Establishing clear performance goals can be crucial for the success of young researchers and research groups alike. Jack Grove speaks to laboratory leaders about taking a more enlightened approach to...
Russia may still have no universities in the world’s top 100, but its 5-100 Project has made progress, says Philip Altbach
Providing opportunities for entrepreneurism and learning from start-up culture is no longer a cool optional extra for universities − it is a necessity, says Sam Robertson
The English professor and author of Bookishness on what drew her to book history and how humans and computers will shape reading in the future
Incoming president names advisory team while pushing social sciences and battle against cancer
University president claims peers are so captured by need to cultivate politicians and donors that they fail to publicly challenge anything but the most egregious behaviour
OECD finds science rose to the challenge of coronavirus, but this led to cancelled projects elsewhere and academics working outside their expertise
Office for Students proposal to measure student progress to ‘professional’ jobs without benchmarking could deter universities from recruiting disadvantaged learners, sector warns
Life in the age of Covid does not lend itself readily to students internships, but there are alternatives, says Benjamin Tak Yuen Chan
The way US graduation figures are calculated misses out those with a non-traditional path through higher education, says Corey S. Bradford
African American studies chair says tackling inequality is ‘on a knife-edge’ and urges institutions to stop ‘tinkering around the edges’
Researcher uses role-play techniques to demonstrate both the technical and interpersonal challenges of decision-making during a pandemic
Legislation is urgently needed to ensure good governance and fair pay and conditions, says Nahid Neazy
Institutions emerge from a nearly year-long lockdown with greater knowledge of digital education and public health
It is often forgotten that this group suffers from even worse educational outcomes than white, working-class boys, says Nick BraisbyÂ