UK’s biomedical research funding ‘bubble’ is ‘about to burst’
Call to rebalance funding away from sciences and towards social sciences
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Social media: the good, the bad and the ugly
With about one-third of Earth’s 7 billion inhabitants on a social network, it is an inevitable part of scholars’ lives. While many academics find Twitter and Facebook useful means of disseminating...
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Can India’s private universities deliver?
The public sector has not expanded quickly enough to meet the demand for college degrees in India
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Applicant numbers for UK universities fall 2 per cent
Latest data for June deadline applications show a worsening of figures compared with January statistics
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English universities hit by apprenticeship funding restrictions
Rule changes could lead to ‘mis-selling’ of qualifications that are not full degrees, higher education institutions warn
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China could overtake US on research impact by mid-2020s
Trends analysis shows end of ‘US hegemony’ in research may not be far off
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The week in higher education – 12 July 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Career advice: how to run a successful clearing campaign
As universities prepare for A-level results day next month, Liz Carlile explains how to get clearing right
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Micro-management of learning is killing creativity
Learning outcomes are very well intentioned, but their use discourages students from thinking outside the tick box, says Robert Nelson
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International partnerships can fill the Brexit hole
The prospect of losing access to EU funding only strengthens the rationale for UK universities to develop deep, bilateral international partnerships, says Ed Byrne
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Academia must prize mental health above all
Evidence that half the UK’s academics experience a damaging mental health burden (“Half of UK academics ‘suffer stress-linked mental health problems’”, News, 5 July, www.timeshighereducation.com) is...
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Entitled to the title
Marrisa Joseph finding her PhD and honorific “Dr” routinely ignored or worse (“I have earned the right to be called ‘Dr’”, Opinion, 5 July) recalls the recent experiences of historian Fern Riddell ...
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Tune in to silence
In Patricia Owen-Smith’s article on the value of classroom silence and contemplative education (“In silence, teaching gold”, Opinion, 28 June), she says that “before I do anything else, I begin our...