Principal of joint venture between ex-Manchester United players and Lancaster University discusses how he answers the question: ‘aren’t you making a lot of rich people even richer?’
Paper calls for scientific organisations to monitor platforms ‘known to spread false and misleading’ information about research and ‘respond quickly’
Matthew Flinders thinks this mythical mammalian hybrid could serve as a guide through a complex higher education funding landscape
Part-time education is a driver of economic growth and widening access to higher education, argues David LatchmanÂ
Sector surpluses dip below 5 per cent ‘buffer zone’ threshold
Figures in Elsevier report on AI research landscape are ‘a call to action’
Tie-up with public sector provider will reduce ‘duplication of effort, time and money’
Business school’s work with GCHQ and defence employers makes security vigilance a top priority
Study based on fields of astronomy, ecology and robotics suggests huge drop in duration of scholarly careers
Scientists must push an agenda that is free of ideology and celebrates scientific merit, argues Rick WilsonÂ
Study that suggested death toll from Hurricane Maria was much higher than thought leads this year’s Altmetric top 100
Respondents to Social Mobility Commission poll feel on-the-job training offers better prospects than higher education
Universities offer prestige but vocational colleges offer jobs, say leaders in three continents
Managers’ first reaction is usually to ‘look at the bottom line’, but ‘they’re just usually not as crass and as crude as this’
Universities offer insights on tackling the gender pay gap, excelling at research supervision and supporting disabled students