THE 100 Under 50: All hail the new breed
Phil Baty celebrates the universities that have reached the top of the global academy in decades, not centuries
Phil Baty celebrates the universities that have reached the top of the global academy in decades, not centuries
Male and female scholars speak frankly about juggling parenting and research
Andrew Oswald's view that universities are not primarily places for students will bewilder funding councils, most academics and the hordes of young people on campuses who are wandering around under...
Academics hit their creative peak in their fifties. Amanda Goodall and John Montgomery say universities must adapt
The United Kingdom spends about 1 per cent of gross domestic product on higher education compared with 3 per cent in the United States ("Show us the money, Mr Brown", THES , April 12). Both spend...
Times Higher Education's World University Rankings have become something of a benchmark for governments and higher education experts worldwide.In his inaugural address last year as president of...
Andrew Oswald failed to mention in his article the USS's stinginess in its cost-of-living increases. It is enhancing pensions this year by 2.1 per cent, less than academics' pay settlement is likely...
Last month in The THES.. Andrew Oswald called on the government to increase fees paid by students to universities. Andrew J. Morgan. University of Wales Swansea. It is sophistry to argue that fees...
Neither Andrew Oswald's "market-led salaries" ("Pay the going rate", THES, May 7) nor his special-interest critics' alternatives ("Readers' reactions", THES, May 14) are any substitute for real...
Last week in The THES... Andrew Oswald suggested that governments should measure people's happiness rather than the country's gross domestic product Andrew Oswald proposes an index of the "gross...
Last week in The THES ... Andrew Oswald argued that British universitieswill follow the lead of the United States, whereacademics are paid according to subject. Highest salaries are for computing,...
Many British academics will agree with the stand taken by John Gray at the plant science department of the University of Cambridge ("Peer review teeters as experts struggle with burden of work", 21...
Last week in The THES... Andrew Oswald argued that British academics would be paid market-led salaries within the next decade, with science professors earning twice as much as art or music professors...
Warwick researchers count cost of happiness Andrew Oswald and Andrew Clark of the Warwick University's school of economics have worked out the cost of happiness to the nearest pound. They carried out...
Economist Andrew Oswald's appointment to a top science journal's board highlights a blurring of the hard and soft sciences