We’re fighting on all fronts
How on earth has Anthony Kelly come to the conclusion that universities have been silent about the government’s reforms to teacher education in England, or are somehow to blame for the progression of...
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Ethics of journal’s surplus
As debates rage on how to spend the £1.2 million surplus of The Sociological Review (“Journal board in dark over £1m surplus”, 19 February), it is disappointing that there is no comment on how this...
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Mental health starts early
Thank you for raising the pressing issue of student mental well-being (“Diversity driving demand for mental healthcare”, News, 19 February). Every university has a pastoral duty of care for its...
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Sad retreat from vital area
I am an academic at the University of Manchester who also sits on the senate, which has twice discussed the closure of the Middle Eastern studies undergraduate programmes. I did not participate in...
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No tuition fees on principle
Students at the University of the West of Scotland have consistently rejected the idea of tuition fees mentioned by Craig Mahoney, principal and vice-chancellor of UWS (“Talk of fees is tricky in...
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Managers and Moocs at root of OU’s woes
The University and College Union branch at the Open University is extremely concerned about the deficit and falling student numbers reported in Times Higher Education (“OU’s numbers dive 28% as pool...
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The week in higher education - 26 February 2015
The Labour Party appeared close to ending the long-running saga over its fees and funding policy as Times Higher Education went to press. By releasing a story about £2 billion set aside by the...
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Advisory board to help steer Nurse review of research councils
Group will be made up of experts and prominent figures from across higher education
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Language test providers announced after scandal
Only two awarding bodies accrediting Secure English Language Tests, used to assess overseas students’ language capability, will be approved by the UK government from April.
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ABS ranking reveals 'world elite' of business journals
Thirty-three journals have been given the coveted “world elite” ranking in an influential and hotly debated league table
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Social science ‘critical’ to innovation
Funding for science and innovation should increase by at least 10 per cent in real terms over the next Parliament, according to the Campaign for Social Science
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Raising fee cap for some would create funding ‘inequity’
Allowing some universities to charge tuition fees above £9,000 a year would “create further inequity” in higher education funding, a university group has warned
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UK losing out to US and Australia in race for overseas students
The UK’s slight growth in international student recruitment over the past year overshadows a “global underperformance” when compared with other countries, an analysis has warned
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MENA top 30 snapshot released as THE MENA Universities Summit launches
Institutions from 11 countries feature in a top 30 that previews what a new ranking of universities in the Middle East and North Africa could look like