Career advice: how to write a PhD proposal Pragya Agarwal considers what aspiring doctoral students can do to make their application stand out from the rest Pragya Agarwal 10ÔÂ 5ÈÕ
BPP shuts dental course as regulator raises safety concerns Students on course forced to find alternative programmes, as government plans to open English sector further to new providers John Morgan 10ÔÂ 5ÈÕ
Fresh data support freedom of movement for scientists Countries with the most open immigration policies for scholars have stronger scientific impact, reports suggest Rachael Pells 10ÔÂ 4ÈÕ
How to be happy: a psychologist's view of #HEhappiness What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions Sonja Lyubomirsky 10ÔÂ 4ÈÕ
France set to boost research budget by 6 per cent Proposals ¡®reverse the trend¡¯ of falling spending, says research minister David Matthews 10Ô 4ÈÕ
PM May announces ¡®major review¡¯ of English university funding Conference speech raises questions about future of ?9,250 fees system and shows impact of Labour policy John Morgan 10Ô 4ÈÕ
University of Amsterdam creates Europe¡¯s first ¡®body farm¡¯ New facility should provide crucial information for detecting crimes Matthew Reisz 10Ô 4ÈÕ
Irish students protest against fee rises and loans National demonstration planned over income contingent repayment 'propaganda' Holly Else 10ÔÂ 4ÈÕ
Conservative conference 2017: the revival of ¡®more means worse¡¯ John Morgan asks whether laments for the polytechnics may have policy impact John Morgan 10Ô 4ÈÕ
Central European University hopes ¡®agreement¡¯ with Hungary near Budapest-based institution says negotiations between Hungary and New York State have created ¡®basis for an agreement¡¯ David Matthews 10Ô 3ÈÕ
How to be happy: a sociologist's view of #HEhappiness What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions David Bartram 10ÔÂ 3ÈÕ
Jo Johnson urges end to 'terminology of debt and loans' Finance expert Martin Lewis likens government to 'illegal loan shark' on 'disastrous' threshold freeze John Morgan 10ÔÂ 3ÈÕ
