Ex-CNRS head: don’t rip up French recipe for research success
Concerns that France’s flagship research body is too large and unwieldy to move with the modern times are unfounded, says former president Alain Fuchs
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Cambridge launches policy institute to tackle ‘age of disruption’
Centre will combine basic research with practical solutions to grand challenges
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Universities ‘carrying the can’ as Australia-China tensions grow
As Beijing and Canberra trade blows over foreign interference and academic freedom, leading analyst predicts things will get worse before they get better
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Litigation and learning don’t mix
Financial disputes and litigation are lose-lose situations for universities and students no matter the outcome, says Ronel Lehmann
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Universities ignore cyber threat at their peril
Emerging online threats and tough new penalties for data breaches are forcing universities to take cyber security more seriously than ever, says Kamal Bechkoum
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Tweet to gain citations – and include ‘charismatic animals’
Researchers who actively push their papers on social media gain more citations, study finds
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Strikes suspended as union members vote to end pensions dispute
UCU members accept deal with vice-chancellors by two-to-one margin
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Open University v-c Peter Horrocks announces resignation
Vice-chancellor stands down after union members passed no confidence vote
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THE podcast: China's global influence
Members of the THE editorial team discuss the influence of China on global higher education
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Female PhD chemists ‘more successful’ with same-sex supervisor
Female chemists are more productive and successful in the job market if they have a female supervisor, analysis shows
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Australian report calls for more help for rural students
Review highlights income support and housing as key issues for university students from regional backgrounds
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What’s the use in university planning?
University strategising in the days before JoJo, BoJo and Brexit was more back-patting than visionary, but what universities need now is a plan for survival, says John Cater
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Murdoch and Hertfordshire in ‘two-for-one’ joint degree deal
Students will spend 18 months at each institution and graduate with degrees from both
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Australia’s demand-driven system ‘needs overhaul’
Cost pressures rule out a resumption of uncapped system as we know it, former top bureaucrat says
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Dogs on campus: pets or workers?
Study explores how we should conceptualise the role of animal participants in pre-exam petting sessions