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Research reveals how the new Longitudinal Education Outcomes data on graduate earnings give a misleading view of graduate earnings and value for money, says Gordon McKenzie
The digital tide will not wash away campus-based learning, believe most respondents to THE’s University Leaders Survey. David Matthews reports on what they see ahead for study options, scholarly conferences, scientific progress and more
Universities in China are once again the fastest-advancing group in the THE World University Rankings. A closer look at their approaches shows why
Times Higher Education’s flagship event will take place in continental Europe for first time
President of Humboldt University of Berlin says new public laboratory will help drive the ‘production, preservation and communication of knowledge’
Leaders of top universities say students must be pushed to ‘breaking point’ and allowed to fail
Claims that the UK’s counterterrorism strategy targets Muslims and harms free speech are ‘nonsense’, says Prevent coordinator Chris Sybenga
Universities serve society in innumerable and inimitable ways. But we still must earn our place in people’s hearts and minds, says Stephen Toope
Young people are rightly impatient for change, so Cape Town is using their input to reshape the curriculum and more, says Mamokgethi Phakeng
Where will higher education be in 2030? Our survey asks university leaders what they think the next decade holds for the sector
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Ellie Bothwell analyses how religious institutions shape up compared with secular institutions and how they are adapting to modern mores
What are vice-chancellors’ insights into the trends, threats and priorities affecting the future of the university? Nearly 200 leaders of world-ranked universities give their views on where the sector will be in the year 2030. John Ross reports
Science blooms when colleagues’ ideas cross-pollinate. Impediments to free movement will lead to a disastrous withering, says Sir Keith Burnett
Training staff and students in ‘mental health first aid’ can help ameliorate the growing crisis, say Clemente Diaz and Douglas Medina
Countries around the world are increasingly seeing the benefits of a compromise between free fees and income-contingent loans, say Alex Usher and Robert Burroughs
The mooted merger of the universities of Adelaide and South Australia would cast a long shadow over the city’s other major university, says Gavin Moodie
A labyrinthine visa process and perverse decision-making are making life increasingly untenable for non-Palestinian academics, says Raja Shehadeh
The former Bank of England governor’s broadside against academic pension cuts relied on ‘reckless’ and ‘absurd’ assumptions, say John Ralfe and Bernard Casey
List of finalists for the ‘Oscars’ of the higher education sector released
Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King and economist John Kay address the USS’ so-called funding crisis and propose a fairer approach to sharing risk between employers, employees and generations
Heriot-Watt University is taking a new approach to transnational education by operating as a single institution with locations in Scotland, Malaysia and Dubai, says Richard A. Williams
The mercury has fallen, but an alarming number of issues threaten to ignite and, potentially, give the UK sector some painful burns
Book of the Week: Emma Rees on the key role of feelings in spurring individuals to political action
With the cost of UK participation in EU research no longer hidden post-Brexit, a robust case for Horizon Europe membership must be made, says Graeme Reid
There are better ways to help Rwanda’s state university to thrive than donating laboratory discards or old books, says Phil Cotton
Laurie Taylor’s campus creation was loved because it mirrored academics’ own experiences. Although it’s closed, it will live on
Using tropes already common in the US and the UK, the Alternative for Germany has accused institutions of being in thrall to the far left
New furore over a steep rise in unconditional offers and concerns over student mental health underlines why reform of the UK’s unique admissions system is long overdue, says Julie Kelly
Perilous drops in student recruitment at UK universities during A-level clearing raise the likelihood of institutional failures, a prospect that remains as politically unpalatable as ever, says Nick Hillman
‘Swivel-eyed’ Brexiteers must acknowledge that leaving with no deal in March would be disastrous for UK higher education, says Hywel Williams
New president of German Rectors’ Conference thinks it is crucial that all students know the European canon
Tributes paid to former Institute of Education director
India’s downsized Institutes of Eminence programme has dashed the hopes of those keen to see an improvement in higher education quality, says Pushkar
University managers can learn from Geraint Thomas’ example that success can be won without having to be domineering and overbearing
Senior management has its perks but it also comes with a host of new practical, philosophical, psychological and even physical challenges. Here, seven people who have lived through that fiery baptism tell their tales
Some countries have introduced gender quotas, while many have reduced state control, report finds
Scotland’s first black professor talks about life as an immigrant, his experiences of racism and why ‘better science makes better’
Lord Sugar and Donald Trump may disagree, but kindness works best in higher education management, says Mike Thomas
Provided universities offer other avenues to debate contentious issues, institutes’ pro-China stance should not be a deal-breaker, says Jeffrey Gil
University of Notre Dame president says faith-based institutions have unique ability to counter fear and anxiety with hope
Paul Hagan says Robert Gordon University principal and fellow deputy should have been sanctioned for failing to declare conflict of interest
Educators accusing students of not working hard enough is simply a shirking of their responsibility to actually meet learners’ needs, says Katherine Gould
University of the People strikes deals to allow its students to progress to leading institutions, but increasing proportion of recruits have dropped out elsewhere
The entanglement of the university and tech worlds faces increased scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Could joint positions in industry and academia offer a workable and ethically defensible way forward? David Matthews reports
What separates the maverick from the herd? Helga Drummond wonders
Female academics should follow the lead of women in other sectors and pursue mass claims against their universities, says a Birkbeck scholar
Neoliberalism is many academics’ bête noire, but it is also a litmus test of their democratic sensibilities, says Steve Fuller
Results from the European Student Survey underpinning the rankings reveal key differences in teaching across the Continent
Event will feature launch of four Times Higher Education subject rankings
Pioneering Moscow education institution is latest target of Russia’s education regulator
The prospect of losing access to EU funding only strengthens the rationale for UK universities to develop deep, bilateral international partnerships, says Ed Byrne
A trip to Rwanda convinced Daniel Haydon that Western universities are missing out on a lot of talent by opening themselves up to only the wealthiest
As universities prepare for A-level results day next month, Liz Carlile explains how to get clearing right
Undead professor deployed as critique of managerialism and teaching evaluation at a UK conference
New government body for research predicts cost of £15 million per year if tax problem not resolved
Visa data, contradicted by Home Affairs figures, raise questions over treatment of Chinese doctoral applicants
In a world transformed, we need a radical new blueprint – for a flexible, less centralised network of scholars and students, says a former Berkeley chancellor
Robert MacIntosh explains what to expect when staff enter the little-known world of the university exam board
