Next government must ‘prioritise’ new HE law, says Hefce
Higher education legislation should be a priority for the new government after 2015, according to England’s funding council.
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‘Cheap, pathetic gestures’ on immigration harming HE
A business leader has said he is “appalled” to see universities end up as “victims of political point-scoring” and a “meaningless” migration target
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University applicant numbers down for early deadline
The number of UK students applying to medical and dentistry schools, veterinary courses and Oxbridge has fallen by 5 per cent, new figures show.
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Northern Irish universities warned over major cuts
Reports that thousands of student places could be cut
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Ten ‘academic’ words that have just made it into the dictionary
New edition of Collins English Dictionary contains raft of new terms
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THE podcast: 23-29 October 2014 issue review
Download the podcastConcerns about the effectiveness of an immigration working group, this week’s Times Higher Education books section, the increasing monitoring of scholars’ work and Arizona State...
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University levy on graduates could end taxpayer ‘burden’ - thinktank
Public funding for universities should be scrapped and replaced by graduates paying an earnings levy to their institutions, according to a thinktank.
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Why philanthropy merits scholarly study
As giving grows in importance, universities need to engage seriously with the topic, says Charles Keidan
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Big brother in the academy
As monitoring of scholars’ performance, time and output increases, so do reservations about its value and effectiveness
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Plato at the Googleplex, by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
K. E. Gover assesses the case for the continuing relevance of Platonic thinking to modern life
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Arizona State University aims to wipe out the replicants
Michael Crow on the radical change needed to build the New American University
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Peter Piot: there is a ‘moral responsibility’ to go out and stop Ebola
The man who helped to identify the virus has encouraged staff and students to volunteer
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Future of teacher training under threat
Anglia Ruskin latest to drop out as policy continues to favour school-led system
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Must do better: Gove adviser’s verdict on the sector
We urgently need to confront grade inflation, poor-value degrees, unequal access and lack of contact time, writes Jamie Martin
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Father and Daughter: Patriarchy, Gender and Social Science, by Ann Oakley
E. Stina Lyon admires a hybrid of personal memoir and post-war English social history