Big data? Small data might offer richer pickings for researchers
European governments are beginning to take an interest in techniques to link scant evidence, as the euphoria about the benefits of mega datasets wanes
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Increased visa fees and ‘rip-off’ crackdown will level down the UK
International students contribute nearly £12 billion a year to the government’s priority areas for levelling up, says James PitmanÂ
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Start-ups: the universities with the most successful alumni
Academics say university is the ideal time to launch a company
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Mature students stay away from university amid economic turmoil
Demand from older students could be falling because of expansion of opportunity for 18-year-olds over the past decade
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Self-regulation is not enough to uphold academic freedom
Former Oxford v-c Louise Richardson is wrong to dismiss the need for a free speech tsar in a massified system, says Ian PaceÂ
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Manchester vice-president lashes out at staff in marking boycott
Keith Brown likens academics taking part in ‘shameful’ industrial action to those who ‘build their lives on the shattered dreams of others’
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Texas A&M president resigns over hiring controversy
Katherine Banks exits as fact-finding committee examines botched recruitment of Kathleen McElroy as director of journalism
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Bologna cheers pardon of student arrested in Egypt
Patrick Zaki earned gender studies master’s remotely after serving 22 months in pre-trial detention for writing about the experiences of Egypt’s Coptic Christians during studies in Italy
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UCL awards 9.5 per cent pay rise under £110 million staffing plan
Highly ranked university makes investment in staff salaries amid bitter national pay dispute
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Accord to set targets for Australian well-being index
While Treasury’s effort to look beyond economics boasts just a handful of education metrics, O’Kane panel has been asked to change that
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UK launching social science research leadership network
Research funder investing in leadership capability to support academics and encourage collaboration across disciplines and sectors
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‘Rip-off degrees’ crackdown ‘plays to Conservative base vote’
Analysis shows 17 of 20 seats in England with lowest proportion of university qualifications are held by Tories
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Chinese universities grow career services to tackle unemployment
Sector must meet demands of students who increasingly expect help landing a job, scholar says
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‘Serious shortcomings’ in EU research careers observatory plan
Learned societies question quality of data, mismatch to EU goals, choice of indicators and ignorance of social and political contexts used by planned monitoring tool
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Wolverhampton’s recaptured purpose belies ‘rip-off’ degrees rhetoric
Such talk replaces pride of place with ‘know your place’. But if you want to see levelling up made flesh, come and meet our graduates, says John RafteryÂ