For higher education, 2017 brought never a dull day
The past year has seemed one of almost daily shocks and surprises for higher education, which THE has divulged, documented and dissected
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Academics at Christmas: are you ‘holly jolly’ or bah, humbug?
Seven scholars from around the world give us their festive reflections on snakes, bad lobster and turkeys’ backsides
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Letters – 21 December 2017
Should outside directors sit on pay panels? The Committee of University Chairs is now apparently to publish draft guidance on university pay ( “No say on pay panel for you, revised code to tell ...
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Laurie Taylor – 21 December 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Should outside directors sit on pay panels?
The Committee of University Chairs is now apparently to publish draft guidance on university pay ( “No say on pay panel for you, revised code to tell leaders” , News, 14 December). That is not a new...
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Latent hostility
The immigration minister Brandon Lewis has declared “EU academics: we want you in the UK and you will not be asked to leave after Brexit” (Opinion, 7 December), however I do not believe that we are...
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Soviet swine
I am amazed that according to John Davies and Alexander J. Kent in The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World (Books, 7 December), Soviet agents would not have been able to read “...
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Hope in our hearts
You do football manager David Moyes a disservice in claiming that the chances of any honours from Manchester universities are slim ( “The week in higher education” , News, 14 December). Scousers of...
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THE podcast: 21 December 2017 - 3 January 2018 issue review
The latest edition of Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team
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THE books of the year 2017: part one
Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading