The Times Higher looks at how demographic change could affect universities Stiff competition for university places in Russia has lessened as the number of school-leavers has declined over the past...
The nation with Europe's lowest birth rate is relaxed about the possibility of a dwindling student population. The total number of students in Italy grew steadily in the 1980s and 1990s. It crept up...
A projected fall in population for a number of European Union countries by 2050 has given rise to widespread concern across the EU about the consequences for higher education. According to Eurostat,...
Spanish universities are likely to experience falling student demand over the next ten years, but most are only now beginning to react despite evidence dating back at least six years. Demand for...
Corruption in academe becomes commonplace when staff are not paid a living wage, argues Philip Altbach The Egyptian Gazette was stark in its condemnation. "University professors in Egypt have been...
Too often in bookshops and literary review pages, historical fiction is cordoned off from history, like a shabby room in an otherwise grand house. The underlying assumption - or prejudice - is that...
Fearing the immigrant Three weeks ago, the British National Party held its annual two-day Red White & Blue Festival in Sawley, Lancashire. This may sound frightening to most people, who...
Peep was tickled by the University of the Arts's new logo, sorry "visual identity". The title of the university has been designed in the shape of a rocket. Shooting out of it are six stars...
Dons at Oxford University were raising their eyebrows this week after hearing that an Australian vice-chancellor was supposedly coming to the university's "rescue". Academics learnt from a report in...
A Canadian university has launched a controversial student recruitment drive with posters and a website mocking US President George W. Bush. Lakehead University in northern Ontario has produced...
Mathematicians must accept that computers, not humans, will be the only ones able to check ever more proofs, says Brian Davies Two years ago, the editors of the world's most prestigious pure...
The academic citizen puts people and communities ahead of demands for measured outputs, says Bruce Macfarlane As academics, we disparage meetings and paperwork as the bane of our lives. Everything...
The Darwinian nature of visit days can be disappointing, embarrassing and, occasionally, life-affirming, finds Tim Birkhead Of all the varied aspects of my job, one of the more demanding is dealing...
The end of your PhD may be in sight but, warns Harriet Swain, the first draft is only the start of the writing-up process. Editing, revision and a careful look at presentation are key to producing a...
Name: Ranald Macdonald Age: 54 Job: Professor of academic development and head of academic practice in the Learning and Teaching Institute at Sheffield Hallam University. Awarded a National Teaching...