Oxbridge’s internal politics players need closer peer scrutiny As the Christ Church saga underlines, college trustees must ask probing questions if they are to fulfil their responsibilities, says Gill Evans Gill Evans 3月 1日
European funding mechanisms must be adapted to support Ukraine Flexibility, speed and resources are needed to ensure that refugee scholars and students can continue their work, says Jan Palmowski Jan Palmowski 3月 1日
Ukrainian students and academics ready to fight Russian invaders Unexploded bombs and civil resistance corps on campus are now part of life in Ukraine, explains minister turned university president Jack Grove 2月 28日
‘Treasury win’ kicks funding worries down post-election road Westminster policy package described as ‘missed opportunity’ that leaves ‘difficult questions’ to be answered by next government John Morgan 2月 28日
Ring-fence time for policy engagement, urge young scientists A ‘dashboard’ of metrics for assessing science communication could help generate 100 million hours a year of evidence-charged ‘dialogue’ John Ross 2月 28日
Why I am on strike again this week Unless pay and conditions improve at UK universities, quality and diversity will enter a downward spiral, says Maria Sobolewska Maria Sobolewska 2月 28日
Germany halts academic collaboration with Russia over Ukraine war Russia has ‘turned its back on the international community’, says Berlin Chris Havergal 2月 25日
Invest ‘ambitiously’ in universities, European governments urged Survey suggests half of national associations consider higher education funding to be insufficient Chris Havergal 2月 25日
The UK government’s Augar response locks in deep generational inequality An unsustainable strategic choice has been made to worsen the university offer for future students and graduates, says Chris Husbands Chris Husbands 2月 25日
‘We are ready’: Ukraine’s universities calm in the face of war Academics call on overseas colleagues to ‘stand with us’ as Putin’s army attacks Pola Lem 2月 25日
I told you so: England’s 2010 tuition fee reforms were doomed to fail Flawed assumptions about how universities and statisticians would react to the trebling of fees are behind today’s retrogressive steps, says Aaron Porter Aaron Porter 2月 24日
Professional troupe takes Dance Your PhD contest to another level 2022 winner brews up a fungi-based love story with a lot of help from his friends Ben Upton 2月 24日
