Behind the scenes
Inadvertently or otherwise, Laurie Taylor’s use of a theatrical analogy to describe the relationship between academics and administrators proffers an interesting if potentially unsettling vision of...
Inadvertently or otherwise, Laurie Taylor’s use of a theatrical analogy to describe the relationship between academics and administrators proffers an interesting if potentially unsettling vision of...
Trisha Greenhalgh disagrees with my opinion that pre-publication peer review is a waste of time (“Peer review not yet sunk”, Letters, 4 June). Her disagreement, however, is based on a small technical...
In Noel-Ann Bradshaw’s review of Cakes, Custard and Category Theory (Books, 4 June), there is a comment about how a sugar-free, wheat-free plum cake looks like and behaves similarly to a cake but “is...

When grant managers provide specialised input, approval rates rise, study finds

Premiere of work based on 16 frank interviews with vice-chancellors and the chair of governors

University of Leicester head tells ARMA conference that the start of research careers and early work needs support

The Times Higher Education team discusses the results of this year's Asia University Rankings

Asia continues its progress towards superpower status on a wave of investment, says Phil Baty

Japan loses its crown to its main regional rival, as massive state funding and innovation pay dividends for the People’s Republic, writes Katie Duncan

There seems little doubt that Asia’s star is rising, but reports of its imminent academic hegemony are greatly exaggerated, argues Miguel Lim

A nurturing relationship with Samsung has helped SKKU scale the domestic rankings and make its mark on the world stage, writes Chung Kyu Sang

To fulfil its potential, India’s academy must be freed from the constraints of red tape as part of a root-and-branch transformation, argues C. Raj Kumar

Pan-Chyr Yang offers insights into National Taiwan University’s sterling work in pure research, knowledge transfer, innovation and 21st-century learning

Japan still ‘king of the mountain’ but balance of power shifts to neighbour