3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (831+ words) Universities have always largely measured success by asking: “Did our graduates find jobs?” While still an important question, I increasingly wonder if it’s the wrong one. The world of work is changing faster than many universities can redesign their programmes....

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (573+ words) Universities’ establishment of subsidiary firms to hire staff could result in misleading figures in their gender and ethnicity pay gap reporting, experts have warned. Numerous universities have begun employing staff through subsidiaries in a bid to cut pension costs. Institutions…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (315+ words) Students, however, must be present in the lecture theatre to engage with visiting experts. What happens when those learners don’t show up? So, what can we do? It also allows our industry speakers to interact with a broader profile of…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (684+ words) The Welsh government is “still discussing” whether it wishes to keep some aspects of its bespoke international exchange scheme, put in place when the UK left the European Union. Despite concerns that the Cardiff government has been winding down Taith…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (226+ words) As we built back lab sustainability efforts after the pandemic, we struggled to find the same level of engagement with new lab users. The small group of previously invested participants, mostly principal investigators (PIs) and professors, remained – but to expand…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (567+ words) In 2023, the African and the European Unions agreed to put research and innovation at the centre of their quest for a new, strategic partnership. The Innovation Agenda influenced, and in turn reinforced, a wider momentum towards research equity between Africa…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (738+ words) Graduate apprenticeships in Scotland are frequently described in instrumental terms: “work, earn and learn” while completing a degree alongside full-time employment. In business schools, we celebrate the model for its genuine employer co-design and immediate application of learning. Yet the…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (890+ words) The need to outsource services following redundancy programmes may be increasing universities’ costs rather than lowering them, as well as impacting staff productivity, a report warns. The Invisible Majority: Professional and support staff and the future of UK higher education…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (814+ words) Students whose higher education providers or courses closed have subsequently endured homelessness, relationship breakdowns and the threat of deportation from the UK, a new study says. Drawing on interviews with students whose course or provider had unexpectedly shut down, the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (710+ words) A small clique of academics are accepting each other’s papers for publication in top business journals in violation of clear rules to mitigate conflicts of interest (COI), claims a new study on how “reciprocal handling” of journal submissions has led…...