A Union Forever: The Irish Question and U.S. Foreign Relations in the Victorian Age, by David Sim
It was Civil War not Fenianism that prompted Anglo-American tensions, argues Donald M. MacRaild

It was Civil War not Fenianism that prompted Anglo-American tensions, argues Donald M. MacRaild

Times Higher Education columnists suggest some thought-provoking options for new year commendations

Daniel Sokol’s honorary post at King’s College London withdrawn

Move will speed promotion track, Weinberg says, but UCU remains critical

Brian Martin suggests how junior researchers can fight against the well-kept secret of academic exploitation

Rise in average vice-chancellorial salary far outstrips 1 per cent pay offer to rank-and-file staff

New libel laws come into force today that aim to protect academics from the threat of legal action when writing peer-reviewed material in journals

International students could be hit by new healthcare charges for migrants in the UK.

A clutch of professors have been knighted while the former head of Loughborough University is among those made a dame in the New Year’s Honours.

A group of scientists remain trapped on a boat in the Antarctic after another attempt to rescue them stalled due to poor weather

Using “big data” to help match people to courses could cut freedom of choice and ultimately put students off higher education, an expert has warned.

A former NHS manager has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Nottingham Trent University.

From the advice you need (but rarely get) to pick the right PhD supervisor, to an extraordinary rant about the idiocy of the research excellence framework, we reveal our most-read stories of 2013
Hundreds of people have signed a petition nominating actor Peter Capaldi to be the new rector of the University of Glasgow.

A group of colleges at the University of Cambridge have collectively raised £150 million for capital projects through the private debt market.