A few home truths
I have been visiting professor at the University of Queensland, Australia, several times in the past few years and have taught in different universities in Europe and elsewhere. I simply do not...
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One rule for all applicants
The Sunday Times' claim, repeated in Times Higher Education, that "a reporter posing as a Russian applicant was told by universities including ... Leicester ... that she could get a place with A-...
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Data, but no context
Some 40 years after the publication of E.P. Thompson's book Warwick University Limited, you report on a new survey in which the majority of respondents at UK universities agreed fairly strongly or...
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Celia Gallagher, 1967-2010
A leading figure in the planning and funding of the Irish university sector has died.Celia Gallagher was born in Donegal on 24 April 1967 and spent her childhood on Arranmore Island.After a first...
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Last of the summer wine
Yes, it's that time of year when we once again absent ourselves from felicity and return our noses to the familiar grindstone. But before we say goodbye to summer, here in the last of our Holiday...
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Obama plans to relax limits on academic travel to Cuba
Campaigners claim the ban was introduced for domestic political gain. Jon Marcus reports
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Just a few rotten apples?
US for-profits are a mixed bag but they meet a real need, says Alan Ryan
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From where I sit - STEMming the rate of decline
Leif Johansson, the chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists, recently observed that Europe is in danger of being overtaken by China and India economically because of a dearth of...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence - Reach for the sky
Royal Astronomical Society's new chief calls for farsighted and bold research funding. Paul Jump reports
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Leader: No creative buzz from the drones
Employability is about more than skills: it is about cultivating the independence, imagination and rigour to take on any task
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THE World Rankings set for release on 16 September
Seventh annual survey draws on robust new methodology and 13 performance indicators. Phil Baty reports
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Voices raised as tongues silenced
Planned cuts to language provision at Swansea draw a chorus of protests. Hannah Fearn reports
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News in brief
Scientific misconductHarvard researcher at faultHarvard academic Marc Hauser has been found solely responsible for eight instances of scientific misconduct under standards set by the university's...
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Aston University - When it just says 'buy me'
A worldwide study is to investigate the influence of advertising on consumer choices. The British Science Association study is led by Nick Lee, an expert in marketing and organisational research, and...