Reconfiguring the landscape
Ireland’s government expects consolidation to play a big role in creating a financially sustainable higher education system. As the sector pores over a new strategy document that will inform...
Ireland’s government expects consolidation to play a big role in creating a financially sustainable higher education system. As the sector pores over a new strategy document that will inform...
The excellent response to the third round of the annual Academic Reputation Survey gives an even more accurate picture of scholarly opinion
World Bank study helps North African and Middle Eastern institutions to gauge how well they are run as they work to improve. David Matthews writes
Drive to raise national profile yields opportunities for English speakers. Donna Bowater reports
REF noose round neck of academic freedomOver the summer, my department asked me to prepare a research excellence framework impact statement based on work I had done six years ago (“Swansea’s REF plan...
How long before search committees stop assuming that the right man for the top university job is a man?
US dominates revamped Times Higher Education World University Rankings. John Morgan reports
4 October 2012 Public investment in the Asia-Pacific academy seems to be paying off as the area's institutions climb the World University Rankings. So who are they displacing? It doesn't take much to...
Matthew Reisz on the awards that highlight the developing world's leading young female scientists
The gigantic, apocalyptic glittering ball of The X Factor reflects back only what we give it, argues Will Brooker
The UK's first-class knowledge economy will be consigned to second-class status if the axe is wielded too savagely, Steve Smith warns
The Green League table shows that many institutions are very serious about sustainability, and laggards are being pushed along by plans to link funding to progress in cutting carbon use. Hannah Fearn...
The data show that power is moving eastwards, says Phil Baty, and the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2014 map this shifting R&D environment. By Western standards, the scale and...
Source: Reuters It’s clear from the continuing power shift from West to East and the success of Boston that real-world geography still plays a vital role in university excellence, even in the...