A year after joining the ‘MIT of the Middle East’, the former King’s College London president reflects on the need for scholars to align their research with national priorities and the joys of...
Institutional autonomy ‘not threatened’ by proposal to more than halve executive pay, academics say, as universities insist councils should maintain control
Voters more likely to support pro-immigration messages for the R&D sector when they are ‘inspiring’ and don’t paint the UK as ‘passive’
Future crises can be averted if government and universities share data and plans in a more timely and transparent fashion, says Doug Specht
Andy Burnham says universities ‘at the heart’ of his plans for growth of Manchester’s economy
Scientists who identified body’s ‘security guards’ that protect cells when others are being attacked first to be honoured in this season’s awards
New chief executive of UK Research and Innovation sets out how relationship with universities could change
Taxpayer and students losing out as a result of failure to tackle ‘low-quality’ higher education, according to Neil O’Brien
Two universities that have high shares of students taking internships explain how they prioritise sustainability while improving graduate employability
Policymakers need to understand inequity at primary and secondary level – and between genders – to make tertiary education genuinely inclusive, concludes study
Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch
Sudden cancellation ‘devastating’ as financial pressures force universities across the country to close programmes
Perhaps the scrapping of the 50 per cent participation target will remind everyone that failing at university is not failing in life, says an academic
Georgiann Davis’ gripping account of growing up intersex and obese in a dysfunctional provincial family is a ‘queer’ response to J. D. Vance’s celebrated Hillbilly Elegy. But will the Trump...
Both internal and external board members agree on priorities for institutions, countering view that outsiders favour different approach