India must forge its own identity
Philip Altbach’s analysis of the Indian higher education scene and the country’s ambitious goals falls short of a critical contextual appreciation of what might really benefit the country’s people (“...
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Mobility aid
Access to higher education should be afforded to anyone who wishes to pursue it. It is disheartening to see the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency showing a decline in the...
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Poor comparisons
Perhaps the principal problem with the discussion about whether the teaching excellence framework should learn lessons from the use of ratings in the school and healthcare sectors is that the initial...
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Publish and be sad
Kevin O’Gorman offers 10 tips on securing your first academic publication (“How to get your first academic paper published”, 23 February). There is an older view of publishing, from an age that...
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I won’t go to University of Texas while it permits guns on campus
Stephen Mumford is boycotting any university where handguns are allowed in class – and he wants others to join him
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UK higher education must recalibrate to register on Asia’s scales
China’s universities are using tough criteria to choose Western partners and, says Michael Hitchcock, British institutions fare poorly
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Grant winners – 3 March 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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How scholars spend their time
These data show how scholars used their time at different types of university in the period 2012 to 2015
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One VIP, coming right up
The rise of ‘super scholarships’ that aim to turn out future world leaders signals a new front in a global war for the best students
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Teesside University to withdraw FE validation at 10 colleges
Decision has rekindled row over universities’ role in validating HE courses in FE
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The world’s top universities for attracting industry funding
Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the 20 best institutions based on private-sector investment per academic