By John Morgan. Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Physics report warns of uncertain future. More...
By John Morgan. Follow reporter John Morgan's live coverage of the Grants Not Debt march in London. More...
By John Morgan. Government urged to change plans to avoid damage to English universities’ global reputation. More...
By Ellie Bothwell. But UK overseas STEM postgraduates less likely to say the country is the best destination for career opportunities. More...
By Matthew Reisz. Describing himself as a “failed intellectual”, Dr Jarosinski created the Nein Twitter feed (@NeinQuarterly) as “a compendium of utopian negation”. Typical recent posts include “Yes, Twitter, If there’s one thing worse than your self-loathing narcissism, it’s my own” and “Well, friends, you could always try fatalism. More...
By Matthew Reisz. Describing himself as a “failed intellectual”, Dr Jarosinski created the Nein Twitter feed (@NeinQuarterly) as “a compendium of utopian negation”. Typical recent posts include “Yes, Twitter, If there’s one thing worse than your self-loathing narcissism, it’s my own” and “Well, friends, you could always try fatalism. More...
By . It seems that nearly every major media publication in the United States these days wants to rank colleges. The latest outlet to get on board? The Economist, which scores higher-education institutions based in part on how much graduates earn. But lots of publications’ rankings look at future earnings and, more generally, ROI—return on investment. More...
By Marni Soupcoff. Is it too late to save the spirit of debate on university campuses, the very places where dissent is supposed to be valued for its contribution to fresh and vibrant thought?
We’ve been worrying about the problem for decades. In the early 90s, my contribution to free speech in education was shuffling through the halls of my Toronto high school wearing a T-shirt bearing a “NO PC” symbol on it. More...
By Vianne Timmons. Aboriginal education is an important issue for all Canadians. If we didn’t know or believe this before, the 94 recommendations put forward earlier this year by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada give us no excuse to ignore this issue now. More...
By Robert Proulx. Universities are not an expense. They are an investment. An investment in the future of an entire society. Issues around higher education are largely absent from election contests, and the recent federal election is no exception. More...
By Tom Spear. Canada is now the country with two science ministers – a good thing because it brings hope of rebuilding research that is free from commercial interests, say a range of experts.
Kirsty Duncan is minister of Science; Navdeep Bains is minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. More...
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