If the government won’t demonstrate the value and importance of university, then vice-chancellors need to step up and do it, say Paul Woodgates and Mike Boxall
UK prime minister Theresa May must prove her ‘fixer’ reputation by consulting vice-chancellors and ensuring overseas students feel welcome again, says David Boddy
Duncan Wu watched the final presidential debate in a cinema in Virginia, but it was the discourse in the theatre – rather than on the screen – that caused him most concern
Despite recent revelations about the Republican presidential candidate’s attitude towards women, Duncan Wu still believes his celebrity will carry him to victory on 8 November
Competition for postdoctoral fellowships is fierce, so your application needs to stand out as realistic, coherent and compelling. Here, five Stanford University scientists reveal 10 tips from their own experiences when attempting to secure a place
The TEF will divide universities into 'institutional sheep and goats' and then starve the goats, writes Dorothy Bishop on the eve of the HE Bill's second reading
Keith Burnett explains why the University of Sheffield's activities in the Yorkshire town of Rotherham might offer many lessons for the government's new education team
Former 中国A片 minister Bill Rammell, now vice-chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire, on why he is pleased that schools and universities have been united in one department
The UCU's Sally Hunt warns that if people from the EU no longer feel welcome in UK universities, the damage to our international academic reputation will be near fatal
Her Home Office record and previous views on universities give clues as to what we might expect from Theresa May, writes Emran Mian – and it's not all bad news