Pension plans would cost staff ‘tens of thousands’, says union
University staff would see “tens of thousands of pounds a year wiped off their pensions” if Universities UK plans for change are introduced.
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Open access threat receding, suggests briefing
Analysts’ report points to ‘little or no damage’ inflicted on publishers
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Science and construction fuel graduate employment surge
The revival of the science and construction industries has helped drive the biggest drop in UK graduate unemployment for 15 years, says new research.
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THE podcast: Ben Brabon Mooc interview
Download the podcastBen Brabon, academic courses manager for the School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University, was responsible for the first for-credit massive open online course in...
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Nature Communications goes fully open access
The decision to make the prestigious journal Nature Communications fully open access amounts to a “flag in the ground” on the issue
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Success rate for women on Royal Society fellowship tumbles
A research funder has seen success rates for women applying to one of its fellowships plummet by more than 30 per cent since 2010
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THE podcast: 25 September - 1 October 2014 issue review
Download the podcastConcerns about the University of Central Lancashire’s Cyprus campus, the Labour party conference, the Times Higher Education books section, and reaction to the Scottish...
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Israeli scholars asked to drop Ariel University affiliation
Academics from controversial university were due to present papers at the European Association of Israel Studies’ annual conference
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Half of all new PhDs undertaken are in the sciences
Almost half of all students starting PhDs are working in the physical sciences, the biological sciences or engineering and technology fields
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Fall in top A-level applicants gives BTEC entrants a boost
Ucas shows more high-tariff places going to those with vocational qualifications
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Buying their way to the top
Tackling inequality and broadening access to higher education has knock-on benefits for the whole of society
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The Trilobite Book: A Visual Journey, by Riccardo Levi-Setti
Euan Clarkson admires an exquisite collection of images of an iconic arthropod’s fossil traces
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Lord Strange's Men and Their Plays, by Lawrence Manley and Sally-Beth MacLean
Peter J. Smith applauds a study of an innovative company of actors and their influence on Elizabethan theatre