West Virginia’s Gee: university leaders ‘are driven by fear’
Most-travelled US university president says sector must make hard calls on priorities, but has too few willing to do so
Most-travelled US university president says sector must make hard calls on priorities, but has too few willing to do so
Innovative programmes to revive student interest in the humanities are great, but they must be properly funded and staffed, says an academic
Employers increasingly wary of harming diversity drives with arbitrary thresholds
Jo Grady confident the union will ‘far surpass’ the necessary turnout of 50 per cent to secure a mandate for further industrial action
At a Unesco forum, Matthew Reisz hears about the hunger for libraries, corporate creep, and what should and should not be archived on the net
Is the prolific writer and broadcaster Niall Ferguson a 'proper' historian? The Scot tells Matthew Reisz that reaching a mass audience is a serious business - but not as serious as the decline in...
Instead of focusing on the reliability of the data, I know first-hand that defamation suits become personal and career-threatening, says David Sanders
PA Consulting survey spotlights concerns on finances plus relations with ministers and regulators, but also optimism on potential solutions
From dedicating time for brainstorming to taking inspiration from their dog, five writers explain how they are changing their approach to academia and life as another academic year begins in the...
‘Astonishing demand’ to suspend book launch over claims that its essays ‘delegimitise trans people’ shows activists have been ‘emboldened’, say editors
Amid concerns about value for money and the supposed liberal bias of certain humanities and social science subjects, conservative politicians are increasingly intervening in curricular decisions. Do...
Academics believe institutions have been ‘punished’ for perceived opposition to president Daniel Ortega
Times Higher Education carried a review of a recent book published by Greenwood Press, Al-Qaeda Goes to College (23 April). Its subtitle is Impact of the War on Terror on American Higher Education....
We who are the beneficiaries of technology must also listen and respond to the voices of frustration if science is to regain public trust, says Keith Burnett
Tory conference hears much talk of apprenticeships, with education secretary on mission to ‘change every middle-class mind in country’