Read and heed the heels
I would like to commend Times Higher Education for the attention paid to shoes in recent issues, with articles that brilliantly discuss footwear and its history in relation to power and femininity (“...
I would like to commend Times Higher Education for the attention paid to shoes in recent issues, with articles that brilliantly discuss footwear and its history in relation to power and femininity (“...
PA Consulting Group must have been delighted at having its recent report described without comment or alternative views (“V-cs wanting to lead from the front are frustrated by a lack of followers”,...

Times Higher Education creates a top 15 table for Africa’s academies ahead of the inaugural THE Africa Universities Summit on 30-31 July

Davina Quinlivan reflects on how female voyeurs in film contrast with ‘impotent’ peeping Toms by being portrayed as empowered and vengeful

Academics, administrators and senior sector figures on two holiday tomes: a new must-read and a classic to revisit

Amid concerns about the growing use – and abuse – of quantitative measures in universities, a major new review examines the role of metrics in the assessment of research, from the REF to performance...

Even centuries ago, student misconduct and violence vexed townspeople and authorities. The behaviour, says one scholar, highlights negative stereotypes and socio-political tensions

But chancellor’s move to change student loan repayment rules presents risks

The life of an early career researcher is a challenging one, finds Catherine Fletcher, as she heads to city number six

Chancellor George Osborne also announces scrapping of student maintenance grants and plans to make graduates pay more for loans through repayment threshold freeze

You might not think it, but students in the 14th and 15th century could teach today’s cohort a thing or two about tearing up the town, writes Matthew Reisz

Author Jeanette Winterson among 96 signatories of letter to board of governors

Republican presidential hopeful wants radical reform of university system