Charlie Hebdo conference: new risk assessment announced
Queen’s Belfast move suggests event could still go ahead, but confusion remains about why conference was cancelled
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Soas to divest from fossil fuel industry
Soas, University of London, is to divest from fossil fuels within the next three years after the institution’s governing body today approved the decision.
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Bolton student describes aftermath of sackings
An undergraduate taught by the recently dismissed University of Bolton lecturer Damien Markey has described how the decision has affected students.
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Labour £6K fees policy ‘not incredibly sensible’, says IFS expert
Education election briefing also hears claims that coalition’s private colleges policy was ‘completely mad’
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Drag studies module launched by Edge Hill
A university has launched what it claims is the UK’s first module in ‘drag studies’
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Europe investment scheme projects announced
Move angers universities, who say plan to take funds from research pot have yet to be approved by European Parliament
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THE podcast: 23-29 April 2015 issue review
Download the podcastThe cost of producing a Mooc, the upcoming general election, and the European Union’s new commissioner for research are discussed in this week’s Times Higher Education issue...
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The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction, by Pat Shipman
A lupine alliance may have helped Homo sapiens to beat the competition, says Simon Underdown
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OU vice-chancellor: slump in part-time study is ‘a tragedy’
Peter Horrocks, the Open University’s new v-c, highlights how the loss affects individuals and society
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Moocs: fluctuating rates in online investment
THE study determines average cost of creating a course for the FutureLearn platform
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Question time: THE election panel grill the politicians
Higher education figures interrogate the main parties on subjects from policy mistakes to part-time study
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Mock job applications: should they be part of a university degree?
An academic and a graduate give their views on embedding employability into higher education courses
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23 April 2015
Question time - Our election panel grill the politicians
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World in brief – 23 April 2015
Source: txking/Shutterstock.comUnited StatesPart-time scholars need permanent aidA quarter of part-time academic staff in the US receive some form of public assistance such as food stamps or Medicaid...
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China risks scoring own goal with campus football
Hong Bing examines plans for a Great Leap Forward in the sport