Are teaching and research mutually exclusive?
Is the 4* researcher who is also a stellar teacher a realistic expectation? Times Higher Education surveyed academics to find out. Jack Grove reports
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What are you reading? – 5 July 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Can the West ride Chinese higher education tsunami?
There is no holding back the king tide that is the Asian country’s higher education ambition – yet while the torrent carries some riches, what will it sweep away?
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Laurie Taylor – 5 July 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Grade inflation or improved teaching?
The articles “Grades anatomy” and “Bubbles and bombast” suggest that grade inflation is a cause for concern. But over the past few years, universities have invested heavily in technology such as...
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Nursing know-how
We would like to respectfully disagree with comments made by Ann Bradshaw in “To degree or not to degree: that is NOT the question for UK nursing”. Earlier this year, the Nursing and Midwifery...
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Phantom deficit
While negotiations over the future of the Universities Superannuation Scheme continue, our research shows that the USS is more likely to be in surplus than in deficit. As pointed out by the Pensions...
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Appointments – 5 July 2018
Search our database of more than 3,000 global university jobs To place an advertisement please write to:Recruitment AdvertisingTimes Higher Education26 Red Lion SquareHolbornLondonWC1R 4HQ Telephone:...
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Germany’s two-tier HE system is not all that it seems
Some commentators have urged the UK to replicate German universities of applied science. It’s not that simple, says Neil Shirtcliffe
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Does research conflict with teaching? It depends what you are researching
Social scientists’ inexplicable failure to conduct research on their own campuses is holding back quality in undergraduate education, says Richard Arum
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Without investment, student mental health will only get worse
UK students may be less likely to commit suicide than the general population, but rates are rising. A properly informed and funded response is vital, says Sarah Niblock
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When erudition is not enough, activism is a must
When the alt-right made highly dubious claims about historical Irish slavery, Natalie Zacek realised that a rebuttal from an expert would make no difference
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Last Resort: the Financial Crisis and the Future of Bailouts, by Eric A. Posner
It’s time to make honest women out of the bodies that rescued the banks, argues Sir Howard Davies