Interview with Fran Martin
The cultural studies scholar reflects on Tiananmen Square, the experience of Chinese students in Australia, and why online education can never replace a sage on the stage

The cultural studies scholar reflects on Tiananmen Square, the experience of Chinese students in Australia, and why online education can never replace a sage on the stage

Global tributes paid to a leading expert in industrial relations

Julia Buckingham also aims to protect funding, as response to Augar review is debated

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Preliminary results of EUA survey suggest three-quarters of responding institutions draw on much-criticised metric

Researcher held in UAE for five months suggests commercial relationships may trump concern for researchers’ well-being

Universities rightly make every effort to protect learners’ feelings. But what about teachers’ feelings, asks Alice Wickenden

Recent controversy over the future directions of both Stanford and Melbourne university presses have raised questions about the role of in-house publishing arms in a world of commercialisation,...

THE data show research influence in arts and humanities is declining in several countries, but many nations still progress overall

Graduate employment given double the weighting of other metrics in TEF-style assessments

Outgoing commissioner frustrated that countries still strike deals on a country-by-country basis
Key statisticsThe data shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It represents data from the 2017...

Rising instances of warrantless searches at borders have ‘serious implications for academic freedom and research confidentiality’, says union head

Ministers expected to reject Augar fee cut plan, raising question of what will be election offer on university fees and funding