Real challenge from an outside expert can propel valuable change, but do external examiners still provide a valuable critical eye for the marketised UK university sector? Six scholars offer their...
Book of the week: the relationship between two continental powers was far from one-sided, finds Joan-Pau Rubiés
Latest Ucas figures show almost a quarter of 18-year-olds got at least one offer of a university place that did not depend on their upcoming results
Experts predict ripple effect from ruling against Canadian university
The leader of the Fulbright Commission talks about reporting to the US State Department, shunning specialisms and the importance of confidence
There’s no better way for the UK to show its collegial spirit to the EU than through a commitment to student mobility, similar to what Australia and New Zealand enjoy, says David PhoenixÂ
Leading a university seminar for the first time can be an intimidating prospect. Here, three PhD students offer some advice for those preparing for the new academic year
Mobile students would face same costs as local learners post-Brexit under MillionPlus proposal
Pay deals in student accommodation bring claims ‘huge salaries are being funded by public money and student debt’
Funding will support Lancaster to develop curriculum for Manchester-based University Academy 92
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Pakistani lecturers and students tend to be similar in age, which makes romances inevitable. Universities must do more to raise awareness of the potential fallout of such relationships, say Abur...
Seekers of dispassionate truth may be irritated by the moral passion of the likes of Dostoevsky, Zola and Chekhov, but it is a much stronger influence on public opinion, says David Aberbach Â