China’s five-year plan to step up HE modernisation impetus
Universities urged to take opportunity to modernise, as government’s next strategic plan set to boost research and technology
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The week in higher education – 29 October 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The value of sincerity
Despite the world’s apparent boredom with evidence and truth, it’s clear that universities’ expertise and principles are more vital than ever
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Funding council ‘not stepping in’ to defend researchers
Fiery Senate estimates session probes funding councils’ 'natural justice' obligations when researchers are impugned
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Interview with Asifa Akhtar
The epigeneticist and new Max Planck vice-president on a global childhood, the pleasures of buses running on time, and why young researchers are more stressed than ever
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Tracey Bretag, 1962-2020
Tributes paid to a central figure in the international academic integrity community
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Academic overwork ‘leaves no time for keeping healthy’
Health and exercise needs overlooked as work demands and self-expectations leave time for little else
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Academic supercomputers ‘can be worse for environment than flying’
Academics are well aware that jetting off to international conferences damages the climate, but for some, there is a much bigger source of emissions
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Durham and Cambridge among lowest recruiters of local students
THE analysis shows some universities draw little over 10 per cent of students from the regions in which they are located, while others hit 90 per cent
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Qatar University sponsored supplement digital edition
Produced by Times Higher Education and Qatar University. Paid for by Qatar University.
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Heroism should not be part of the academic job description
What does it say about our labour culture that a tenured professor stuck in an elevator did not even consider cancelling his class, asks Irina Dumitrescu
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29 October 2020 digital edition
The blueprint: would a Biden win ease HE troubles?
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Beware the blood-curdling perils of academic research
The pandemic has brought the power and consolations of scholarship to the fore. But with a particularly grim Halloween upon us, M. R. James’ ghost stories warn us that the pursuit of knowledge does...
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HKU appoints two new vice-presidents in contested shake-up
Appointments at Hong Kong’s most prestigious university come despite critics’ call for more consultation
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World University Rankings 2021 by subject: table information
Key statisticsThe 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...