An opening pay offer from university employers has been rejected by the campus unions at the first meeting of the 2010-11 negotiations.The offer of a non-consolidated sum equal to 0.25 per cent of...
As part of our #loveHE campaign, Times Higher Education has asked followers on Twitter to tell us why they love the academy.This week's tweet of the week is:I #loveHE and I just got accepted on to a...
UCU Scotland congress rejects 'liberalisation and marketisation'. Hannah Fearn reports
Claim of place on 'road to recovery' not supported by internal figures. Melanie Newman reports
Groups representing scientists are divided in their response to the new requirement that independent scientific advisers must not undermine the "mutual trust" they have with the government if they...
Not a single UK university meets all the requirements for being a truly international institution, according to the vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol.Speaking at the Going Global...
... but teaching institutions and those in poor nations could be left behind. John Morgan reports
Conference considers the pros and cons of world university league tables, writes John Morgan
China's emerging new education policy will aim to produce employable graduates with "international perspectives" by stepping up cooperation with foreign universities.Tian Xiaogang, minister...
Is internationalisation a Western construct?Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, the vice-chancellor of University Sains Malaysia, argued that if internationalisation really was solely about the exchange of...
Feminists may complain about the objectification of women, says Gary Day, but they haven't been to Kabul
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999-December 2009
Yes, it's hippity-hop-hurrah for this year's Easter bunny - our very own vice-chancellor, seen here celebrating his record-breaking third place in the newly published league table of vice-chancellors...
Alan Ryan on the US academy's annual lotteries, both scholarly and athletic
The police want more research into fighting crime to reach frontline officers and practices. Zoë Corbyn reports