The Philosopher and the Assassin shows how fiction can bridge the gap between theory and practice, helping students engage with the ethical, political and organisational challenges linked to the SDGs.

Student leaders from across England took to parliament on 11 March to press MPs on student loan reform and call for repayment thresholds to be unfrozen in a campaign organised by the National Union of ...

Science secretary Liz Kendall has called on UK universities and research funders to guarantee minimum paid levels of maternity pay for PhD students. Speaking at the Royal Society on 11 March, Kendall ...

The resistance to delegating marking often comes from a place of deep professional pride but this insistence leads to decision fatigue. By the time an examiner reaches the 40th script in a stack, ...

The English regulator has confirmed proposals to clamp down on poor-quality subcontractual arrangements. The Office for Students (OfS) is introducing a new condition of registration for oversight of ...

We hear how a woman from rural southern Italy became the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland – and what she’s working on now STEM study and research are responsible for much of ...

A University of Cambridge chemistry student who enlisted lab colleagues to star in a pop video explaining her research on cancer diagnoses been named among the winners of this year’s Dance Your PhD ...

However, the proportion of students directly including AI-generated text in assessed work has risen to 12 per cent, up from 8 per cent in 2025 and 3 per cent in 2024. Summarising textbooks, ...

Email notifications and other “nudges” targeting at-risk students have little impact on their well-being or academic engagement, according to the results of a trial held at three UK universities.

Generative artificial intelligence has reshaped how students think, work, write and even define their own sense of authorship, but do they respect it? While most students now use GenAI regularly for ...

Since then, more allegations have emerged in local media, with staff accusing the university of having opaque promotion procedures and engaging in favouritism. In an open letter published in the ...

Steady momentum and a clear narrative that links your work across research, teaching and leadership can help others see the direction and impact of your career, say Karen Lander and Joseph L. Brooks ...