December 12, 2015
Students who had an opportunity to learn a foreign language more likely to want to study abroad, research reveals
Ellie Bothwell analyses correlation between vice-chancellors’ pay and university ranking
Students who had an opportunity to learn a foreign language more likely to want to study abroad, research reveals
Simon Marginson tells SRHE conference that multiplicity of factors affect graduate outcomes
First official statement on higher education and science from organisation campaigning for Brexit
First official statement on higher education and science from organisation campaigning for Brexit
Students who had an opportunity to learn a foreign language more likely to want to study abroad, research reveals
Pressure on student activists has raised questions about the Eastern European state’s acceptance into the Bologna Process
Simon Marginson tells SRHE conference that multiplicity of factors affect graduate outcomes
Investment pays off for the economy, finds groundbreaking US study
Responses of more than 24,000 undergraduates indicate limited development in areas such as creativity and citizenship over course of degree
Black, Chinese and Asian undergraduates report highest level of skill development
A long-running stand-off has been resolved as a three-year deal on subscriptions is agreed
British Council research forecasts that China will remain the top provider of international students
Protest sparked by suspension of highly respected architecture professor who refused to support relocation of the school
Dispute over British Journal of Educational Technology prompts resignations among editorial team
Cambridge Assessment study finds independent sector pupils up to four times more likely to achieve at least one top grade
SRHE conference told that universities are at centre of ‘a race between competing social groups with unequal resources’
Ellie Bothwell analyses correlation between vice-chancellors’ pay and university ranking
Conservative MP Neil Carmichael, chair of the Education Select Committee, on the risks to the higher education sector of exiting the EU
Donald Braben looks at the implications of Sir Paul Nurse’s review of research councils
Simon Blackburn, Mariana Alessandri and John Kaag on why reports of Socrates’ impending demise are greatly exaggerated
The PubPeer organisers and two other scholars debate the merits and pitfalls of anonymity in peer review
Three scholars share the pleasures and perils of sticking your head above the parapet
Vice-chancellor of OP Jindal Global University on Indian higher education
Use the Force if you want, but to really destroy the Death Star, Heriot-Watt University may be the place to start
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Too many senior scholars abuse their power when it comes to assigning credit, argues Bruce Macfarlane
To measure this key graduate outcome, we must better understand what it is, what it is not and what it could be, argues Johnny Rich
The powerful message that maintenance grants send to students will be lost in the shift to loans, says Carina Buckley
Employability matters, but it is poorly defined. Only by spelling out what the term means can the concept be put to work
Was it beauty, race or rebelliousness that created a global icon? Joanna Lewis surveys the evidence
David Rosenthal on a Renaissance man who recorded in detail his obsession with the functional aesthetics his clothing and dress
Priyamvada Gopal ponders the emancipatory potential of the ‘poor relation’ of faith and charity
The work of a medical pioneer is painted on a canvas rich in domestic detail, says Helen Bynum
A shocking film about the extent of sexual assault at US colleges has just toured UK universities. It is high time we took this problem seriously in Britain, says Nicole Westmarland, while US academic Jennifer Doyle warns that a paranoid overreaction poisons campus culture
More BME staff have been entering the UK academy but they remain under-represented at the top. What is being done about it?
Are the continent’s for-profits exploiting students or have they helped to widen access?, asks Chris Havergal
Universities, and especially the research elite, faced a choice between aiming for highest quality scores and the greatest number of staff submitted
The director of a partnership of research-intensive universities is upbeat about future outlook
LSE pro-director also calls for metrics to measure impact
India ‘cannot aspire to be a world power without having a single world-class university’, country’s president says. Phil Baty writes
Times Higher Education World Academic Summit 2016 will be hosted in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016 subject tables will be revealed over six weeks
Ellie Bothwell analyses correlation between vice-chancellors’ pay and university ranking
Investment pays off for the economy, finds groundbreaking US study
Simon Blackburn, Mariana Alessandri and John Kaag on why reports of Socrates’ impending demise are greatly exaggerated
Responses of more than 24,000 undergraduates indicate limited development in areas such as creativity and citizenship over course of degree
Too many senior scholars abuse their power when it comes to assigning credit, argues Bruce Macfarlane
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With no time for proper peer review and with grade inflation inevitable, one academic felt compelled to resign
Anarchist academic reflects on what her recent brush with the law says about threats to academic freedom
Asia doubles representation while European countries face varied performance