Times Higher Education pay survey 2016
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
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
Ellie Bothwell reports on what both regions gain – and lose – from the Sino-African partnership
Yong Zhao believes China doesn’t foster the free thinkers it needs. What is the state of the country’s higher education system?
There’s a tension between Germany’s desire to be in the global elite of higher education while remaining egalitarian. John Morgan reports
The World University Rankings 2014-2015 continue the trends of US decline and Asian ascent, writes Phil Baty
Heather Munroe-Blum outlines her institution’s ‘complex mission’
The large developing nations are making patchy progress in the rankings: will Putin’s ambitions be realised? Phil Baty reports
Matthew Reisz reports on Anglo-Israeli scientific collaborations against the backdrop of a campaign for a boycott
The flawed research excellence framework is not a process of peer review in any meaningful sense, argues Derek Sayer, who appealed against his inclusion in the exercise
The ‘golden triangle’ is a ringing success in the World University Rankings, but the UK needs every region to play its part
Research heads and other university staff on the burdens of submitting to the inaugural research excellence framework
Universities in developing nations are strengthening their presence in world rankings, says Phil Baty. We live in exciting times. While the US, Canada and the UK – the traditional powerhouses of the...
Phil Baty welcomes some new faces (and additional context) to the inaugural THE BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings Many of the world’s emerging economies have put the development of world-class...
Phil Baty and Benjamin Hennig put the rankings results into human and economic perspective Click image to enlarge It is clear that the world’s best universities are overwhelmingly concentrated in the...