Career advice: how to choose the right candidate for the job
Our experts reveal how they seek to choose the right person for the job when faced with a pile of flawless CVs and glowing references

Our experts reveal how they seek to choose the right person for the job when faced with a pile of flawless CVs and glowing references

A leading expert on applying IT within the cultural sector has died

We talk about armed police, rowing and challenging stereotypes with the first police officer to head an Oxbridge college

Scholars gathering to celebrate work of Gareth Williams debate contrasting visions of the future of the university

President of VU Amsterdam says it is not enough for institutions merely to say they are valuable

King鈥檚 College London聽professor and member of House of Lords says England 'extraordinary' in world terms for 'one-size-fits-all' emphasis on universities

Lengthy titles of journal papers are a turn-off for fellow academics and lead to fewer citations, claims new analysis聽

PA Consulting survey finds vice-chancellors worrying over 鈥榖arrage鈥 of policy changes that will lead to 鈥榞olden age鈥 of stability being lost

Book of the week: From the black stuff to books, who gets the goods in a sharing and streaming era? asks Paul Bernal

Saikat Majumdar looks at how public universities and liberal arts education in India still bear the marks of colonialism

Directly linking non-EU recruitment to award levels in teaching assessment has also been under consideration, sources suggest

BRICS and MINTs, move over for the TACTICS 鈥 Thailand, Argentina, Chile, Turkey, Iran, Colombia and Serbia. Ellie聽Bothwell on a group that could grow into star players in global higher education

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media

Prime minister pledges 鈥渞eal terms increases鈥 in investment and new fund to back emerging technology

Other nations鈥 approaches to universities on visas may help to guide UK