US universities prepared to pay high price for sporting success
Despite scandal and top-level resignations, University of Maryland system head sees football as being well worth the trouble
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New data lay bare Europe’s gender gap for STEM graduates
However, latest data from EU suggests eastern European nations having more success in keeping gap narrow
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The ‘bolus’ model: a better template for internationalisation?
Toronto scholars say Ethiopia collaboration has helped reverse brain drain and led to important milestones for country
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Sector sees opportunity in Cabinet split on visa salary threshold
Higher education leaders fear shortage of skilled workers if limit is not lowered from £30,000
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An academic’s letter to Santa
Philip Moriarty shares his Christmas wish list after taking on recommendations from the elf review panel
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Strong industry interest in research ‘needed to drive innovation’
Patent citation data suggest that economies such as South Korea, where firms have capacity to drive research, are making most progress
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Shaking off the ghosts of interviews past
An interview at Oxford is an opportunity to be celebrated, no matter how many questions you can’t answer, says Arabella Byrne
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Major drive to create data science tools for historians launched
Turing Institute and British Library collaborate on project to use artificial intelligence techniques to analyse texts
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Seeking refuge from the Christmas storm? So did Jane Austen
The onslaught of family and merriment during the festive season could be too much for even the English gentry at times, observes Jocelyn Harris
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The 10 most popular World University Rankings stories of 2018
A look at the most-read Times Higher Education university rankings articles from the past 12 months
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Seesaw funding leaves Australian research ‘in crisis’
Government increases funding for project grants but cuts cash for associated costs
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Philosophers urge Hull to think again over course cuts
Linguists also concerned about the creation of modern-language ‘deserts’
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Want researchers to save the world? Let them have fun
Encouraging academics to spend time with scholars from outside their own discipline will be vital to tackling today’s grand challenges, says Annette Rubery
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Letters – 20/27 December 2018
Student loan change risks backward step The 180-degree flip by the Office for National Statistics in its accounting for student loans may seem embarrassing for policymakers, but it is more...