Interview with Shamit Saggar The new chair of the Campaign for Social Science on ethnic minorities, the similarity between law and academia and universities swallowing the management textbook Ellie Bothwell 10ÔÂ 5ÈÕ
Gerald Bernbaum, 1936-2017 Former vice-chancellor of London South Bank 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ remembered Matthew Reisz 10Ô 5ÈÕ
Subject cost data add fuel to England's variable fees debate Analysis of departmental spending suggests there is a large gulf in costs between some disciplines Simon Baker 10ÔÂ 5ÈÕ
Career advice: how to write a PhD proposal Pragya Agarwal considers what aspiring doctoral students can do to make their application stand out from the rest Pragya Agarwal 10ÔÂ 5ÈÕ
Fresh data support freedom of movement for scientists Countries with the most open immigration policies for scholars have stronger scientific impact, reports suggest Rachael Pells 10ÔÂ 4ÈÕ
How to be happy: a psychologist's view of #HEhappiness What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions Sonja Lyubomirsky 10ÔÂ 4ÈÕ
France set to boost research budget by 6 per cent Proposals ¡®reverse the trend¡¯ of falling spending, says research minister David Matthews 10Ô 4ÈÕ
PM May announces ¡®major review¡¯ of English university funding Conference speech raises questions about future of ?9,250 fees system and shows impact of Labour policy John Morgan 10Ô 4ÈÕ
51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Amsterdam creates Europe¡¯s first ¡®body farm¡¯ New facility should provide crucial information for detecting crimes Matthew Reisz 10Ô 4ÈÕ
Irish students protest against fee rises and loans National demonstration planned over income contingent repayment 'propaganda' Holly Else 10ÔÂ 4ÈÕ
Conservative conference 2017: the revival of ¡®more means worse¡¯ John Morgan asks whether laments for the polytechnics may have policy impact John Morgan 10Ô 4ÈÕ
Central European 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ hopes ¡®agreement¡¯ with Hungary near Budapest-based institution says negotiations between Hungary and New York State have created ¡®basis for an agreement¡¯ David Matthews 10Ô 3ÈÕ