Is your university staff profile putting off PhD applicants?
To attract PhD students, advisers must portray competence and warmth. Ben Marder and Sebastian Oliver explain how to optimise your staff profile
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V-cs fear more delays to full reopening of English campuses
Universities UK and Russell Group push for all students to return from 12Â April amid concern that it could be pushed back to mid-May
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University helps ‘even out’ earnings gaps between ethnic groups
Latest analysis of English graduate earnings still finds large ‘unexplained’ differences in salaries Â
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Universities are key to city centre survival post-Covid
As physical retail declines, universities can keep high streets vibrant by moving into vacated shops, says Matthew AndrewsÂ
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Political hurdles for more Australian research grants
Research projects examining humanitarian crises and school inequality the latest to come under a cloud
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University pledges action after senior officer’s fraud conviction
Nick Welch, chief operating officer at Arts University Bournemouth, found to have conned the British army out of private school fees
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Academics want greater recognition for team efforts in research
Concern that Covid and award incentives deter scholars from pooling their skills
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No black applicants for some Royal Society grants for three years
Analysis highlights ‘unacceptable’ disparities in racial representation in UK science
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Café Europa Revisited: How to Survive Post-communism, by Slavenka Drakulić
Kristen Ghodsee applauds a journalist’s essay collection that offers sharp insights into post-communist eastern Europe
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UK seals first European transnational education deal post-Brexit
Agreement with Greece’s Education Ministry will facilitate academic collaboration with country’s state university sector
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Japan University Rankings 2021: results announced
Students are reporting higher levels of engagement, despite Covid-19, while traditional university hierarchy further erodes
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Japan University Rankings 2021 table information
The Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings 2021 methodology explores four key areas: Resources Does the university have the capacity to deliver teaching effectively? The resources area...
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Equality law threatens US religious colleges’ public funding
Rising public support for barring discrimination against LGBTQ people
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Universities as neighbours: close collaborators or fierce rivals?
Some of the world’s leading universities appear to benefit from having another top-ranked institution in their backyard
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In the age of Google, why are we still so focused on testing facts?
New assessment strategies are required to promote the types of learning needed in the 21st century, says Danny Oppenheimer