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I believe that it is actually very healthy and productive for academics to use social media and to avoid focusing on one thing for an extended time (“Do we have to tweet?”, Opinion, 17 August). The...
I believe that it is actually very healthy and productive for academics to use social media and to avoid focusing on one thing for an extended time (“Do we have to tweet?”, Opinion, 17 August). The...
Recently, the vice-chancellor of a large London-based university attempted [on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme] to justify an undergraduate tuition fee of £9,250 by arguing that the university needed...
I’m not sure why Andrew McRae thinks that students at those universities that did not receive sufficient National Student Survey responses to make the ranking should be “bloody angry” (“Sabotaged NSS...
Having joined academia after a career in industry, I am shocked about the ludicrous amount of paperwork (“I quit! Why I am leaving UK academia”, Opinion, 25 July, www.timeshighereducation.com). A few...
David Matthews’ feature “Fuzzy logic” (3 August) raises the question of whether “firms themselves really value the kind of critical thinking that academics prize”. The evidence suggests that they do...

Don’t blame vice-chancellors for their salaries – we need to rethink where power lies in universities, says Tom Cutterham

It is time to consider how we can stop senior academics bullying their way on to research papers, says Trisha Greenhalgh

Brain-boosting drugs can help students and academics alike to unlock their potential, says Hemmel Amrania

Researchers reveal huge differences in charges levied by Russell Group universities

Hungary is making ‘dubious history’ by reversing the expansion of universities, writes David Matthews

Access the THE preview of the 2017 European Association for International Education conference in Seville

Sword-fighting, drinking, history and camaraderie: struggling to recruit, ancient brotherhoods mull their image problem

Les Ebdon says that he came ‘close’ to rejecting access agreements in ‘one of the toughest’ rounds of negotiation yet

Campus Antifascist Network plans self-defence training for scholars who may be challenged by white supremacists

Variations in the Russell Group demonstrate a mixed national picture, write Joshua Stubbs and Paul Wakeling