THE podcast: the careers show
THE’s editor John Gill discusses the challenges of attracting academic talent with university HR directors and recruitment specialists

THE’s editor John Gill discusses the challenges of attracting academic talent with university HR directors and recruitment specialists

Data on more than 19,000 institutions show Europe lags behind leading anglophone sectors on female leadership

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Disciplinary-level assessment unlikely to survive in its current form, say sector leaders

Corruption, poverty and inequality can’t be tackled by weakening the state and driving academics abroad, says Mark Aspinwall

If academics want students to see value in course-based activities, we need to make clearer to them exactly what broader skills they will learn by completing them, says Tanya Martini

A punitive attitude towards incarceration limits the access of the US’ uniquely large prison population to college degrees. But there are signs that attitudes are finally shifting. Paul Basken...

New centre vows to tackle ‘loss of trust’ driven by technological change

Analysis of data on international co-authorship suggests being an institution under 50 years old benefits networking

New kids on the block revel, as research focus drives antipodean upstarts to new heights

Jessica Wade tells THE summit that younger institutions can create better equality policies from scratch

The look of success can be fresh-faced as well as weathered and time-worn, Phil Baty writes

Younger universities are more likely to concentrate on a smaller range of subjects, with many focusing on technological fields, writes Simon Baker

Does youth make institutions more agile when it comes to developing an international profile?

To stay relevant, universities must collaborate, invest in work-integrated learning and rediscover their community-building role, says Paul Wellings