The chief executive-designate of the UK’s new sector agency discusses her West Country roots, the roles of academics and administrators, and escaping to the country
Chancellor appears to adopt IFS blueprint, but elements of reported plans bring ‘real concerns’ for universities
Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies
For National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we take a look through our archive of advice and information for early career researchers
Christopher Cripps offers a French perspective on how universities can develop their position in the international academic community
Leru says that commission’s focus should be on improving scholars’ employment prospects
Dishonest to claim that internationalisation is for the common good when it reaches so few people, consultant says
Unions should be seen as investments in teaching and research quality rather than cost-saving exercises, advises EUA governance specialist
Quality assurance professionals call for system to verify refugees’ education credentials before ‘next crisis’
Study reveals that there are now 2,900 English-medium undergraduate programmes in continental Europe
THE pay data since 2010-11 show pay of UK leaders is going up faster than that of rank-and-file academics, but the reasons are less clear
The UK wants membership of EU research programmes, but it is hard to see how this happening, says Simon Marginson
