Willetts: student expansion plan ‘perfectly possible’
It is “perfectly possible” to fund the government’s plan to abolish the student numbers cap by selling off graduate debt, David Willetts has claimed.
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Academic 'forced out' over prostitution lecture
By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed
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Ashmolean gains huge private collection of Chinese art
Work amassed over several decades by Khoan and Michael Sullivan
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University Enterprise Zones aim to boost start-ups
The Treasury has funded a £15 million pilot project to establish three to four University Enterprise Zones in England.
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Academics urged to do more on human rights
A leading activist has called on the academic community to do far more “to help promote and defend human rights”.
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UUK gender segregation case study withdrawn
Controversial passage removed pending review as prime minister intervenes
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Nobel laureate attacks ‘luxury journals’
Nobel laureate Randy Schekman has pledged to stop publishing in “luxury journals”, which he believes contribute to the “disfigurement” of science.
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THE journalists scoop national awards
Times Higher Education journalists have been honoured at a national awards ceremony.
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Osborne admits numbers plan omits lost repayments
The government’s plan to fund extra student numbers by selling loans omits billions of pounds in lost repayments, the chancellor has admitted.
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THE books podcast: Barbara Graziosi interview
Download the podcastBarbara Graziosi, professor of Classics at Durham University and director for the arts and humanities at its Institute of Advanced Studies, joins Times Higher Education’s books...
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Gender segregation row: UUK publishes legal advice
Universities UK has published legal advice which backs its controversial guidance on the segregation of men and women at campus events.
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Student loans guardians savaged by Hodge
The government’s claim it can fully fund extra student places by selling loans is “wrong”, according to the MP in charge of examining public accounts.
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THE podcast: 12 December 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThe removal of the student number cap in England, the death of Nelson Mandela, and our interview with master of St Benet’s Oxford hall, Werner Jeanrond, are all up for discussion...
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Neuroscientist Thelma Lovick wins tribunal victory over Birmingham
Judgment says university ‘inadequately investigated’ misconduct case
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Beware ‘brain-based learning’
Enthusiasm for ‘neuroeducation’ risks blinding people to its potentially limited efficacy, argues Steven Rose