Excessively diverted
Jo Johnson, the universities and science minister, and Lord Adonis, the former education minister, have criticised the high salaries of vice-chancellors, suggesting that this is unacceptable in the...
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What Plan B?
I聽envy those who have the option of leaving academia (鈥淰ocation, vexation, salvation鈥, Features, 13 July). Women are often more able to make this move than men, but I鈥檓 the breadwinner.聽 I聽was...
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Does not translate
I聽have always found Felipe Fern谩ndez-Armesto鈥檚 opinions stimulating, not least because I聽am often in disagreement, at least partially, with them. In 鈥淭ranslation: steer clear鈥 (Opinion, 13 July), I聽...
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Who should have the final say on vice-chancellors鈥 pay?
Amid fresh criticism of executive remuneration, perhaps universities need to rethink the issue of vice-chancellors鈥 salaries
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Russia presses ahead with thousands of science job cuts
Forty per cent of state-funded student places to be axed also
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Trump鈥檚 historically black colleges initiative runs into trouble
US president struggling to find executive director for scheme, according to reports
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Anglo-Australian alliance nets first science PhD
Monash-Warwick Alliance graduate researched chemistry PhD in England and Australia
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Letting in disadvantaged students with lower grades doesn鈥檛 always help
Helping students into 鈥榯ougher鈥 universities means that they are statistically more likely to drop out, says Huw Owen
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Australia: minister attacks 鈥榓larmist鈥 opposition to HE reforms
Simon Birmingham claims that universities can achieve 鈥榚conomies of scale鈥 to deal with funding cuts聽
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Controversial head of French research agency resigns
Low grant success rates, a shrinking budget and concerns over evaluations preceded departure
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Malawi government proposes new body to weed out fake degrees
Former education minister says government will table bill for creation of new degree standardising body
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UK university pension scheme deficit widens to 拢12.6 billion
鈥楧rastic action鈥 required to fix multibillion-pound shortfall in Universities Superannuation Scheme, expert warns
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Scholars still using new technology 鈥榯o do the same damn thing鈥
Digital humanities pioneer Gregory Crane argues academics are failing to fully utilise the new tools of scholarship