By Rebecca Ratcliffe and Claire Shaw. Nearly 80% of professors are men, while just a fifth of vice-chancellors are women, says study that bemoans slow progress in reducing inequality. More...
24 novembre 2014
24 novembre 2014
Academics: how much do you know about university pay? – quiz
By Rebecca Ratcliffe. Test your knowledge of higher education salaries – from fat cat pay to zero-hours contracts. More...
24 novembre 2014
You are not a loan: it's time to bring student debt down to zero
By Astra Taylor. The entire structure of financing higher education is broken. Superficial reform in Washington means nothing until we make tuition ... free. More...
24 novembre 2014
Academia for women: short maternity leave, few part-time roles and lower pay
By Anna Bawden. Equality Challenge Unit figures reveal a dismal picture for female academics with the continued dominance of men in the sector. More...
24 novembre 2014
Tuition fees and student loans: system must change, say experts
By Harriet Swain. Surprising consensus among cross-party Higher Education Commission that funding is unsustainable, says co-chair. Loans that no one expects to be repaid. No limit to the number of students institutions can recruit. If radical changes over the past two years to financing UK higher education have sometimes appeared risky, that is because they are, according to a report published this week. More...
24 novembre 2014
The Research Excellence Framework – nerve-racking but necessary
By Jonathan Wolff. As we anxiously await the results we should remember what these assessments have made us strive for. By this time next month we will have the results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF), in which universities’ work is scrutinised and funding handed out accordingly. More...
24 novembre 2014
Student loan system 'worst of all worlds'
By Sally Weale. Long-term consequences of government’s changes to funding of England’s universities called into question by influential thinktank. More...
By Natalie Gil. With no national loan scheme for postgrads, aspiring master’s and PhD students must reach out to other funding sources. More...
24 novembre 2014
Robbed of their futures: how austerity cuts hit young people hardest
By Natalie Gil. As students round the country prepare for a national anti-austerity protest, we look at the way government cost-cutting is targeting the young. More...
24 novembre 2014
Social responsibility in science: former MRC chief sets out vision
By . A former chief executive of the Medical Research Council will this week set out his vision of how scientists can best fulfil their social responsibility. More...
24 novembre 2014
Wellcome Trust announces major funding scheme changes
By . Early career researchers among those targeted for extra support. The Wellcome Trust has announced significant changes to its funding schemes, including boosting support for early career researchers and introducing a new scheme for collaborative research. More...
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