The hosepipes snaked all the way down to the river Clyde, thick with water, as firefighters smothered the last of the flames on Friday night and into Saturday. While they worked, students and artists, architects and sculptors gathered in the streets around the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Building – Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s art nouveau masterpiece – to find out what had happened, and ask: four years after the Mack was devastated by fire, how could it happen again. More...

A fine art photography graduate, a Turner prize-winner and a former lecturer offer their thoughts on the Mackintosh building, devastated by fire again. More...

Hopes rise that Mackintosh facade can be saved amid questions over why sprinkler system was not prioritised. More...

When a colleague with shaky data raced a competitor to be first to publish, I saw how the perverse incentives in research work. More...

Ideas about what to do with the charred remains of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s range from restoration to a building ‘fit for the 21st century’. More...

Action by universities’ regulator comes after outcry over salaries of some vice-chancellors. More...

Half of UK workers believe a regional accent and a working class background are barriers to success, according to a new study that revealed working class representation in leadership roles is as low as 17%. More...

The Glasgow School of Art was a masterpiece, but promises to build a reproduction are premature. More...

Universities must ditch the crystal ball – as it stands, the admissions process is failing disadvantaged students. More...