Female lecturers ‘suffer from gender biases’ in student ratings
French research finds that undergraduates give higher scores to male teachers
French research finds that undergraduates give higher scores to male teachers
Are research careers meritocratic? Do universities do enough to support researchers? Is impact more important than publications? Is interdisciplinarity the key to new discoveries? Can...
Virtually all modern university courses end with a request for feedback. But are students’ reactions even useful for improving future course design, never mind assessing lecturers? Seven academics...
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology pushes many boundaries. Zoë Corbyn visits Saudi Arabia to see how its vision of top-class research in a liberal environment is taking root
The year began with an interview with academic and writer Wole Soyinka, Africa's first Nobel laureate for literature. Soyinka, who spent months in jail for promoting peace with breakaway Biafra...