Researchers say funding bodies and university management have most influence over state of scholarly autonomy

Researchers say funding bodies and university management have most influence over state of scholarly autonomy

Appointment of Melih Bulu, a former ruling party political candidate, has triggered days of protests from staff and students at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul

Women in academia may be losing out salary-wise because they are more focused on tasks that may go unrewarded, a study suggests

Academics call on university to denounce Mthuli Ncube after violent repression of protests

Hepi/YouthSight poll finds 68 per cent of students now back the party, up from 55 per cent prior to June’s general election

Claudia Pama launches campaign calling on research bodies to introduce proper sick pay provision

Elisabeth Bik has sounded the alarm on everything from hydroxychloroquine claims to Chinese ‘paper mills’

Experts predict a post-Covid wave of emigration to the West, but university enrolment likely to unscathed

Joybrato Mukherjee says Chinese researchers ‘not always on the same page’ over IP – and looks forward to a VR-enabled ‘entirely virtual semester abroad’

Women in academia may be losing out salary-wise because they are more focused on tasks that may go unrewarded, a study suggests

Teaching would improve if all scholars were required to undertake regular secondments in industry, says Cecilia Chan

Hollywood and Westminster have been rocked by tales of sexual assault and abuse. Is academia similarly plagued by misuse of power and sexual misconduct? Five scholars offer their views

Daily check-ins launched during the Covid outbreak appear to be increasingly normalised

Ousted Cape Town vice-chancellor says her departure was a victory for the ‘opponents of change’, but insists she leaves the institution in good shape

Daily check-ins launched during the Covid outbreak appear to be increasingly normalised

Vacataire status means not only low pay, but six-month waits between wages, says the Confederation of Young Researchers

Political intervention at odds with government’s free speech campaign

Times Higher Education’s first major global survey of university staff views on work-life balance finds academics feeling stressed and underpaid, and struggling to fit time for personal relationships...

Daily check-ins launched during the Covid outbreak appear to be increasingly normalised

Six academics share their experiences before delivering a verdict on the system

For academics and students alike, pressure to perform coupled with a lack of institutional support can severely affect mental health

For academics and students alike, pressure to perform coupled with a lack of institutional support can severely affect mental health

Sussex philosophy professor on why she continues to speak out despite facing online abuse and ‘hostile environment’ at work

UK Engagement Survey finds undergraduates develop skills better out of – rather than in – the classroom

Researchers criticise focus on aftercare for stressed staff members and urge leaders to tackle workload pressures head-on

Academic and non-academic staff contributed an estimated 40 million hours in voluntary activities in 2015-2016, research suggests

Institutions told they have a ‘culture of excluding postgraduates’ in wake of damning study

Branches call for return to collegiality from senior management to avoid repeat of industrial action

New injection of cash for San Francisco Declaration on responsible metrics hopes to move initiative from words to action

Chris Skidmore says UK must increase diversity of its international intake

Billy Bryan and Furaha Asani look at how to get the most out of your doctoral studies

Threats to dock pay from university staff working only their hours during the USS pensions dispute ignore academics’ unpaid hours, says Will Pooley

The toxic dispute over the rights of transgender people and how freely these matters should be discussed remains academia’s most divisive issue. Laura Favaro explains what she learned from speaking...

Victory for Durham campaigners offers hope other universities could follow suit in ending ‘precarious’ employment arrangements

If the Office for Students ever intervenes over freedom of speech, it will only be to widen it, says Michael Barber

Observers detect message that caution on criticism is price of increased funding, but suspect balancing act will be difficult to sustain

The stressful postgraduate environment often leads not to solidarity but to the impoverishment of research, says Alfredo Cumerma

Vice-chancellor says feedback from first lockdown shows four-day week ‘helps improve work-life balance’

For academics and students alike, pressure to perform coupled with a lack of institutional support can severely affect mental health

Business school expert says lecturers’ role is to help students manage information rather than pass on knowledge

Is the 4* researcher who is also a stellar teacher a realistic expectation? Times Higher Education surveyed academics to find out. Jack Grove reports

Agnes Bäker and Amanda Goodall have found that academics who are happiest at work have a head of department who is a distinguished researcher. How can such people be encouraged into management?

Scholar Siân Lindsay’s research on doctoral completion has yielded valuable insights and practical advice

Observers detect message that caution on criticism is price of increased funding, but suspect balancing act will be difficult to sustain

Survey finds one in five scholars self-censored their teaching when students from autocratic states were in their class

Making historic ‘misrepresentations’ a reportable offence could affect even overseas study   

Life as an early career researcher is hard, but when you add being working class into the mix, the obstacles are almost insurmountable, writes an anonymous academic facing the death of her university...

Academic and non-academic staff contributed an estimated 40 million hours in voluntary activities in 2015-2016, research suggests

Scholars say ensuring vulnerable minorities have given consent to use of their data does not go far enough

Open University study finds that, while students dislike collaborative learning, they are more likely to pass if they take part in it

Agnes Bäker and Amanda Goodall have found that academics who are happiest at work have a head of department who is a distinguished researcher. How can such people be encouraged into management?

Adam Habib says institutions that spoke out over Ukraine ‘immediately invoked institutional neutrality’ on Gaza, questioning whether they would have done the same in relation to Nazi Germany

Junior researchers also more likely to feel they have to give credit to colleagues who made minimal contributions

Pragya Agarwal explains how lecturers can support first-year students as they make the transition to the self-directed learning required at university

In wake of campus free speech bill plan, Tory ex-minister says UK-China links must be regulated to avert ‘genuine threat to free speech’

Students say it is unfair to award some students their grades through exams, while others will be awarded through teacher assessment

Observers detect message that caution on criticism is price of increased funding, but suspect balancing act will be difficult to sustain

Embattled human rights professor faced abuse and threats online after DUP leader questioned latest report

Two UK institutions lead our ranking of the best universities for the first time in its history, with Oxford holding on to the number one spot for the second year in a row, while Cambridge has risen...

Researchers say students who use computers score half a grade lower than those who write notes

But professor says Trump presidency might now provide ‘incentive’ for junior scholars to ask ‘important questions’