THE Awards 2019: shortlist announced
Nearly 80 institutions nominated across 23 categories in bigger-than-ever sector celebration
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Male, 62, and a scientist: meet the typical university leader
Analysis of the backgrounds of leaders in the world top 400 reveals turnover is high but diversity low among presidents and vice-chancellors
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WSJ/THE US College Rankings 2020: Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins rise
Harvard tops student-focused ranking for fourth consecutive year
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The week in higher education – 5 September 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Most leaders of top universities in post less than five years
Times Higher Education analysis shows heads of institutions last longer in US than in UK or Australia
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Are leaders from overseas good for universities?
Universities often claim to be competing in a global market, but their recruitment of leaders typically results in domestic appointments. With some of the world’s top institutions led by people from...
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Augar’s English fee plans fail to make spending review
Chancellor’s omission of any mention of post-18 review cements impression that plans for fee cut are dead
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THE World University Rankings 2020: opportunity for unity
While nations compete to unlock the huge potential of quantum engineering, it is also a chance for building global partnerships, says David Awschalom
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USS pension changes ‘leave typical academics £240K worse off’
Average members set to get £18,200 a year in retirement under latest changes, compared with £23,800 under pre-2011 scheme
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Catching the exam cheats
Exam invigilator Helen Soteriou reveals the elaborate schemes devised by students seeking to cheat on their tests
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Tenure under threat as US university mulls department closures
Financially troubled institution suggests senior faculty vulnerable
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EU laws on stem cell research ‘more exposed’ post-Brexit
UK’s exit removes a ‘powerful brake’ against extreme ideas at a time of increased lobbying, say experts
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Chinese students in UK ‘manipulated’ by embassy, MPs told
Committee hears claim that director of research centre lost job in row over funding from foreign state