Don't expect OfS leaders to fight market
Higher education policy in the UK has long since passed the point at which even the estimable Laurie Taylor struggles to satirise it. If any further proof were needed, it can be found in the comment...
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A burden shared
In the news story “Kept down by menial tasks? Black scholars and the ‘neoplantation’” (16 March), Lamar Johnson, an assistant professor in Michigan State University’s department of English, argues...
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US terms of aid
The article “Income-contingent loans ‘could solve US student debt crisis’” (14 March, www.timeshighereducation.com) contains a significant error. US federal education loans, such as the Stafford Loan...
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Friday on my mind
Despite acknowledging the importance of contradictory examples in the study of the humanities, James Nikopoulos (Opinion, 9 March) remarks on a society’s skill sets relevant to the “passions of their...
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All that matters
The feature on Harry Collins (“Authoritative testimony”, 9 March) says: “Building on the role of government scientific advisers, Collins and [Robert] Evans propose a detailed set of mechanisms for...
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Nature Index: Japan falls behind on scientific research
Country’s publications in high-quality journals decline in relative and absolute terms
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Israel conference loses speaker over ex-UN official’s keynote
Sole remaining pro-Israel speaker claims ‘semi-hysterical’ reaction has harmed academic debate
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UK universities told to put local before global post-Brexit
V-c counters that institutions will ‘inevitably’ plan for overseas campuses after referendum
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Trump’s attack on the humanities threatens the US’ national identity
Military might and border walls are of more importance than compassion in Trump’s America, says John Fea
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Continental European university model ‘under pressure’
Institutions need to be excellent across the board to attract leading researchers, analysis warns
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Randi Zuckerberg: Ivy League dominance of Silicon Valley will end
Facebook pioneer discusses improving diversity in tech industry and universities
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How scholars at one UK institution are reclaiming their university
Tim Ingold and colleagues at the University of Aberdeen have created a manifesto that they hope will preserve higher education's true values