In profile: Pompeu Fabra University
Source: Pompeu Fabra University By Katie Duncan Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona leads the pack of Spanish universities in the 100 Under 50 Rankings 2015. Its Rector, Jaume Casals, says the...
Source: Pompeu Fabra University By Katie Duncan Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona leads the pack of Spanish universities in the 100 Under 50 Rankings 2015. Its Rector, Jaume Casals, says the...
Drug-related crime, rising unemployment and low salaries are all contributing to a postgraduate shortage that indicates an uncertain future for Mexico’s higher education system, finds Rachael Pells
Formulating and implementing a strategic plan is core to the modern university leader’s job description. But amid complaints that such documents are vacuous, generic and irrelevant to the wider...
Ahead of THE’s Asia Universities Summit in Shenzhen, Jack Grove visits the city known as China’s Silicon Valley to assess whether its ambitious new university could really emulate Stanford – and...
David Matthews reports from the island state on the questions facing its burgeoning academy
Liberal arts colleges are often perceived as being elite and irrelevant. But the best among them excel in areas such as engagement and focus on critical thinking. Ellie Bothwell explores whether...
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,...
Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead
Jack Grove reports from Moscow on bold plans to revive the country’s ailing higher education sector
Independent research institutes are hailed as hothouses for cutting-edge science, but they seem to be falling out of fashion. Rachael Pells asks if concentrating research in universities is a better...
Times Higher Education’s first major global survey of university staff views on work-life balance finds academics feeling stressed and underpaid, and struggling to fit time for personal relationships...
Taiwan hopes that attracting students from further afield, particularly mainland China, will help to address its higher education crisis. But this in turn brings challenges, including compromised...
Scholars and senior sector figures reveal their favourite titles – read for work, for pleasure or both – published this year
Vice-chancellors have again come in for flak over what they are paid. We look at how their compensation packages compare with those of their international peers. Jack Grove runs the numbers