Research must transcend ‘dystopian mindset’ of the past half-century
Ahead of his Vincent Briscoe Lecture, Bill Durodié calls on researchers to engage with issues of great social and technological ambition
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World University Rankings 2016-2017 by subject: business and economics table information
Key statisticsThe data shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It represents data from the 2014...
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Medical school advertisements 'can be misleading'
Would-be medical students should scrutinise schools' marketing
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Students ‘don’t trust lecturers who aren’t native speakers’
Academic warns universities need to take impact of accent on credibility seriously as it has ‘demotivated’ overseas lecturers
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Australia’s aimless HE policy has reached ‘peak ennui’
Australia’s higher education policy is adrift, and could learn a thing or two from the UK, say Julie Hare and Stephen Parker
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Highly Cited Researchers 2017: China ‘powering ahead’ in key fields
China now third behind US and UK on Clarivate list of most impactful researchers worldwide
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David Lammy: Oxford and Cambridge ‘shoot the messenger’ on access
‘The country wants systemic change’, says Labour MP, predicting possible Commons inquiry on access
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UK universities forced to axe ‘misleading’ rankings claims
Advertising Standards Authority upholds complaints about assertions from six institutions
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How Canada's universities hope to improve equity, diversity and inclusion
Elizabeth Cannon on why Canada's HE sector still has some work to do to achieve true diversity, and how universities are approaching this problem
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A politically motivated boycott of Myanmar’s universities will punish the young
Isolation is the last thing Myanmar needs if it is to develop its higher education system and encourage critical thought, write Kyle Anderson and Kyaw Moe Tun
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A ‘critical juncture’ for language learning in the UK
Specialist expertise in languages and cultures should be given strategic protection within universities, says Alice Campbell-Cree
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Too many higher education journals – here are the best ones
Professor finds 86 English-language journals on the sector and lists the 28 ‘most reputable’
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University of Southampton to cut up to 75 academic jobs
University and College Union warns Russell Group institution will struggle to raise teaching quality while cutting jobs
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Research and art combine to explore ‘history of trying to conceive’
Exhibition showcasing stories of infertility across the ages – involving suspended uteruses and frogs – is part of the Being Human festival