Cuts threaten access reputation, Ulster staff claim
Academics fear that 'provision of teaching will be seriously diminished'. Matthew Reisz writes

Academics fear that 'provision of teaching will be seriously diminished'. Matthew Reisz writes
University accessDux for cover? Elite should payA government scheme to reward top state school pupils with a visit to a Russell Group institution has been branded as "tokenism" by a university...

Jack Grove hears how a chance encounter propelled Arthur Gibson from Bradford's slums to Cambridge's high table
United StatesState of the union: deniedA US governor has signed a bill prohibiting postgraduate students from forming unions at public universities in his state. Rick Snyder, the governor of Michigan...

Afghan politician strives to promote equal opportunity in divided land. Lianne Gutcher writes
Meet your average American college president: he's a 61-year-old married white man who has been in his current role for seven years and boasts a doctorate in education.This profile, from the American...
As a scholar at Cambridge, Rowan Williams will continue pursuing a communal search for truth, says Benjamin Myers

The sector must consider the law, confront its own prejudices, update its codes and banish the extremists from campus, says Ruth Deech

Our vice-chancellor has announced that he "perfectly understands" the reasoning that has led the universities of Exeter, Durham, York and Queen Mary, University of London to abandon their current...
Requiring academics to justify the importance of their research via “some kind of slogan that somebody in a pub is going to be able to repeat†is “much more healthy than the Stefan Collini line that...

It was conceived by the European Commission as an alternative to the established research-led university rankings, offering a user-driven “multi-dimensional†ranking with a wider range of indicators....
House of Lords report advises Europe to ‘prioritise other activities’. Jack Grove writes
Institutions need secure positions and income to plan and do good work; the same is true of individual scholars

N8 is the poster group for research collaboration and academic links with industry, writes Paul Jump
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