Southampton recruits chauffeur while academic jobs under threat UCU says move will 'raise further questions about the priorities of senior managers' By Rachael Pells 20 November
Strike looms as universities seek end to USS defined benefit deal University and College Union will ballot members on a national walkout over plans to move staff to defined contribution pension scheme By Jack Grove 17 November
University of Southampton to cut up to 75 academic jobs University and College Union warns Russell Group institution will struggle to raise teaching quality while cutting jobs By Jack Grove 14 November
Target UK’s black female professor deficit ‘with bespoke strategy’ Broad-brush efforts to support female and ethnic minority academics will not address ‘multidimensional inequality’, says Warwick professor By Jack Grove 10 November
Black academics soon to outnumber white scholars in South Africa Tipping point likely to be between 2020 and 2025, new demographic analysis suggests By Jack Grove 8 November
Student bullying of lecturers a ‘serious issue’ Universities not doing enough to protect staff from harm, researchers say By Holly Else 25 October
Scientists bust myth that academic productivity declines with age In-depth examination of researchers’ career paths suggests few adhere to long-held stereotype that the young publish more By Rachael Pells 20 October
Interview with Stefan Allesch-Taylor The entrepreneur and philanthropist on not going to university, student start-up mistakes and Brexit By Jack Grove 19 October
UK's status divide 'risks brain drain' of administrators Leading higher education professionals heading for executive teams of Australian universities By Chris Havergal 18 October
Latino Americans ‘falling further behind’ on higher education Lagging degree attainment leads to Latinos becoming stuck in middle-wage tiers of labour market, says study By Ellie Bothwell 17 October
Catalan independence ‘a chance to shake up universities’ Education minister sees break from Spain as a path to more ‘competition and excellence’ in hiring, firing and leadership By David Matthews 10 October
Maternity leave as a lecturer: at what cost? Jessica Johnson on the challenges of arranging maternity cover By Jessica Johnson 8 October
Survey results confirm UK university staff's deep dissatisfaction Extended senior management survey finds that employees are extremely unhappy with the people running universities By Matthew Reisz 5 October
High rents ‘hold back universities in large cities’ Study finds that universities in big urban centres produce less highly cited research than institutions elsewhere By David Matthews 21 September
Researchers complain of bias against women and ethnic minorities Many researchers also ‘harbour unrealistic expectations’ about academic careers By Holly Else 16 September
EU focus on open science ‘detracts from research career efforts’ Leru says that commission’s focus should be on improving scholars’ employment prospects By Holly Else 16 September
Vice-chancellors: stop defending your own pay and spare a thought for your staff Sally Hunt lambastes university employment models, which she says would be more at home in Sports Direct By Sally Hunt 8 September
World Academic Summit: European researchers shun UK fellowships after Brexit vote UCL head warns that decision to leave European Union ‘affecting our ability to recruit and retain the very best’ By Holly Else 4 September
Grand assembly: a Nobel view of universities, science and the future A survey of 50 laureates is full of insight, warnings and the can-do attitudes powering ‘beautiful minds’ By John Gill 31 August
Can international education enhance graduate employment in China? In the last two decades the number of mainland students going abroad to study has increased more than twentyfold, but what does this mean for employment, asks Ka Ho Mok By Ka Ho Mok 20 August
Is self-promotion hurting scholarship? Spreading the word on social media about research can help academics get ahead, but is it too much of a distraction, asks Brooke Erin Duffy By Brooke Erin Duffy 17 August
Hiring foreign academics a 'last resort', Saudi universities told 'Saudisation' drive sees public institutions urged to hire local staff By Chris Havergal 15 August
The week in higher education: 10 August 2017 The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media By 色盒直播 reporters 10 August
Gender pay gap: universities are doing better than the BBC (but there is work to do) Universities are at least aware of the gender pay problem, says Alex Holmes, but there is still work to be done By Alex Holmes 29 July
New world of work: are universities preparing students for future careers? How can higher education prepare students for jobs that do not even exist yet? asks Christina Slade By Christina Slade 27 July
UK university pension scheme deficit widens to ?12.6 billion ‘Drastic action’ required to fix multibillion-pound shortfall in Universities Superannuation Scheme, expert warns By Jack Grove 26 July
Gender equality charter may head to India New report calls for Athena SWAN awards to be rolled out in India By Holly Else 24 July
Credibility of UK’s teaching fellowship process under scrutiny Scholar claims she was pressured to sign up to Higher Education Academy and did so without correct documents By Ellie Bothwell 19 July
University tells entire professoriate to reapply for their jobs Senior academics at Teesside University put at risk of redundancy as summer break gets under way By Jack Grove 7 July
US public university heads receive 5.3 per cent pay rise Arizona State University’s Michael Crow was the highest-earning leader in 2015-16 By Ellie Bothwell 6 July
Oxford tribunal rules against compulsory retirement rule Reinstatement of professor over age discrimination must force rethink over ‘unfair’ retirement rules, say campaigners By Jack Grove 6 July
Proposals for EU citizens’ post-Brexit rights worry universities Sector figures say government proposals fail to guarantee future for academics based in the UK By Ellie Bothwell 28 June
Senior staff pay-offs ‘must not reward poor performance’ Hefce tells English universities that confidentiality agreements should be ‘the exception rather than the norm’ By Chris Havergal 19 June
Lecturer barred from job interview ‘for not bringing life’s work’ Peter Cherry knew something was wrong when other applicants arrived in Madrid with several suitcases of documents By David Matthews 15 June
Earnings data will be ‘crucial’ for student choice Publication of data showing long-term graduate earnings by discipline has huge potential to improve higher education, says Jack Britton By Jack Britton 13 June
Not everyone at Oxford was ready for my three months as a full-time dad Alex Holmes was surprised by the reaction of some of his colleagues when he took shared parental leave By Alex Holmes 6 June
UK universities sign up to ‘technician commitment’ Sector-wide initiative led by Science Council seeks to address ‘overlooked’ part of academic workforce By John Elmes 31 May
Oxford academics challenge ‘compulsory retirement’ rules Researchers have triggered another vote over rules they believe to be ‘unlawful’ and ‘unfair’ By Jack Grove 31 May
Durham’s ‘repositioning’ to create 300 academic jobs Vice-chancellor believes international scholars can be tempted away from the golden triangle and to the North of England By John Elmes 27 May
Career advice: how to improve career services for students Terry Dray explains what other institutions can learn from Liverpool John Moores University’s recent review of career development services By Terry Dray 24 May
Change attitudes to avoid pensions bust-up Sally Hunt explains why employers must change their ‘counterproductive’ attitudes towards risk to avoid further cuts to academic pensions By Sally Hunt 19 May
Ulster: Brexit brings hard realities and hard border threat All-Ireland student visa needed to cope with Brexit fallout, says v-c By Jack Grove 19 May
UK universities plan to ‘axe 600 jobs’ amid sector-wide uncertainty UCU figures on job cut plans in 2017 reveal scholars’ vulnerability in wake of Brexit and TEF By Ellie Bothwell 18 May
Canadian university hikes female salaries to remove gender pay gap Wilfrid Laurier University is latest institution to address male and female professor wage gap By Ellie Bothwell 17 May
Duke row after divinity professor calls diversity training a 'waste' Attack on event's 'totalitarian tendencies' seen as attempt to 'humiliate' colleague By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 16 May
Part-time ‘private’ professors: can they save niche subjects? Medieval employment practice used by University of Amsterdam may help to preserve under-threat humanities disciplines, experts say By Jack Grove 11 May
Manchester 'blames Brexit' for 'enormous' job cuts UCU attacks plans to cut 171 posts, but university denies Brexit 'the reason' By Jack Grove 10 May
Real-terms pay for UK academics still below 2010-11 salaries 色盒直播 analysis of Hesa data also shows that gender pay gap for professors remains stubborn By Simon Baker 4 May
Building a university: international staff recruitment Yusra Mouzughi on the many dilemmas faced when recruiting staff to a brand-new university By Yusra Mouzughi 1 May
Scientist leaves Oxford for US but loses job offer in Trump cuts Researcher talks of anger over job loss caused by federal hiring freeze By Holly Else 27 April
Right to remain in UK ‘jeopardised’ by research abroad US academic highlights risks for internationally mobile foreign scholars looking to settle in UK By Ellie Bothwell 13 April
Minority women face ‘compounded disadvantage’ in HE Equality Challenge Unit study details how ethnicity and sexuality hold back female researchers By Matthew Reisz 5 April
When university staff seethe, blaming the messenger won't cut it Matthew Reisz discusses the preliminary results of the National Senior Management Survey By Matthew Reisz 30 March
French professors fall short in global salary comparison Civil servant status and national pay scales mean senior academics earn less than peers elsewhere By Jack Grove 28 March
Diversity warning on use of recruitment consultants Report warns of risk of overlooking women, internal candidates and those from ethnic minorities By Matthew Reisz 21 March
One in three top US professors educated overseas Researcher warns that anti-immigrant sentiment could affect pipeline of academic talent By Holly Else 15 March
Economics professor turns to crowdfunding to pay salary Steve Keen laments loss of ‘time and freedom’ for universities’ ‘original thinkers’ By Matthew Reisz 15 March
Heriot-Watt University blames Brexit for redundancies Fears that Scottish institution will be first of many institutions to make cuts By Matthew Reisz 8 March
Career advice: how to be a female leader in higher education To mark International Women’s Day, academics and administrators reflect on leadership challenges By Jack Grove 8 March
'Spot black talent sooner to boost academic diversity' Duke University’s Valerie Ashby says institutions must be more ‘intentional’ about finding ethnic minority PhD candidates By Jack Grove 2 March