Academics鈥 deep identification with their work means that the failure of a book proposal, grant application or promotion request can cut deeply. But in a competitive profession, such knock-backs are...
Discipline-based educational research can challenge academics to think about their fields in new ways and can deliver unique benefits to learners, write five scholars
Fears rise in the US that talented early career scientists are being driven out of the sector because of lack of opportunities
Individuals should be able to choose their own work-life balance depending on their life situation and level of ambition, says Lee Cronin
Researcher could face decades in prison if found guilty
Cheats: address the game, not just the players From what I have observed, three factors have led to the rise of essay mills (鈥淪hould students who use essay mills be criminalised?鈥, News, 7 March)....
International students have long been central to American research, innovation and knowledge exchange. Yet today a combination of changing legislation, regulation and attitudes is excluding many and...
Financial services firm bills聽plan for 3,000 homes and two science parks聽as model for how UK universities can聽help modernise cities
Identical CVs with different names on them sent to 250 academics in experiment
Researcher hopes showing at United Nations will spur further action to help the most disadvantaged聽artisans
PhD students shouldn鈥檛 wait to establish credibility in their field before they start reaping the benefits of public engagement with their research, says Andy Miah
Getting stuck for words is not just a plight felt by tortured novelists 鈥 here, academics share their top tips for productivity
Keith Burnett urges the new prime minister to use his time in the global spotlight to show that Britain is welcoming to international talent
Evolutionary processes are slow, but University of Oxford research shows the scheme is improving gender equality, says聽Pavel Ovseiko
Technical University of Munich and Max Planck Society launch tenure track scheme. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments