Hiring for true quality, rather than fit, is harder. It requires reading the candidates’ work closely and deciding whether it ...

But this opinion does not equate to a free pass for universities. Bennett, now a member of the House of Lords, has written passionately about the problems caused by the marketisation of the university ...

Meanwhile, incoming UK undergraduates are far more likely to prefer face-to-face feedback from their tutor, with 49 per cent preferring this mode compared with just 37 per cent of postgraduate taught ...

More than 60 organisations have backed the government’s Women in Research charter, aimed at bringing the sector into line “with the vast majority” of workplaces. It is hoped ...

Employer contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme are set to fall by 11 per cent next year, in a move that is expected to save universities millions of pounds. Post-92 institutions have long ...

A “complete breakdown in cash management” and a “lack of expenditure control” at the top of the University of Dundee contributed to its perilous financial state, according ...

The University of Buckingham has announced that Lynette Ryals will be its new vice-chancellor, after the acrimonious departure of its former leader. Ryals, who joins from Cranfiel ...

Employer contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme are set to fall by 11 per cent next year, in a move that is expected to save universities millions of pounds. Post-92 inst ...

Australia cannot keep ignoring the sweeping demographic and economic changes set to put Africa centre stage by the end of the ...

The report speculates that lecturers who work remotely may suffer from being “perceived as constantly accessible online, thereby increasing workload and role pressure”. In contrast, “on-campus work ...

As GenAI reshapes the way students and professionals work with code, it changes the competencies educators should assess. Here’s what they could look like ...

Across South Africa right now, the ritual of graduation season is in full swing. Families are gathering in auditoriums from Durban to Cape Town, Pretoria to East London. The Unive ...