Platform offers scholars a way of building a profile and livelihood away from universities, but what makes a successful Substacker, and is there really room for everyone?
Scientists involved in road-blocking and invading private jet terminals say they’ve lost out on promotions and been reported by students but others cite their protests in grant applications as forms of research output
Such talk replaces pride of place with ‘know your place’. But if you want to see levelling up made flesh, come and meet our graduates, says John Raftery
With a UK general election potentially less than a year away, there is no better time for academics to influence political thinking, says ex-MP Natascha Engel
As Australia and Canada lead the overall table, THE data show universities worldwide grappling with the affordable housing crisis and demands to divest away from fossil fuels
Rare involvement of learned academy in establishing ‘reasonable doubt’ over child murder conviction paves way for mechanisms to forestall future injustices
Post-industrial regions the world over are pinning their hopes on universities to reboot them as prosperous innovation economies. But questions remain about the depth and breadth of the high-tech dividend. John Morgan travels to Pennsylvania to examine the acclaimed example of Pittsburgh
Better alignment of pay and benefits, working cultures and expectations will clear the way for research to have impact, say nine Future Leaders fellows
UK sector retains positive reputation among general public as a whole, but authors of report caution over increasingly negative views among parts of population
Casual encounters are a chance to correct the public's irritating assumption that political science is all about elections, says Christopher Hallenbrook
