Confessions of a THE Awards judge
Anne Kiem wishes more people knew about the amazing things going on in higher education – and offers some tips for entrants
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Spain is the most popular choice for students planning to study abroad
UK students also placed Spain as their top destination, finds new research
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Bill paves way for London colleges to gain university status
Legislation making its way through Parliament could help address ‘brand confusion’ overseas
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Want to connect with your research? Try rapping it
Public health academic says studies must speak the same language as their subjects
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How much research goes completely uncited?
Analysis from THE’s data team suggests big differences among disciplines in the amount of scholarship that fails to garner a citation
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My journey from a council estate to a PhD
Growing up working class meant Michelle Deininger was more worried about money than academic aspirations, but after a second chance she managed to complete her PhD
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Exeter offers parents six months’ paid leave from day one in job
Russell Group university hopes to poach researchers from competitors with generous scheme
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French researchers pledge to go without Springer journals
‘No more direct access to Springer’s latest papers? No problem,’ says petition, signed by nearly 4,000
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Black students ‘do better’ at historically black colleges in US
Study reveals success of historically black universities when students’ backgrounds are taken into account
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Twitter-only conferences can have global impact
The UK's first-ever Twitter-only teaching and learning conference shows academic symposia with international reach can be organised on a shoestring, say Natalie Lafferty and Pat Lockley
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Gender pay gap: call for transparency on university bonuses
Reporting regulations too ‘ambiguous’, allowing institutions to interpret them to their advantage, experts argue
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Open University’s second-chance model ‘may already be gone’
Figures on student numbers suggest that 2012 funding reforms in England have already fundamentally changed the OU
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REF open-access requirement for books ‘worth the outlay’
Concerns over cost and impact of proposals can be overcome, say scholars