University staff back revised USS reform plan
Staff at pre-1992 universities have voted by two to one in favour of accepting plans to end the country’s largest private final salary pension scheme
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Racial profiling on campus: debate reignited
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Blog: REF 2014 – a fair comparison of quality?
John Holmwood and Stephen McKay examine the results for the social sciences and identify some anomalies
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FT Global MBA Ranking 2015: London Business School claims second place
London Business School has continued its climb up the Financial Times’ Global MBA Ranking, claiming second place in the 2015 table
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Burns’ work translated by Chinese scholar
As Burns Night is celebrated around the world, the work of Scotland’s national poet is being brought to a new audience
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Glasgow and Nankai to set up joint graduate school
A joint graduate school is to be established in the Chinese city of Tianjin by the University of Glasgow and Nankai University
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Horizon 2020 funding raid a ‘great concern’
Pan-Europe organisations attack Commission plans to move money for strategic investment fund
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Oxford Brookes University makes Alistair Fitt v-c
An academic who was set to become interim vice-chancellor at Oxford Brookes University has been confirmed as the institution’s next permanent head
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The 100 most international universities in the world 2015
World University Rankings data reveal the most outward-looking institutions
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Top 10 most international universities in the world
A university’s international outlook can be key to its success in global rankings – the world’s leading universities draw in the top academic and student talent from a global pool and they...
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Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2015 open for entries
This year’s Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards - more widely known as the Thelmas - have been opened for entries
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Paul Webley to step down as Soas director
The director of Soas, University of London, is to step down from his position this year owing to ill health
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THE podcast: 22-28 January 2015 issue review
Download the podcastThe role of the government’s chief scientific adviser, Russia’s bid to get five universities into the world’s top 100, and this week’s Times Higher Education Books section are all...
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Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism, by Judy Wajcman
It’s not machines but rather man that makes us dread the clock’s tick, Stina Lyon discovers
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From portfolios to portfolio careers: are arts students prepared?
Institutions must cater for the reality that graduates of arts-based courses are likely to work in ‘arts in the community’, says Judith Hills