An inappropriate model
Adjust for population, GDP and funding, and US dominance disappears, Howard Hotson argues. And so does the case for neoliberal university reform
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Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Full results of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-12 with all the data, interactive tables and analysis.
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US muscle reigns, but there's a world of difference in value
The UK and others are best for efficiency and bang for buck. John Morgan analyses the rankings results
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UCU calls for work to contract over pensions
Academics are being asked by their union to work minimum hours in the first stage of fresh industrial action over pensions - potentially followed by strikes and a boycott of the research excellence...
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Private Contracts: 'EU rules no longer apply'
Willetts hails fewer limits to business links with universities at Tory conference. Simon Baker writes
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Higher living costs loom north of the border for students from rest of UK
Four-year courses at universities in Scotland will incur additional expense. David Matthews reports
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University of Wales' vetting won't halt ambition
The University of Wales' international business will continue to expand despite its decision to stop validating degrees unless they are "designed and fully controlled" by the institution.
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Vital signs of an unhealthy future for UK science
Short-term contracts and a lack of permanent openings risk causing long-term damage to UK academic science, a report prepared for David Willetts warns.
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Sarkozy's reforms herald French 'Ivy League'
New 'Sorbonne League' at heart of effort to create world-class elite. Jack Grove reports from Paris
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EPSRC fails to placate critics of its effort to 'shape' research capability
Funding council chief's no-show to defend policy 'beggared belief'. Paul Jump reports
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Many tales, but no idea which will have impact
Universities' efforts to collect impact case studies for the 2014 research excellence framework may be in full flow, but uncertainty and confusion still abound.
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In the virtual newsroom, scholars tell the rest of the story
Simon Baker gets the scoop on a website offering expert insight on breaking news direct to the public
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Metric perversion
The use of journal rankings and citations data throughout the REF would hamstring innovation, argues Hugh Willmott
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Voice of experience: we cannot afford to waste our untapped potential
We must protect widening-participation funding for the sake of the disadvantaged, disenfranchised and disillusioned, says Martin Bean
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Diary
LondonSigismund's Watch: A Tiny CatastropheAlthough Barbara Loftus' mother Hildegard fled to England from Nazi Germany in 1939, it was not until 1995 that she began to talk about her experiences and...