Researcher, coach, mentor: the task of the PhD supervisor
Good PhD supervision is life-changing 鈥 and not only for the few who succeed in making it as researchers
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Letters 鈥 18 April 2019
Willetts鈥 warning on salary data rings hollow What David Willetts proposes in his article warning against using graduate salary data as a basis for university funding, 鈥淵ou are what you earn?鈥 (...
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Fourth Degree by Laurie Taylor 鈥 18 April 2019
All campus life is here
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Big tech funding AI ethics research to 鈥榙elay and avoid鈥 regulation
Philosopher聽calls on universities to take AI debate 鈥榦ut of the hands of the industry鈥 and end 鈥榚thics washing鈥
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THE Africa Universities Forum 2019 heads to Johannesburg
Event will include discussion on聽how diversification of the African academy can prepare graduates for the future
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The week in higher education 鈥 18 April 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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A Light in Dark Times: The New School for Social Research and Its University in Exile, by Judith Friedlander
Book of the week: Samantha Hill considers the first century of a pioneering institution whose history can still inspire us today
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The four-day week: will it catch on in academia?
Some聽institutions now follow聽the model, but experts question whether it will聽benefit a sector where聽24/7 culture is ingrained
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Books editor鈥檚 blog: scholarly territoriality
Matthew Reisz considers academic聽protectionism
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US 鈥榝ree college鈥 clashes key to Democratic presidential race
Fractures emerge between Democratic candidates 鈥 but they, and even Republicans, actually share broad concerns on affordability
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Research intelligence: how to prepare for a doctoral viva
Pam Denicolo, Dawn Duke and Julie Reeves聽answer some of the most common questions preoccupying doctoral candidates about the biggest day of their career to date
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Sydel Silverman, 1933-2019
Anthropologist who stood up for her discipline remembered
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Interview with Dawn Freshwater
The Group of Eight chair on serendipity,聽widening access and why running marathons is a metaphor for almost everything