Mentorship is widely regarded as a high-impact practice in various learning environments—from hospitals to science laboratories to leadership development programs. More...
Higher ed compliance management education programs
The emergence of two new degree programs and two graduate certificates shows the complexity of compliance. More...
College leaders: Embrace your mistakes
We are in the business of teaching and learning. So why not expand our learning and explore our mistakes—and the lessons we absorb from them. More...
Technology providers on protecting against unexpected vulnerabilities
The most important thing organizations can do is ensure they have visibility into every layer of their IT environment—from the network perimeter all the way down to the endpoints. The more an IT team knows about what is connected to the network, the more effectively they can secure it. More...
They called my university a PhD factory – now I understand why
Senior academics warned that my university cared more about cheap labour than launching academic careers. It turns out they were right. More...
Is there still time to save the Open University from slow strangulation?
Plans to cut staff and courses threaten the OU’s specific mission of making tertiary education open to all. More...
Universities offer to maintain pension benefits while peace talks continue
Universities UK makes offer in order to end 14 days of disruptive strike action until end of summer term. More...
Cambridge University reveals 15% gender pay gap
Top universities report big disparity between male and female employees’ earnings. More...
Cambridge Analytica academic's work upset university colleagues
One of the world’s best universities is coming under increased pressure over how it handled concerns raised about the mass data harvesting at the heart of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, after a cache of emails revealed heated exchanges between senior academics involved. More...
Worries grow about the survival of the Open University
Unfortunately, the situation at the Open University is far worse than you reported (Open University plans major cuts to number of staff and courses, 22 March). Despite the university’s warm words about working with academics, the relationship between the vice-chancellor’s executive and the academic body is now characterised by deep mutual contempt. More...