America and the world
The THES gauges reactions to the attacks and experts assess what might happen next. AMERICA AND THE WORLD Fred Halliday, professor of international relations, London School of Economics "This won't...
The THES gauges reactions to the attacks and experts assess what might happen next. AMERICA AND THE WORLD Fred Halliday, professor of international relations, London School of Economics "This won't...
Gross happiness levels will replace GDP as a key social indicator, Andrew Oswald argues The politician's staple notion - try to maximise material progress - is now redundant. Britain is going to have...
The State of UK Higher Education
The introduction of top-up fees would be a gamble but would it pay off? Claire Sanders looks at models for differential fees. A decision to introduce top-up fees in the next parliament would be a...
If universities can't set their own fees, they will sink. David Greenaway and Michelle Haynes, and (below) David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald, make the case for charging students up to Pounds 4,000...
Actuary Zaki Khorasanee sets out why academics should demand that their pension fund's surplus be used to improve their 'mediocre' rights. I joined the Universities Superannuation Scheme in September...
Phil Baty celebrates the universities that have reached the top of the global academy in decades, not centuries 31 May 2012 Welcome to the inaugural Times Higher Education 100 Under 50. The basis of...
There is an element of cruelty in the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50. Our annual list is ruthlessly sticking to its remit: we rank only institutions under 50 years old This means that for no...
The Universities Superannuation Scheme has a surplus of 8 per cent - Pounds 1.44 billion. Of this, Pounds 201 million will go to improve member benefits and Pounds 561.3 million has gone to lower the...
With talk of 'privatisation' forced on to the education agenda, Claire Sanders asks if universities could raise enough money to stay afloat The very mention of the word privatise sends vice-...
6 October 2011 An American tale again, but this year with a twist: Caltech has deposed Harvard as world number one. Phil Baty explains that size is not everything in the rankings game In the eight...
Free from tradition and baggage, a wave of upstarts are challenging their elders. Phil Baty investigates There are many disadvantages to being a young university, says Yongmin Kim, president of the...
31 May 2012 Free from tradition and baggage, a wave of upstarts are challenging their elders. Phil Baty investigates There are many disadvantages to being a young university, says Yongmin Kim,...