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It’s easy to say academics should be kinder and more giving to students, but they already face myriad other demands and must mind professional boundaries

Dutch figures show just how little time professors get for their own research. It may be easier to pursue your intellectual interests outside the university system, says THE reporter David Matthews

A survey reveals readers’ opinions on whether professional editors or active researchers should be responsible for academic editing

Matthew Reisz praises the researchers who go way beyond the call of duty in investigating the world for us all

The international stars in the Boston Red Sox and the city’s stellar universities highlight why Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric is so out of step with a ‘winning’ part of America, writes Jack Grove from Boston

The chair of the Office for Students has declared that it would be irresponsible to bail out struggling institutions, but John Gill argues that institutions are facing financial challenges beyond their control 

The Australian government has released three major data sets unusually back-to-back and full of mistakes, leading John Ross to ask: why so much, why so fast and why so erroneous?

The possibility of a university failing as it is exposed to commercial forces could have consequences that ripple out far beyond campus

Matthew Reisz considers how children’s literature that draws on academic scholarship can hold lessons for readers of any age or social rank

UK higher education invites trouble if it conveys an impression that students and staff matter only in transactional terms and that diversity is not valued

What constitutes truly excellent teaching, and its oft-neglected relationship with research, are among the most urgent concerns in higher education

In an unpredictable, increasingly digital age, Singapore’s universities are rethinking how to equip alumni with relevant skills throughout their lives

Universities must be clear about their ethics to avoid tripping up on the precarious path from principle to guidance

Universities in China are once again the fastest-advancing group in the THE World University Rankings. A closer look at their approaches shows why

Seeing the NES as a solution to Labour’s biggest electoral problem could bring relevance to a vague concept, writes John Morgan from Liverpool

Where will higher education be in 2030? Our survey asks university leaders what they think the next decade holds for the sector

Although universities share a common goal, they face diverse challenges that make it unhelpful to view them as a homogeneous mass

UK academics prize the USS pension. Sacrificing a scheme ‘in rude health’ on the basis of overcautious calculations would cause more disaffection

The mercury has fallen, but an alarming number of issues threaten to ignite and, potentially, give the UK sector some painful burns

Laurie Taylor’s campus creation was loved because it mirrored academics’ own experiences. Although it’s closed, it will live on

The UK’s highly internationalised university system – a major factor in its research success – is a treasure that must be saved from a political altar

After a visit to Hungary, Matthew Reisz reflects on how academics can resist simplistic, government-promoted versions of history 

Experts are out of fashion with today’s political vanguard, but fraudulent research risks further undermining science, says THE’s Asia-Pacific editor John Ross

Outside the anglophone world, universities are under pressure to conduct research in English – but teach in their local language, says David Matthews

If only they knew then what they know now about meetings, work-life balance and the importance of being kind

If students aren’t charged fees, who gets stuck with the bill, and can they keep paying enough to keep the quality of the offering from suffering?

Is Australia’s higher education export industry destined to become a victim of its own success?

THE's Asia-Pacific editor John Ross ponders the pluses of a slow-cooked doctorate

For all the good ascribed to Twitter and the rest, is this time-consuming activity improving things or distracting us from achieving transformative impact?

Positive public outreach is critical for universities to remain on the good side of public opinion, but the University of Reading has found that a little bit of sass can go a long way

There is no holding back the king tide that is the Asian country’s higher education ambition – yet while the torrent carries some riches, what will it sweep away?

At a gathering of young scientists and Nobel prizewinners, David Matthews detects a whiff of mutiny in the air stirred by the pressures of a modern research career

Phil Baty explains the motivation and methodology behind the inaugural Times Higher Education Europe Teaching Rankings