Anthony Seldon to be next Buckingham v-c
Sir Anthony Seldon has been named the new vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham
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Dundee UCU votes for strike action over job losses
Members of the University and College Union at the University of Dundee have voted to strike in protest at the threat of compulsory redundancies
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THE podcast: 16-22 April 2015 issue review
Download the podcastThe upcoming general election, the Horizon 2020 European research fund, and this week’s books section are all covered in this Times Higher Education issue review podcast.Reporter...
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'Payback time' as NUS attempts to unseat fee pledge breakers
Thirty-six Lib Dems in firing line, including Nick Clegg, plus two Tories
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Sabbaticals: no longer so open-ended or available?
Five academics detail how taking leave of the grind has turbocharged their work – but can everyone get a break?
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NUS officer class stands apart in its lack of diversity
Study finds union leadership to be unreflective of the students they represent, being still dominated by middle-class white men
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16 April 2015
Take leave - Sabbaticals can revitalise mind and body, but who gets a break?
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Finding the place where two kinds of truth can meet
Confronting students with facts that they might not be aware of or comfortable with can have surprising results, says Robert Lee Maril
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Q&A with Steve Egan
We speak to the incoming vice-president (implementation) at the University of Bath
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World in brief – 16 April 2015
United StatesComputer said yes, but it shouldn’t haveTexas State University has become the latest US institution to send acceptance letters to hundreds of applicants in error. About 450 students...
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News in brief – 16 April 2015
TES GlobalTHE parent acquires UniJobsTimes Higher Education’s parent company, TES Global, has acquired UniJobs, the online global network for academic and research positions, it was announced this...
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Early viewing advisable
I am shocked to hear of the poverty of accommodation, valued at a miserly £16,000 a year, offered to the president of Imperial College London by his employer (“Premium rate numbers”, Features, 2...
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Dressing up a scapegoat
The used-clothing industry is not hidden (Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes, by Andrew Brooks, Books, 9 April). There have been various television, radio and...
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Equality comes from within
Scottish universities committing to gender balance on their governing boards is a step in the right direction (“Scottish universities make board gender balance pledge”, 9 April). However, it is...
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Paying the piper
Nick Hillman notes that “since students and lecturers are facing larger class sizes…they should be asking where all those £9,000 fees are going” (“Workloads heavier in £9K fees era, say scholars”,...