‘French brain drain worse than imagined’
Lack of opportunities and local hiring practices have stopped many French scientists from returning to their homeland, a new study says

Lack of opportunities and local hiring practices have stopped many French scientists from returning to their homeland, a new study says

While right-wing politicians have been found to be more attractive than left-wing politicians, this trend may not hold true in the world of scholarship

Academics enjoy teaching. What they don’t like is the lack of preparation time, bureaucratic burdens, unprepared students – and the TEF. Jack Grove reports

Thousands of France’s most educated minds are now based abroad – luring them back could be a boon for its ambitious plans for higher education, Jack Grove writes

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Commentator Martin Wolf examines the economic flaws and false assumptions of the Higher Education and Research Bill

Philip G. Altbach and Hans de Wit consider what forms internationalisation may take as the US and Europe retreat from world stage

Rebecca Lave describes the campaign to preserve crucial environmental data under threat from the Trump administration

Teaching is being looked at seriously by the government, but those providing still feel overlooked and underappreciated

Applying lean principles can help universities find quick, creative solutions to pressing problems, says Madison Sandy

A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
Ron Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, is correct when he says that there is a “surfeit of history here, in terms of Hopkins’ relationship with the city” (“The university as...
At its final session in committee on the Higher Education and Research Bill on 30 January, the House of Lords debated amendments on the proposals for UK Research and Innovation. Lord Prior, only a...