Our fathers quickly become synonymous with secrets. When we are very small, they go off to a mysterious place called "work" and often return when we are asleep. My father could not be spoken to until...
Part of Jan-Werner Müller's interest in ideas concerns the question of where they come from. For instance, in referring to Francis Fukuyama's concept of the "end of history", he notes that "not for...
Academy leaders should exploit the public interest in higher education. Simon Baker previews a debate
University of LondonV-c leaves to pursue other goalsThe vice-chancellor of the University of London has announced he is stepping down just one year into the job. Geoffrey Crossick, who took up the...
Underinvestment blamed on funds siphoned off for loss-making courses, writes David Matthews
The University and College Union has urged the UK funding councils to allow female academics to submit one fewer output to the research excellence framework for each pregnancy they have had during...
The sector's international unit has criticised the government for failing to include internationalisation in the recent higher education White Paper, while underlining the need for "positive...
Sally Hunt welcomes challenge from increasingly influential Left wing of union. John Morgan reports
Curricula ignoring modern professional needs and UK's industrial heritage. Matthew Reisz reports
As her Greenwich time ends, Baroness Blackstone tells Matthew Reisz why coalition reforms will fail
Nuffield Foundation• Award winner: John Micklewright• Institution: Institute of Education• Value: £149,660Higher education funding and access: exploring common beliefs• Award winner: Peter Davies•...
Adjust for population, GDP and funding, and US dominance disappears, Howard Hotson argues. And so does the case for neoliberal university reform
Full results of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-12 with all the data, interactive tables and analysis.
The UK and others are best for efficiency and bang for buck. John Morgan analyses the rankings results
Academics are being asked by their union to work minimum hours in the first stage of fresh industrial action over pensions - potentially followed by strikes and a boycott of the research excellence...