Are the shutters coming down on UK higher education?
The decline of a once-lucrative indoor market shows how job losses at Heriot-Watt could signal big trouble ahead for the sector, says Helga Drummond
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What are the hot research areas that might spark the next big bang?
We examine citation data to get an idea of the most exciting and potentially ground-breaking research topics
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A mere letter?
At its final session in committee on the Higher Education and Research Bill on 30 January, the House of Lords debated amendments on the proposals for UK Research and Innovation. Lord Prior, only a...
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Academics at lower-ranked universities ¡®have poorer well-being¡¯
Scholars report higher levels of depressive symptoms and social withdrawal
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Research income figures highlight Brexit vulnerability
Latest data on research grants show just how much UK institutions get from the EU
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Why my university is not entering the TEF
Open University vice-chancellor Peter Horrocks on why his institution will not be in the teaching excellence framework this year
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Bringing technical education back into the HE fold
Tertiary education must be considered as a whole if governments are to prepare the workforce they need
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Sir Mark Walport: my ambition as first chief of UKRI
The new CEO of UKRI, Sir Mark Walport, says a shake-up of UK research funding is needed if the country is to remain internationally competitive
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Power steering
The claim that regional strategies, innovation and the Northern Powerhouse (the future of which is in doubt) need universities is right but the implication that this can only be driven by research-...
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Mark Hepworth, 1955-2016
A researcher who transformed our understanding of how people experience and relate to information has died
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Student Experience Survey 2017: Bright stars of Northern Ireland
Queen¡¯s University Belfast and Ulster University are making huge gains in the student satisfaction stakes, writes Seth Jacobson
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¡®Delays¡¯ to UK government research ¡®worse than embarrassing¡¯
Key research on higher education ¡®getting dusty¡¯ on Whitehall shelves, according to former insider
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The rise of eSports in higher education
Competitive gaming is gaining mainstream recognition by establishing itself in universities among students and academics
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Ignore the public at your peril
To avoid getting caught up in anti-establishment populism, UK science needs to pay attention to the shifts in public perception, says Jonathan Grant