Soft power pioneer: policy clout loses edge outside government
After a career spent switching between academia and the White House, Joseph Nye admits that returning to Harvard left him feeling flat
After a career spent switching between academia and the White House, Joseph Nye admits that returning to Harvard left him feeling flat
Across the Western world, decades of growth in university participation are being repainted as a policy error as funding woes come to a head
Academic leaders should stay out of politics to encourage debate and promote expertise, says Daniel Diermeier
If writers aren’t held responsible for their words, they have no incentive to write reflectively and precisely, says Joe Moran
Claudine Gay did not plagiarise, and those who add her to the list of leaders who did ignore the hostile context of the accusations, says Harvey Graff
“I have no comment whatsoever to make on the tribunal’s decision, and no comment whatsoever to make on my consistent failure to make any comment at all on the entire disciplinary proceedings.”That...
Both publishers and the editing firms they outsource to must seek informed consent to use academics’ IP, say Alan Blackwell and Zoe Swenson-Wright
Codes’ vague, narrow and toothless provisions are failing to promote the safety and well-being of all university community members, says Richard Joseph
The Elizabeth Magill case notwithstanding, presidents should focus on how conflicts affect the primary mission of their university, says Nicholas Dirks
Neville Hodgkinson makes a slight error in his comment on my review of his book on Aids (THES, December ). When the piece was published (though not when it was written), I had already ceased to be a...
Your editorial which, broadly, comes down on the side of more mature students in higher education (THES, September 29) should have gone further. In my view no male students should be admitted for a...
The nectar of power and prestige is sweet, but modern editors have to swallow an embittering volume of hard graft, too, says Adrian Furnham
The Covid Inquiry underlines the need to train political leaders to identify the best options under pressure, says former NAO director David Finlay
Singling out particular disciplines makes no sense, but we need cross-subject standards that are recognisable to employers, says Ian Pace
Recent increases to already sky-high visa and health service costs have prompted worries that talented overseas-born academics will turn their backs on the UK, undermining the country’s lofty...