Academics fear loss of sector research under OfS regime
Unclear whether new regulator will maintain programme that informs English higher education policy
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Female academics told image more important than quality of work
Programme aimed at empowering women, used in more than 35 universities, ‘unfit for an academic institution’
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Want your students to think creatively? Teach them at lunchtime
Experiment finds groups of students came up with twice as many ideas in classes around midday
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Strikes on as USS talks fail to end pensions dispute
Walkouts at 61 universities set to go ahead as chair’s casting vote backs UUK reforms
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Australian minister expresses concern over v-c salaries
Average salary of university leader in country stands at A$890,000 (£509,000)
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THE Asia University Rankings 2018: methodology
The 2018 regional rankings use ÌÇÐÄVlog’s tried and tested methodology to scrutinise Asia
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China embraces research competition in drive for greatness
World’s biggest university investment programme will award billions of dollars using a new internal competition for quality-related funding, say experts
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Study challenges claims that v-c salaries are 'out of kilter'
Analysis of public sector pay claims that university leaders are paid ‘well below’ those in similar leadership positions
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Academic freedom in Hong Kong 'under threat'
New report highlights growing crackdown on dissident academics and increased political interference in campus affairs
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Further evidence of waning international enrolments in US
National Science Foundation report says overseas undergraduate recruitment is down 2.2 per cent, with a 5.5 per cent drop at postgraduate level
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UK university staff vote to strike over USS pension reforms
Fourteen days of strike action set to begin on 22 February if talks fail, affecting 61 universities
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Confusion over Office for Students' role endangers sector
Muddled thinking behind the creation of the new Office for Students risks damaging the UK's world-class universities, says Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
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NHS crisis puts nurse training efforts in spotlight
Loss of bursaries is not only cause of dramatic fall in applications for UK nursing courses, say university leaders
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‘Cite Black Women’ campaign gains momentum
Anthropologist uses T-shirts and tweets to highlight under-representation of black women in academia
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How technology can help meet the challenges of two-year degrees
Joel Mullan shares some of the ways that digital technologies could address the challenges posed by accelerated degree courses