I’m no longer teaching Western political thought
The ‘canon’ of political thought is a myth and we owe it to our students to let them choose which theorists they engage with, says Gemma Bird
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THE podcast: spotting trends in HE data
THE’s data editor discusses our most recent data-driven stories
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Plan S ‘could prove fatal’ for learned societies
Members say professional organisations dependent on income from subscription-model journals face ‘existential’ threat from landmark open access policy
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Australian regional higher education strategy in limbo
Government support for rural university initiative may not get it across the line
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Medical humanities: helping doctors see the whole person?
US medical training has embraced wider perspectives, but progress might be slower elsewhere, scholars say
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Research ‘culture shift’ needed in emerging European systems
Younger academics spending far less time on scholarship than in leading nations, analysis suggests
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Handful of Canadian universities prepare for marijuana on campus
A few institutions in the western part of the country are embarking on a social-educational experiment
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Fairness should lie at the heart of any funding reform
Universities owe it to students to create a transparent and fair higher education funding model, argues Anthony Forster
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UCU’s Sally Hunt censured over handling of pensions strike
No-confidence motion that triggered walkouts at the University and College Union’s June congress is shelved at recall event
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Powerful whites ‘chief beneficiaries’ of Harvard ‘discrimination’
Lawsuit by an Asian-American student challenging rejection reveals white students, not black applicants, to be the advantaged party
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How do we balance the Humboldtian equation?
What constitutes truly excellent teaching, and its oft-neglected relationship with research, are among the most urgent concerns in higher education
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Top tips on how to make your lectures interesting
A new teaching year has just begun in the northern hemisphere. Eight academics reflect on their experience of lecturing, and offer their tips on opening students’ eyes – and keeping them open
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Social Empathy: The Art of Understanding Others, by Elizabeth Segal
It’s still a puzzle how we come to care about groups different from us, says Constantine Sandis