Working towards a cooperative university for the UK
Rising tuition fees and the marketisation of higher education mean the time is right to explore a new model, says Joss Winn
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Matchmaking tool Konfer seeks to boost university-industry links
As research funding becomes increasingly linked with impact assessment, academics will need help seeking out business partners, sector leaders say
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Free speech ‘adopted’ by hostile right to ‘discredit universities’
Berkeley chancellor issues warning at conference on New Nationalism and Universities
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Open access books ‘much more likely’ to be downloaded and cited
Books, like journals, reach far more people when they are published open access, shows report
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Strike looms as universities seek end to USS defined benefit deal
University and College Union will ballot members on a national walkout over plans to move staff to defined contribution pension scheme
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Celebrating undergraduate research in Dublin
An annual event in Dublin helps to raise the profile of undergraduate research and connects students from across the globe
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Canada urged to boost outbound student mobility
Report calls for a quarter of Canadian students to study abroad within 10 years
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EUA calls for clarity on impact in successor to H2020
Fund research grants not loans, Europe’s universities tell Brussels
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Indian institutions barred from using ‘university’ title
Higher education regulator moves to correct confusion over status of specialist institutions
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Australia: minister renews call for performance funding
Statistics on dropouts prompt Simon Birmingham to make fresh calls on stalled package
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Cutting student loan interest would ‘benefit high-earning most’
IFS analysis says bringing back maintenance grants would also lead to little or no change for lowest-earning graduates across their lifetime
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The role of education in the future of the European Union
Jean-Claude Juncker and Tibor Navracsics on how the EU hopes to make it easier for educators to work across Europe
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THE Research Excellence Summit 2018 heads to the Czech Republic
The first Times Higher Education ranking measuring universities in the 13 nations that have joined the EU post-2000 will launch at the event
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‘Macho’ men skew pain sensitivity studies, research suggests
Hypermasculine men may be more likely to take part in trials, misrepresenting the male population, scientists warn
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THE podcast: 16 - 22 November 2017 issue review
This week's edition of Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team