Let the lightning of academic freedom strike
Gathering intellectual antagonists under the same roof contains the incendiary electricity of controversy and redirects it to generate sparks of new knowledge, says Carel Stolker
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Are comments on students’ clothing OK? It depends, say academics on Twitter
A Twitter poll on whether or not lecturers should ever comment on students’ attire attracted almost 400 responses, but the replies quickly became more complex than just ‘yes’ or ‘no’
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LSE launches new open-access publishing platform
LSE Press becomes latest open-access platform launched by universities in response to industry shift towards online publishing methods
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Required reading: increasing numbers of international students
A table highlighting which universities have the highest percentage of international students could look very different in the next five years
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Brexit UK ‘risks falling to 20th in world in HE and research’
UCL provost Michael Arthur warns on potential impact of immigration restrictions and exit from EU research
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International student table 2018: top 200 universities
Explore the universities with the highest percentage of international students based on data collected by Times Higher Education
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Sweden cancels Elsevier contract as open-access dispute spreads
Sector’s move follows similar rows in France and Germany
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Former v-c arrested on return to Papua New Guinea
Detention is latest twist in Albert Schram’s turbulent tenure at Unitech
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‘Campus at sea’ teaches students ‘how to talk to each other’
Business academic Diane Holt recalls her experience aboard a ‘floating university’
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Hundreds of Italian academics fined for outside work
Crackdown leaves professors needing to pay back almost €250,000 each on average
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Linking impact factor to 'open access' charges creates more inequality in academic publishing
Simply adding an ‘open access’ option to the existing prestige-based journal system at ever increasing costs is not the fundamental change publishing needs, says Bianca Kramer and Jeroen Bosman
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Tracking the lives of academic heroes
Matthew Reisz hears the case for in-depth immersive research among marginalised communities
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Pathway to university: why you shouldn’t feel bad about doing a foundation year
There’s no shame in going through a foundation year before going to university, writes blogger Gwen Sim. There are many positives to bear in mind
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Xi Jinping opens Chinese research funding up to Hong Kong
Move billed as paving way for Hong Kong to become world leader in innovation
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Turkey suspends French studies over Koran criticism
Criticism of ‘obsolete’ passages by Gallic political leaders has led to a ban on new students learning French