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Literature scholar talks about life in Japan and being an academic single mother

The ambitious goals of online education cannot be achieved unless universities prioritise student mentoring and pastoral support, says Chandralekha Singh

With ¡®storytelling¡¯ CVs becoming crucial in hiring and funding decisions, Jack Grove explores how academics can craft compelling research statements

Community-led research is often seen as a social justice response to centuries of exploitative study, but exponents say it also produces better science

Irish institutions hope new employment grade could help retain staff and drive research

Amid financial turmoil, post-92s are creating subsidiaries to employ staff without having to enrol them in the expensive Teachers¡¯ Pension Scheme. But what does that mean for grant and REF eligibility ¨C not to mention hierarchies and industrial relations in an already restive sector? Juliette Rowsell reports

More than half of PhD graduates find jobs outside universities after graduating but students complain programmes are still only set up to help create new professors

As more of the research process is exposed, the readiness and resources of researchers and their institutions must be considered, says Tim Errington