Happy returns
Recently, the vice-chancellor of a large London-based university attempted [on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme] to justify an undergraduate tuition fee of £9,250 by arguing that the university needed...
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Misplaced anger
I’m not sure why Andrew McRae thinks that students at those universities that did not receive sufficient National Student Survey responses to make the ranking should be “bloody angry” (“Sabotaged NSS...
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State of the uni
Having joined academia after a career in industry, I am shocked about the ludicrous amount of paperwork (“I quit! Why I am leaving UK academia”, Opinion, 25 July, www.timeshighereducation.com). A few...
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Critical theory
David Matthews’ feature “Fuzzy logic” (3 August) raises the question of whether “firms themselves really value the kind of critical thinking that academics prize”. The evidence suggests that they do...
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There is an alternative to high-cost v-cs
Don’t blame vice-chancellors for their salaries – we need to rethink where power lies in universities, says Tom Cutterham
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Do we need a Hippocratic oath for academics?
It is time to consider how we can stop senior academics bullying their way on to research papers, says Trisha Greenhalgh
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Scientific doping will lift scholarship to new heights
Brain-boosting drugs can help students and academics alike to unlock their potential, says Hemmel Amrania
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Postgraduate application fees ‘hit poorest students’
Researchers reveal huge differences in charges levied by Russell Group universities
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Could other countries copy Hungary and roll back higher education?
Hungary is making ‘dubious history’ by reversing the expansion of universities, writes David Matthews
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EAIE 2017: conference preview
Access the THE preview of the 2017 European Association for International Education conference in Seville
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#THEUniAdvice: social media campaign reveals top college tips
We've collated some of the best responses to our #THEUniAdvice hashtag offering advice to help you while you are at university
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Inside the world of Germany’s student fraternities
Sword-fighting, drinking, history and camaraderie: struggling to recruit, ancient brotherhoods mull their image problem
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Access tsar attacks ‘complacency’ on widening participation
Les Ebdon says that he came ‘close’ to rejecting access agreements in ‘one of the toughest’ rounds of negotiation yet
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US academics form counter-movement to 'drive racists off campus'
Campus Antifascist Network plans self-defence training for scholars who may be challenged by white supremacists
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Trading America for Australia: my mother sent me to study 9,000 miles away!
Moving to Australia from the US to pursue a veterinary science degree was a quick and easy decision, writes Acacia Cordes