India enters international student recruitment race
Country’s new internationalisation plan eschews revenue-focused approaches favoured by other countries
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Universities’ good work is often obscured
That the role of higher education is so often misunderstood or misportrayed, even in institutions, means much good work goes unremarked
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Laurie Taylor – 10 May 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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What a carve up: rethink ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Europe
I read with interest “The best universities in New Europe” ranking (News, 25 April). I was particularly glad that some Hungarian universities ranked in remarkably high positions. While...
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Mexican excellence
The bleak reading in “Mexican standoff” (Features, 3 May) does not truly match my own, if limited, experience of working in Mexico since 2012. The National Autonomous University of Mexico is the...
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Help free Abbas Edalat
An open letter to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office We are members of the academic community in the UK and beyond, including China, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Russia, Slovenia, South...
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Appointments – 10 May 2018
To place an advertisement please write to:Recruitment AdvertisingTimes Higher Education26 Red Lion SquareHolbornLondonWC1R 4HQ Telephone:020 3194 3399 Email:recruitment@timeshighereducation.com Your...
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The Australian government is finally looking beyond the economics of higher education
The new remit for the Higher Education Standards Panel flags up various regulatory issues that the minister wants to see addressed, says Gavin Moodie
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Calculating the carbon footprint of research is not a solution to climate change
Convincing universities to divest from fossil fuels and use only green energy is a better strategy, says Thomas Smith
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Luck and gut instinct are a university president’s key assets
The demands of the job take their toll, but rigorous application of the smell test can limit the damage, say Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and Francine Trachtenberg
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Language requirements for international students are too low
Overseas students’ academic potential is hobbled if their English does not far exceed current thresholds, says Danijela Trenkic
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Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children’s Literature, by Liam Heneghan
An environmental biologist’s examination of the books we read during childhood is in equal parts charming and irritating, writes Shelley King