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15 February

Where there’s smoke…the horror of fires in the Amazon

Two researchers who study rainforest resilience tell Jack Grove of their alarm at seeing the devastation wrought by wildfires

14 February

#TrulyCivic? Don’t forget the curriculum

15 February

Philosopher explores how to combat toxicity of social media

15 February

Rankings

Hundreds of universities submit data for impact ranking

Japan leads on number of submissions but institutions across 75 countries have taken part

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Summits

Research Excellence Summit: Asia Pacific

19 February - 21 February 2019

Sydney, Australia

THE to hold first China Universities Forum

By Bethan Sexton

North America

Small research teams produce ‘riskier, more disruptive science’

15 February

Philosopher explores how to combat toxicity of social media

By Matthew Reisz

15 February

Extreme teaching: academics who suffer for students

14 February

Threatened scholars: online harassment risks academic freedom

By David Matthews

14 February

Europe

Union votes no confidence in Reading bosses over ‘mismanagement’

By John Morgan

15 February

A plan for study exchange is essential for ‘Global Britain’

By Paul James Cardwell

15 February

More job cuts on cards unless tuition fee cap lifted, v-c warns

15 February

#TrulyCivic? Don’t forget the curriculum

By Rafe Hallet

15 February

Asia

THE to hold first China Universities Forum

By Bethan Sexton

15 February

Will China be the new centre of gravity in world of research?

By Simon Baker

14 February

Uighur academics targeted by Chinese ‘cultural cleansing’

By Ellie Bothwell

12 February

Rankings ‘must change’ in response to rise of China

10 February

Australia & New Zealand

Corporate collaborations yield ‘significant’ pure research

15 February

Opposition weighs debt forgiveness plan for rural teachers

14 February

Defence chiefs’ push for more control over research rebuffed

14 February

Teaching evaluations ‘mirror students’ gender and culture’

13 February

News

THE podcast: Australia’s research challenge

Will recent funding cuts affect Australian researchers’ ability to continue to compete on volume and impact?

By THE reporters

15 February

Union votes no confidence in Reading bosses over ‘mismanagement’

UCU branch rejects redundancies plan and blames ‘poor investment and spending decisions’ for financial woes

By John Morgan

15 February

Small research teams produce ‘riskier, more disruptive science’

Large research groups may be less flexible and more risk-averse, study suggests

15 February

More job cuts on cards unless tuition fee cap lifted, v-c warns

15 February

Corporate collaborations yield ‘significant’ pure research

15 February

Philosopher explores how to combat toxicity of social media

By Matthew Reisz

15 February

Threatened scholars: online harassment risks academic freedom

By David Matthews

14 February

TEF means more work but not better teaching, union members say

By Anna McKie

14 February

Crimea row draws universities into Russia-West dispute

By David Matthews

14 February

Universities propose Europe-wide professional body for teaching

By Anna McKie

14 February

Providers urged to set targets for enrolling white working class

By Bethan Sexton

14 February

Opposition weighs debt forgiveness plan for rural teachers

14 February

Features

Jack Grove reporter Times Higher Education

Where there’s smoke…the horror of fires in the Amazon

Two researchers who study rainforest resilience tell Jack Grove of their alarm at seeing the devastation wrought by wildfires

14 February

Will China be the new centre of gravity in world of research?

Simon Baker examines the rise of China as a research nation and the worries this provokes among some Westerners

Strong bonds: the state of chemistry

Seven academic chemists give their views on the field’s health

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Opinion

By Paul James Cardwell

A plan for study exchange is essential for ‘Global Britain’

Paul James Cardwell considers the alternatives to staying outside the Erasmus+ programme if the UK has no national student mobility strategy

15 February

#TrulyCivic? Don’t forget the curriculum

To earn the hashtag, universities must include a pledge to give due attention to curriculum design and the student experience, argues Rafe Hallett

The diploma disease is becoming a pandemic

The credentialism that the late Ron Dore analysed in his seminal 1976 book has gone global, say Keith Lewin, Angela Little and Alison Wolf

The intellectual dark web can teach academia to fly

By Michael Marinetto

14 February

To improve teaching, give academics a better deal

By Matt Waddup

14 February

Critical thinkers honed in the liberal arts are in sharp demand

By Daniel Hutto

13 February

After neoliberal misery will come collegial and creative universities

By Monika Kostera

12 February

World Policy

Universities must ensure that all students acquire ICT skills

Evidence from Canada highlights the scale of the challenge in preparing 21st-century workers and citizens, say Ross Finnie, Arthur Sweetman and Richard Mueller

Editor's pick

Post-Brexit UK needs to make friends to influence people

Seeking special status will further antagonise non-members faced with curtailed access to EU research funding, says Jan Palmowski

The newsroom blog

The toxins killing intellectual debate

The hostility pervading online platforms is stifling provocative opinion and reasoned debate, and eroding the foundations of higher education

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