Research intelligence: how to create a healthy lab environment
Facilitating flexible working hours and showing gratitude towards team members are among the musts for all labs, according to Fernando Maestre
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Thinktank wants national survey of university staff well-being
Higher Education Policy Institute says it is ‘shocking’ that no such dataset exists
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The week in higher education – 9 May 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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We need to talk about climate change
International conferences are a huge boon to academics, allowing them to hear about new findings, make new connections and, above all, enjoy the physical manifestation of their virtual global...
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Can the Netherlands’ old masters brush off populist attacks?
Dutch universities are conspicuously and consistently successful. Yet their funding is declining and their embrace of internationalism has put them on a collision course with the populist right. John...
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Germany debates whether academic freedom is an individual or organisational right
In a managerial era, universities are challenging the traditional idea that only individuals need protecting, say Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken
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UK schools are failing on higher education preparation – so universities must help
Better outreach and greater involvement in exam boards could raise expectations and standards for disadvantaged would-be students, says Martin Stephen
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Vacuous value statements miss the point of higher education
The unfettered pursuit of knowledge is every university’s core value – even if management doesn’t always see it that way, says Dennis Hayes
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UK universities must do more on social mobility
System expansion is not enough. Admission to higher-tariff institutions must somehow be opened up, says Paul Jump
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Middlesex’s Tim Blackman appointed Open University v-c
Former OU pro vice-chancellor returns to take top job at troubled institution
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My alma mater’s current student generation is an upgrade on mine
A small but engaged audience for his reminiscences convinced John Brinnamoor that the future is in safe hands
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Reviewers change their mind after hearing from ‘peers’
Harvard experiment finds nearly half of academics amended their assessment of a research application after seeing randomly generated ‘expert scores’
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UK universities trial social media monitoring tool
Software could be adopted across the sector as early warning system for standards issues