Research intelligence - Slow train coming
The sciences may be embracing open access, but the humanities remain cool to the idea. Paul Jump investigates
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Arguments over space
A tumultuous exhibition places debates about sculpture's position and possibilities in sharp relief, finds Alex Danchev
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From where I sit - Where passion trumps technology
With the new academic year in Australia set to start in a few weeks, I am savouring a time of quiet contemplation before the madness begins. Naturally, I think about fresh strategies for teaching...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Week in Higher Education
He may be known as "Two Brains", but universities minister David Willetts has always relied on four eyes - until now. Mr Willetts has shed his spectacles thanks to laser eye surgery and on 20 January...
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27 January 2011
Primus inter pares - Academics must coax more of their own into leadership roles
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Irreconcilable differences
Demand-led funding and growing state regulation may leave the Australian system with the worst of all worlds, says Steven Schwartz
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Leader: This really calls for an inside job
In good times and bad, scholars remain the best people to keep universities, and those within them, on their missions
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News in Brief
United StatesTexas danger as state plans cutsThe state of Texas is planning to slash $772 million (£483 million) from its higher education spending, closing four community colleges in the process....
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'Galapagos syndrome': Japan's gaze turns inward
Castigated for its timidity, a 'risk-averse' generation shuns study abroad, Michael Fitzpatrick writes
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'Springboard to Asia' cordially invites UK scholars
The government of Hong Kong is looking to British academics to help fill a teaching gap created by major changes to its education system.In an interview with Times Higher Education, Kenneth Chen,...
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Field rankings for The National University of Singapore
Field rankings for The National University of SingaporeData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 2000-31 August 2010 FieldPapersCitesNUS cites per paperWorld...
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Campus round-up
Kingston UniversityOrange fruits shared with publicA London university has acquired material relating to a major literary award. The Orange Prize for Fiction archive at Kingston University contains...
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From the frontbench to a new seat of learning
Ex-university minister Bill Rammell talks about life on the other side of the fence. Simon Baker writes
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Rankings update: partners consult sector to build on 2010 successes
New indicators and refinements considered for THE World University Rankings 2011. Phil Baty writes