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Online teaching, freedom of speech and minimum entry requirements are all caught in the strange disconnect between government and universities
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Health and science subject rankings 2022: results announced
UK reinforces its lead in clinical table and tops psychology for first time, while US dominates physical sciences and is on the up in life sciences
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World University Rankings 2022 by subject: table information
The data shown under key statistics are those provided by the university itself in its submission to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. They represent data from the 2019 academic...
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16 September 2021 digital edition
Flocking back: Scholarly perspectives on campus return
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Confronting Leviathan: A History of Ideas, by David Runciman
Lincoln Allison enjoys an overview of the great political thinkers very different from the kind he grew up with
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Former Georgetown tennis coach admits admissions fraud
Ernst enters guilty plea and faces up to four years in prison as first trial of parents begins in Boston
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Cost of degrees shifted onto students as participation soars
Public investment in higher education falling in many OECD countries, says Education at a Glance
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Interview with Jemma Wadham
The glaciologist discusses falling in love with ‘ice rivers’, how emergency brain surgery changed her outlook, and the tragedy of global warming
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Jing Wang, 1950-2021
Tributes paid to ‘an innovator, activist and passionate teacher’ who provided essential support to Chinese NGOs
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Administrators ‘help relieve stress burden’ on academics
Mix of survey and employment data offered as caution to those blaming high costs on administrative bloat
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Putting lectures on ice: students study less in extreme weather
Researchers call for universities to pay greater attention to impact of temperature on study habits, as climate change pushes weather to extremes
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Survey: most university staff feel unsafe returning to campus
Fewer than one in three respondents happy with measures taken to protect employees’ well-being as in-person teaching resumes in major sectors
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The week in higher education – 16 September 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Are you ready for the return to in-person teaching?
A new term is beginning in the northern hemisphere, and many campuses are reopening. But are academics relishing a return to relative normality or fearful of unvaccinated students? And what has the...
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How I became a climate activist
Nicholas Till reflects on the path that has led him from research on opera to direct political action