UK universities are not obstacles the government needs to overcome
The pandemic experience shows universities of all kinds are willing to be partners for policy delivery, says Debra Humphris
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More strike action over USS pension cuts ‘odds-on’
UCU negotiator says UUK’s latest proposals are unlikely to win support
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Research intelligence: how to support black postgraduate students
UK academia’s champion for black postgraduate students, Anne-Marie Imafidon, and others explain how scholars can help diversify graduate education
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Glasgow School of Art rapped on standards and student experience
Director promises action as QAA says prestigious institution failing to meet sector standards and struggling to adapt to Covid-19
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‘Inaction’ on rolling back Trump-era immigration rules criticised
Foreign students, mostly from Asia, ‘will simply go elsewhere’ if Biden doesn’t act soon
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Biden proposes 40Â per cent budget boost for education
Higher education priorities include racial and economic diversity, and science
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Books interview: Kristin Swenson
The religious studies professor on her early love of ‘contrarian kids’, biblical wordplay and the ‘fruitful’ conversation between religion and science
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Number of researchers submitted to REF up 46 per cent on 2014
More than 76,000 academics at 157 universities participating in research evaluation
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Scottish funding debate ‘needed but won’t come before election’
Scottish Parliament poll will see consensus on fee-free HE and may leave universities looking towards independence implications
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Elite US universities boast record applications – and rejections
Ivy League and peers pull further away from competition, but there may still be hope for students from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Rethinking institutional processes is boring – but the results are liberating
Minor tweaks to repetitive tasks can free up hundreds of hours of academic time for better things, says Andy Grayson
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In year like no other, Queensland fortifies its Future Fund
Australian university shrugs off Covid’s financial wrecking ball and even manages to bolster its insurance against future ‘shocks’
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Liberal academics should be wary of ‘caricaturing’ rightwingers
Social media may mute moderate voices, but that is no reason for researchers to presume they don’t exist, argues Duke expert in polarisation
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The removal of foreign scrutiny will worsen Pakistan’s PhD supervision
Poor incentives and oversight mean too many doctoral supervisors are unqualified or negligent, say Mehvish Riaz and Muhammad Rizwan Riaz
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UAE looks to increase demand for science among industry
Minister says a new strategy and government restructure will ensure a continuous push towards a ‘robust science and technology ecosystem’ in the Emirates