Marina Warner wins £400K Holberg Prize
Despite her books, Warner never thought of herself as academic, she tells Matthew Reisz
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Stanford University launches UK-based course
Stanford University’s graduate business school is launching a UK-based teaching programme for the first time
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Universities warned over breaching consumer law
Competition and Markets Authority advice addresses terms and conditions for students
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Subjective opinion, objective results
The data underpinning the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2015 are richer than ever, writes Phil Baty. This is the fifth annual Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings and...
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World Reputation Rankings 2015 results
‘Super-league’ can’t be shaken from the top
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Mental illness: shedding light on the darkness
Be open about your health, an academic advises. It could be the surest way to get the workplace support you need
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Extremists targeted London campus of soldier killer
University of Greenwich’s report following the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby suggests the ‘area was a centre for radical Islamic movements’
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12 March 2015
Heads up - What will the end of USS final-salary pensions mean for academics?
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Grant winners – 12 March 2015
Leverhulme TrustPhilip Leverhulme PrizesPrizewinners receive £100,000, which may be used for any purpose that would advance their researchBiological sciencesAward winner: Michael...
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World in brief – 12 March 2015
Source: GettyCanadaNot paying? Then you won’t be drivingStudents in British Columbia who are not making payments on outstanding student loans could find themselves unable to renew their driving...
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Roy Harris, 1931-2015
One of the most radical recent thinkers about language and communication has died
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Q&A with Alastair Ager
We speak to the director of the Institute of International Health and Development at Queen Margaret University
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#HEhustings: Tories, Labour, Lib Dems show off their party lines
The UK sector gathers to hear and debate the major parties’ poll positions on higher education
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News in brief – 12 March 2015
Gender biasHistory departments in dockConditions for female academics in some history departments “smack of the 1970s”, according to a new report. The Royal Historical Society research finds that an...
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Rise in teaching-only contracts
The proportion of part-time staff on teaching-only contracts is now more than 60 per cent after climbing almost 4 percentage points in a year, according to a report