Scottish Labour hints at ‘no fees’ policy
Shadow education secretary tells conference of party’s ‘direction of travel’ ahead of 2016 elections
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Vince Cable attempts to woo Indian student market
Vince Cable is announcing a new set of measures designed to stem the fall in Indian students choosing to study in the UK
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‘Bellogate’ engulfs UCL email system
University College London has apologised after its email system was hacked, leaving students with thousands of spam emails in their inboxes.
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Eugenics at UCL: We inherited Galton
Earlier this year a debate at University College London asked Why Isn’t My Professor Black?Michael Arthur, the UCL provost, was asked by a student during a panel session why the institution...
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THE podcast: 9-15 October 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe future of the Quality Assurance Agency, this week’s THE books section, and our regular Careers Intelligence slot are covered in the latest Times Higher Education issue review...
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Campus close-up: Coventry University College
Flexible model at West Midlands institution providing ‘budget’ higher education means students can balance their study, work and care commitments
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Do the social sciences need a shake-up?
Amanda Goodall and Andrew Oswald examine the state of the disciplines
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Academia then and now
Christopher Bigsby reflects on an age of innocence, sherry and tenure
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The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon: Toward a Political History of Madness, by Laure Murat
Biancamaria Fontana on the tangled connections between historical events and mental illness
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Claire Fletcher-Flinn, Peter J. Smith, Eleonora Belfiore, R. C. Richardson and Uwe Schütte…
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The best bloc for a 21st-century education system?
Mike Cole ponders how to promote research culture and social democracy in Cambodia
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Maximise returns – go long
Universities know well the value of international students, but myopic politicians struggle to see past electoral expediency
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Q&A with Lord Puttnam
We speak to Lord Puttnam, the chair of Pearson College’s academic board
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USS reforms: income gap widens on redbrick v post-92 pensions
UCU warns that academics at older universities could be up to £21,000 a year worse off in retirement than those at newer institutions
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Poet joins professor in criticising University of Essex
Glyn Maxwell, whose departure follows Marina Warner’s exit, claims the importance of high-profile academics is ‘lost’ on Essex