Universities invited to bid for extra ITT places after all
The government has reversed a decision to offer extra teacher training places to schools at the expense of universities
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EU students masking ‘flattening’ in English recruitment
Hefce chief Madeleine Atkins also says counter-terror role for funding council was ‘gift not asked for’
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Counter-terror bill: amendments passed but concerns persist
Peers also slam government figure on student terrorists used to persuade Lords of need for new laws
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Greg Clark pledges action on private college quality
Minister also uses Hefce speech to draw comparisons with Labour over HE funding
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Students facing ‘unlawful’ small print at almost 30 universities
Many universities are using “unlawful” terms allowing them to make “unfair” changes to courses midway through a degree, a consumer watchdog has said
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THE podcast: Best University Workplace 2015 results
Listen to the Best University Workplace podcast This week, Times Higher Education published the results of the 2015 Best University Workplace Survey. More than 4,100 UK university employees took part...
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Oxbridge alumni again set to feature heavily in next parliament
The next parliament is likely to include a disproportionately high number of MPs who graduated from Oxbridge, new research suggests.
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Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina, by Stuart B. Schwartz
Call it a ‘hypercane’ or a ‘weather bomb’, we’re as much at its mercy as ever, writes Philip Hoare
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Twenty-five years of New Queer Cinema
Nathan Smith looks back at a film movement that has challenged stigmas and defended the transgressive
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UUK warning over £6,000 fees
Board claims in public letter that Labour has ignored the ‘legitimate concerns of vice-chancellors’
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Hefce granted regulatory powers over new providers and universities
Move described as ‘early job application’ for council to be chief regulator after the election
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Measure still for measure?
Is the sector placing too little trust in academics and too much in performance management techniques?
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Moocs: know your audience and brush up your skills
HEA study offers tips drawn from first-hand accounts of both participants and course creators. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Students are right to ask where their fees go
Excellent teaching shouldn’t cost the earth, even in a market where price is used as a proxy for quality, argues Carl Lygo
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The secret lives of child labourers of the Himalayas
For 15 months, social geographer Jane Dyson lived in a mountain village with young Indian workers, bonding over ‘mountain ice cream’