Call for more public investment

The overall income of the higher education sector has soared in the past decade, but average surpluses generated by universities are lower than some would like.The findings are made in a report by...

Leaders of Lib Dems to ditch fees policy

The party is to look at more immediate ways to help students, reports Melanie Newman

Cryptic feedback baffles students

Those at elite institutions find lecturers' notes less useful than those at post-92s, says Chloe Stothart

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Teaching – the overlooked research outlet

Monographs, conferences and keynotes are vital elements of the modern scholarly world, but they are by no means the only, let alone the best, ways to spread ideas and insights. As Tara Brabazon notes...

Employment legislation update - Forthcoming changes October 2008-April 2009

Employer institutions will be affected by a number of forthcoming legislative changes that will come into force, or take effect, in October of this year and April of next year. Here is a reminder of...

Top countries in pharmacology based on impact

Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998 through 30 June 2008

How to conduct internal investigations

Internal investigations involve often sensitive issues, and must be conducted carefully and judiciously

Golden opportunities

As the Olympic flame departs Beijing 2008 and the world's attention shifts to London 2012, UK universities are looking forward to sharing the spotlight. Hannah Fearn reports

A passion for teaching: The power of two

Teaching is a solo vice, says Alex Danchev, but when he took a partner to help lead a seminar on life-writing, he found his enjoyment doubled

Judgment calls

Amid worries about examining practices, Times Higher Education asked ten academics to mark a first-year paper. Verdicts ranged from zero to a 2:1, but the markers identified an inherent consensus,...

The art of contemplation

An examination of the diverse lives of religious women is a revelatory read for Anke Bernau

Between Naturalism and Religion: Philosophical Essays

Recent years have seen something of a convergence among anglophone and continental European philosophers around broadly pragmatic understandings of reason, truth and value. This movement is the...

Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917-1967

Max Weber described bureaucracy as "a power instrument of the first order" which, once fully institutionalised, "is among those social structures which are hardest to destroy". Given the disruptions...

Book of the week: Regionalism and the Reading Class

Tara Brabazon acclaims a monograph of merit