiring top researchers to also be good teachers and managers undermine the nature of universities, says Andrew Oswald
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Latin America tipped as potential branch campus growth region
US universities are opening outposts in the region to capitalise on untapped market and skirt barriers created by the Trump administration
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Students compensated over ‘dangerous’ teaching on safety master’s
South Wales lecturer shared incorrect advice on issues such as electrical safety, fire doors, and indoor barbecues
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Employability is an ethical issue
Universities in most nations are now obliged to prioritise graduate career prospects, but how it should be approached depends on your view of the meaning of education. Academics need to think that...
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Are branch campuses withering?
Overseas branch campuses have mushroomed in the past two decades, but with the risks larger than initially assumed and the returns less certain, stories of abandoned ventures have begun to mount....
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Interview with Mary Fulbrook
The Wolfson History Prize winner talks about her work on the failure to bring to justice the perpetrators of Nazi atrocities, and the connection between her family history and research
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Leadership intelligence: can theatre academics guide HEÂ managers?
Teesside’s Leading Roles project uses stage techniques to train university staff in handling ‘challenging conversations’ and conflict, write Sharon Paterson, Paul Hessey and Mike Rogers
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Minister hopes for ‘significant uplift’ in QR funding next year
Chris Skidmore tells peers he hopes for announcement soon but acknowledges that UK is ‘in a very strange place politically’
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Nature Index 2019: small institutes shine in new slant on ranking
Large universities drop down list looking at high quality research once overall natural science output is taken into account
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Call for UK to underwrite Horizon Europe bids as deadline nears
Director of Universities UK International says some institutions have modelled falls in EU student enrolment of up to 80 per cent
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Harvard coach house sale draws federal admissions probe
Similar to broader scandal, case raises question of sports coach allegedly aiding applicants
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Teaching excellence framework (TEF) 2019: results announced
Staffordshire and University for the Creative Arts secure gold, but Sheffield stays on silver
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Oxford receives £150 million gift to study humanities and AI
Donation from philanthropist Stephen Schwarzman is institution’s ‘largest since the Renaissance’
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Global poll shows only 18 per cent have high trust in scientists
Based on survey of more than 140,000 people, Wellcome Global Monitor finds affluent respondents are more likely to be positive about science