A matter of life or death in the court of public opinion
A crucial referendum could decide the future of higher education in California. Jon Marcus reports
A crucial referendum could decide the future of higher education in California. Jon Marcus reports
The need to rearrange academic units and, potentially, cut staff is the direct result of UK government policy, say David Latchman and Matthew Innes
The country’s cultural deference to authority means students lack the courage and the motivation to challenge current thinking, says Aus Abdulwahhab
As THE’s Global Sustainable Development Congress kicks off at the University of Glasgow, Oxfam’s chief executive Danny Sriskandarajah explains why universities are increasingly important in the fight...
Australia’s new Labor government must allow more fee flexibility for high-cost degree subjects otherwise genuine student choice will disappear, say Robert Griew and Ian Anderson
The array of challenges facing universities and their leaders is daunting, with a broken funding system underpinning the pain in England
Campus collections have found new audiences and roles, but they still face significant questions, says Nicholas Thomas
The police-catch-punish approach neglects to address plagiarists’ misunderstanding of what higher education is all about, says Sioux McKenna
Faculties without borders are the key to turning multidisciplinarity into more than a buzzword, says Duncan Ivison
Changes that pretend scientists do not care about publishing in highly selective journals will end eLife’s crucial role in science publishing, says long-time supporter Paul Bieniasz
If government sets clear ambitions, innovation follows from the private sector and charities – not the other way round, says Ian Walker
The Action on Access team discuss the obstacles to making higher education 'a force for social justice' David Blunkett's Greenwich speech, setting out the government's view of the future direction of...
Elon Musk’s ‘de facto town square’ is a place where misinformation abounds and where academia is often attacked by culture warriors. But is fighting back effective? Or can it make things worse if...
The LLE is a useful first step towards a radical reform of the country’s narrow and inflexible higher education system, says Martin Rees
An open letter from academics and campaigners to sector leaders