People of the year: who mattered in higher education in 2019
Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators who have shaped the debate in the past 12 months
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Springer Nature may pull Plan S backing over ‘unfair’ rules
World’s second-biggest publisher says proposals to accelerate switch to open access would not be sustainable for many titles
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Tory campus free speech bill would ‘stoke new culture war’
Ex-Tory adviser pushes plan to legislate to create ‘national academic freedom champion’ to ‘lead on sanctions where appropriate’
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Panel recommendations could ‘quickly resolve’ USS pensions row
Universities Superannuation Scheme cautions that making governance changes swiftly could be challenging
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‘Conditional unconditional’ offers ‘less popular’ with applicants
Latest Ucas data suggest university applicants are now only slightly more likely to use them to obtain a place than any other offer
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Universities should respond to election results with radical civic engagement
Another five years of austerity means universities must work harder to combat its impact on their communities, says David Etherington
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I am glad I am not the one carving up the USS turkey
Strikes notwithstanding, more pay restraint and greater pensions contributions from UK staff seem unavoidable, writes Bernard Casey
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UNSW navigates geopolitical minefield to sign China research deal
A$100m agreement ‘first cab off the rank’ for new foreign interference guidelines
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Universities spared nasty surprises in Australian mini-budget
Representative body presses case for education and research spending, as Canberra slashes budget projections
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DeVos battles student borrowers despite court rebuff
Told by judge to spare defrauded students, secretary toughens loan policy
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The 10 most popular THE rankings stories of 2019
A look at the most-read Times Higher Education university rankings articles from the past 12 months
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German academics resist ‘reductive’ public communication plans
Germany’s research ministry wants academia to provide the public with ‘answers’, but scholars say it’s not that simple
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REF funding change ‘funnels extra £60 million’ to golden triangle
Oxford, Cambridge and UCL have been the big winners from changes to formula used to allocate quality-related research funding, analysis shows
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‘Big five’ underpin Australian sector’s fiscal health
Skilful management has delivered growth most industries ‘would die for’, but new analysis asks whether this can last
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Imminent new sexual assault rules divide US campuses
Universities concede societal push to handle delicate matters in more legalistic ways