Grant winners - 19 December 2013
National Institute for Health ResearchHealth Technology Assessment ProgrammeAward winner: Cath JacksonInstitution: University of YorkValue: £359,179Understanding the barriers and facilitators to...

National Institute for Health ResearchHealth Technology Assessment ProgrammeAward winner: Cath JacksonInstitution: University of YorkValue: £359,179Understanding the barriers and facilitators to...

Reading v-c condemns Autumn Statement announcement as a purely political move

School Direct scheme diverts funding and input from university education departments

Border states a key battleground as the struggle for international income intensifies

I have had a good run with Henry V, but I think it is over now

Global competition prompts easing of curbs on commissions to student recruiters

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

We tree kings…We used our Twitter account (@timeshighered) to ask for your #ChristmasCampus photographs, and you replied in your hundreds. The pictures included (left to right from top left): Times...

Academic Xmas Party Risk Assessment

Participation widens, but questions may be asked over falling entry requirements

Beijing wants to supercharge its nation’s universities as it has its railroads, but might its ambitions falter for want of academic freedom and cultural change?

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We speak to the honorary visiting professor in the Institute of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool

Ideology and myopia threatens the future of some of the UK’s best humanities departments, warns Louis Goddard

The alchemy between art and nature gives food for thought, writes Philip Hoare