Pinker said academics are particularly susceptible to self-censoring because of their precarious employment contracts and risk of not being promoted – along with a fear of being “demonised and ...

Compassion, not empathy, is the emotion that will cut through group polarisation and motivate constructive intergroup ...

Buyers likely to require drastic changes to move ahead with sale, experts say, as institution seeks to move on from torrid year ...

Threat to academic freedom from secret recordings of seminars being passed to state governments must be taken seriously, says Office for Students free speech lead ...

Transformative’ change will not happen unless panel outlines ‘coherent’ vision for R&D, representative bodies warn ...

Survey of more than 3,000 researchers by Cambridge University Press reveals widespread concerns over the rise of ChatGPT-assisted papers ...

Fast-track integrated programmes intended to address skills needs and boost postgraduate enrolments should not compromise research and curriculum design, say experts ...

To avoid an unwinnable game of catch-up with technology, universities must rethink pedagogical improvement that goes beyond ...

The chief lobbyist for universities on Canada’s eastern seaboard will move half a world away, after the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) chose him as its next vice-chancellor.

An award-winning historian shares insights on changes to the PhD funding landscape in the UK and how early career scholars ...

Challenging economic conditions may have led to bump in student recruitment numbers this year but experts fear long-term damage after institutions pegged futures to employability agenda ...

Autistic students have the highest university dropout rate of any disability group. What can teaching staff do about it?