Lingua franca needed to shape cutting-edge pedagogic spaces
Communication the foundation stone for scholars and estate managers, Matthew Reisz discovers
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Mixed report card for academy's civic impact
Female academics are twice as likely to carry out work with charitable and voluntary organisations as their male counterparts, a study reveals.The figure is cited in the latest of an ongoing series...
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#loveHE: Saved from spin by a life raft found in the science lecture theatre
University education equipped Lawrence McGinty with the tools of his trade - curiosity and the desire to discover, along with the ability to question and analyse
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The journal of everything
Michael Wood calls for a global organisation to set up a quality-controlled academic repository for all disciplines
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Top researchers in business and economics
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Web of Science database, 1970-2009
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Why was change needed?
Since their first appearance in 2004, Times Higher Education’s global university league tables have been recognised as the most authoritative source of broad comparative performance information on...
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New data partner
Times Higher Education has ended its arrangement with its former data provider, QS. From this year, Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading research-data specialist, will provide all the data and...
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Extensive academic reputational survey
A core feature of the rankings will be the results of the most comprehensive global academic reputational survey ever undertaken. Academics have been carefully chosen as statistically representative...
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First reputational measure for global teaching excellence
Our global reputational survey includes data on institutions’ research and teaching strengths, with teaching-focused staff asked discipline-specific action-based questions to determine where the best...
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Expert analysis of research excellence
Our data supplier, Thomson Reuters, is the owner of the massive Web of Science research citations database, covering 12,000 of the highest-impact academic journals and more than 110,000 conference...
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Six detailed subject tables
The annual top 200 table will be built from the subject level upwards, drawing on expert academic opinion at the detailed subject level and using citation analysis appropriate for each subject. There...
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The week in higher education
Sociology will live on at the University of Birmingham - but it will lose one of its degree courses. The university's council approved a series of changes to the department of sociology on 14 April,...
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Students told: 'terrify' main parties or be 'screwed over'
NUS issues rallying cry as poll suggests Tory lead. Melanie Newman and Rebecca Attwood report
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Clegg's TV victory boosts Lib Dem lead
At the midway point in the general election campaign, "Cleggmania" appears to be gripping the academy as strongly as other constituencies.An online survey of Times Higher Education readers indicates...
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'Publish or perish' culture distorting research results
Study finds link between academic productivity and positive outcomes. John Morgan reports