Chinese student market: can the West weather a perfect storm?
David Matthews considers a flurry of ‘threats’ to the conveyor belt of arrivals and what Western campuses can do to shockproof their systems
David Matthews considers a flurry of ‘threats’ to the conveyor belt of arrivals and what Western campuses can do to shockproof their systems
Open learning and new technology are about to smash the structure of the modern university - and higher education is too distracted by its funding problems to notice.Peter Smith, the senior vice-...
Our bloggers and social media followers gaze into their crystal balls and predict what the year in HE might look like
The data underpinning the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2015 are richer than ever, writes Phil Baty. This is the fifth annual Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings and...
The interwoven tale of the fight over rubber and a visionary surveyor captivates Robert Mayhew
AustraliaTo boldly have another goA struggling university will undergo a "bold and exciting" restructure to boost its standing, according to its vice-chancellor. Peter Dawkins, head of Victoria...
Universities in Somalia's capital are surviving against the odds, as David Matthews reports
John Gilbey welcomes clear explanations of the invisible technology in devices we use every day
The egalitarian bent of Dutch society has been reflected in its higher education sector - until now. Jack Grove discovers that government and global forces are spurring some institutions to try to...
The world cannot afford to tackle all its dire problems, so we are going to have to make some tough decisions, says Bjorn Lomborg Nobody wants to be the bad guy. Nobody wants to say that one...
Despite palaeontological evidence that human history is rooted in Africa, standard chronology starts it at about 6,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. It is time we rectified our Christian-induced myopia,...
Students killed in clash at a Beirut university Students for and against the government hurled rocks and furniture at each other today as Lebanon's power struggle turned violent on a university...
The growing boycott movement has put Israeli academe on the defensive, but more is required, says Lisa Taraki On the day that UK academics debated motions to boycott Israel the international media...
Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge