Schools used to be more honest about the pupils they were putting forward to universities, and not all applicants were predictably ‘passionate’ about their subjects. We would do well to recreate some...
Mounting workloads and mushrooming publication output are making the task of staying abreast of the latest developments in the literature ever more difficult for academics. Here, eight researchers...
Individuals should be able to choose their own work-life balance depending on their life situation and level of ambition, says Lee Cronin
While insults fly on social media, student references can be excessively bland. Is society served by either?
Event will host the launch of the 2020 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings
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More than 2,000 students affected by Liverpool’s ‘academic sanctions’ in two years
Gap in acceptance rates for major European conferences entirely down to behaviour of male referees
Essay mill expert likens Georgia Tech’s tactics to entrapment
Publishing deals need to acknowledge the reality that most research is not yet gold open access, says Elsevier’s Gemma Hersh
Institutions assume they will be bailed out if enrolments fall because they are ‘too big to fail’, says report
Spending too much time on extracurricular activities can leave academics on the back-burner, argues student blogger Raphaëlle Soffe
Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes has often been at the centre of contemporary political battles over the country’s communist past
Northwestern head says declining terms of presidents leave serving leaders wondering when they will be pushed out
Director of Onward thinktank says polling showing public opposition to university expansion justifies shift in emphasis