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This image of Manchester's Chinatown by photography student Hannah Mitchell was one of many taken for a project to provide images for 60 bedrooms at a newly opened health facility.

This image of Manchester's Chinatown by photography student Hannah Mitchell was one of many taken for a project to provide images for 60 bedrooms at a newly opened health facility.

Sally Hunt moves to avoid showdown over reforms at annual conference. Jack Grove reports
Universities are struggling to balance recommendations to send PhD students on internships with the fact that their supervisors often fail to see the value of such placements, a conference has heard.

Malcolm Grant's successor must look abroad while keeping an eye on home. Elizabeth Gibney reports
Postgraduate employmentHigh marks pay off for physicistsGraduate earnings depend more on degree class than on the institution attended - at least in physics. This is one of the conclusions of a...
Colleagues laud devotion to duty in our #loveHE competition to find sector stars. John Elmes writes
United StatesPresidential addresses are costlyA public university system has spent $2 million (£1.3 million) on renovating presidents' homes over the past decade. An investigation by California Watch...

Jane's brilliance, John Mullan tells Matthew Reisz, lies not only in her insights and keen eye for detail, but also in an uncanny ability to make her readers feel every bit as clever as her

Mr Les Onions, our Head of Fundraising, has welcomed the news from Fiona Kirk, the director of development at the London School of Economics, that the LSE will "rebuild an appetite for risk" after...

A former education and science minister who was a "driving force" behind the creation of polytechnics and served as chancellor of what is now Northumbria University has died.Ted Short - who became a...
George Th. Mavrogordatos' "Styx and stones" (24 May) is a breath of fresh air, and in my view an accurate summary of the present state of affairs in many Greek universities.The situation in Greek...
In response to the online comments about "Styx and stones", let me briefly dispel some misunderstandings.I wish I could do agitprop nowadays, as has been claimed! The sad facts are quite different....
Recent reports that seek to link Ed Lester's planned departure from the Student Loans Company to media coverage of the previous tax arrangements in his contract are factually inaccurate ("Student...
As author of the Intergenerational Foundation report False Accounting?, I take issue with David Willetts' response to Liam Burns in Times Higher Education ("Without fees reform, our children would...
I am studying for a master's degree at Durham University and am part of University College. Having enjoyed my undergraduate studies at the University of Liverpool, I relished the challenge of a new...