Stanford Marriage Pact finds students keen on romantic assistance
Isolation and anxieties of Covid and Trump eras drive campus matchmaking model, and possible reinforcement of elite

Isolation and anxieties of Covid and Trump eras drive campus matchmaking model, and possible reinforcement of elite

Search for wider solutions must continue while Berlin’s postdoc contract law faces judicial scrutiny, experts say

Higher education must double down on the liberal education values of interdisciplinarity, experiential learning and critical thinking, says Eric Skipper

Union updates guidance to branches that also calls for ‘high quality’ face masks to be made available to staff

End of negotiations echoes events of 2008, when union was floated and then dropped

Facing lower tolerance for free speech, academics and students share their approaches on retaining autonomy and avoiding unwanted scrutiny

Selective institutions more likely to show their favouritism publicly, study finds

Former director of fair access Chris Millward says government move to cut university places ‘serious prospect’ but unlikely to succeed

Researchers say study adds to ‘growing body of evidence’ on poor mental well-being for doctoral students

The UK minister’s demand that universities stick to face-to-face lectures is a step backwards for education, says Wendy Garnham

Biden team aims to block Trump-era political interference in research findings, although its top adviser faces her own such questions

Lawsuit brought by five former students of 16 top-ranked institutions alleges costly violation of limited federal exemption for coordinating scholarship packages

Major union win includes access to arbitration or mediation on discrimination and harassment complaints

Review recommends end of prison education programme following ‘unimaginable grief’ caused by 2019 killings of two delegates

Covid and public funding cuts hit London arts institution, while union also criticises new bank covenants