We are blind to the specks in our own eyes
Jonathan Rosenhead points out the double standard involved when a government responsible for the counter-terrorism Prevent strategy and apparently for tacitly supporting the closing-down of...
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Common ground
I am flattered to be the target of a letter from Roger Brown (again). But he exaggerates the differences between us. For example, we share a concern about the dangers of excessive homogeneity in...
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Letter: shrinking pensions could lead to recruitment disaster
We write as senior academics to express our concern about the proposal from Universities UK to end guaranteed pension payments in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (“UUK reforms ‘will cut USS...
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Hundreds of hate speakers allowed on campuses, claims ex-OIA head
Baroness Deech tells parliamentary committee that UK universities are ‘complicit’ in censoring lawful speech while giving hate preachers access to students
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Sexual assault at universities: #itsrevolting
Sexual assault among students at universities is something that happens regularly but is talked about rarely. A campaign aims to give students back their voice and to inform universities on how best...
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Science degrees are failing to appeal to sixth-form girls
Fewer 16- to 17-year-old female students are choosing to study STEM subjects compared with boys, according to new research
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The joys of academic moonlighting
Matthew Reisz meets the scholars for whom one discipline is not enough
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£1.1 million for new centre tackling decline of technicians
Initiative is part of bid to tackle impending shortage of 700,000 university technicians expected in UK by 2020
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Pathway to university: moving from Singapore to Stockton
Gwen Sim is a pre-university foundation year law student at the Durham University International Student Centre. She will be blogging her experiences once a month for Times Higher Education Student
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Australian graduates increasingly settle for part-time jobs
Almost two-fifths of employed university leavers were working part-time in 2017
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Chilean university closure leaves students in lurch
Ibero-American University of Science and Technology closed after an investigation found the institution to have debts of about 4 billion pesos
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Luxembourg increases higher education funding by 25 per cent
More than half of new budget will go to the University of Luxembourg
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Arrest fears blamed as Hong Kong student elections uncontested
Hotbed of student protest may struggle in future because of lack of interest in committee roles