I often tell research students to be careful with older papers. In some fields, “older” now means something published more than three or five years ago. That is not because older work has no value. It ...

Relying on established patient groups or advertising in the same way for public contribution often means research can suffer from blind spots. Here’s how to spread your reach for a more diverse cohort ...

Academics who are single parents face “unique structural” challenges but risk being “invisible” in universities, according to a new paper. Few institutions collect specific data on whether their staff ...

Sometimes, our job is not to give students more examples to add to their CV. It is to help them recognise, value and communicate what is already there, writes Natalie Freeman, who offers guidance on h ...

University and College Union members have raised concerns over proposed changes to its democratic processes, fearing it will weaken their ability to influence decisions at a crucial time.

National’s policy to reduce student debt repayments could help people who have not yet graduated, given that debtors start repaying on earnings of over NZ$24,128 a year – a threshold that some ...

The UK’s research security system “lacks agility and speed”, forcing cautious universities to forgo “potentially valuable” research collaboration opportunities, accordin ...

Cranfield University will become a faculty within King’s College London when the two institutions merge next year. The specialist postgraduate university based near Milton Keynes will formally join ...

Deng estimates that the impasse has cost him A$13,000 so far in fees, flights and living expenses after he came to Sydney on ...

Universities must take a joined-up, person-centred approach to homelessness and housing insecurity, ensuring every student ...

Higher education is facing 'massive consolidation’, write four US consultants, and leaders will need specific qualities to ...

How to help postgraduate students interpret real-time data and system behaviour to detect early warning signals, identify emerging disruptions and guide decisions – rather than simply report after the ...