‘Elite’ status all risk, no benefit, for universities, says study
Findings from the German Excellence Initiative raise questions over impact of TEF
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Research income figures highlight Brexit vulnerability
Latest data on research grants show just how much UK institutions get from the EU
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Market figure tipped to 'shake' English sector at OfS
Interviews in progress for Office for Students chief executive, with v-cs among those shortlisted
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The week in higher education – 16 March 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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In the ratings game, not losing is more important than winning
The Excellence Initiative in Germany and the UK’s TEF may bring only bad news for universities’ reputations, says David Matthews
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Kept down by menial tasks? Black scholars and the ‘neoplantation’
US researcher claims that white academics are given more time to study and write
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Asia University Rankings 2017: results announced
The National University of Singapore leads our 2017 ranking of the top universities in Asia
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Animate Planet: Making Visceral Sense of Living in a High-Tech Ecologically Damaged World, by Kath Weston
Environmental changes also change us but old and new ways of living offer hope, says Stephanie Bunn
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North Korea’s Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground is Transforming a Closed Society, by Jieun Baek
The voices of 10 defectors are the most powerful parts of a study of the Hermit Kingdom, says Hazel Smith
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Books interview: Vicky Angelaki
The author of Social and Political Theatre in 21st-Century Britain on Merleau-Ponty and Caryl Churchill, eco-novels and agency, and playwrights’ weather eye on gathering storms
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The best translational researchers are basic researchers
Life science is a big part of the UK government’s industrial strategy, but neglecting basic research will drive top researchers abroad and threaten the flow of translatable discoveries, says Philippe...
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Technical education would not need wholesale reform if universities built more bridges
Universities should consider building ‘families’ of schools and colleges to facilitate easy transfer between different levels of education, says David Phoenix
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South Sudan’s universities are reaping the benefits of Western influence
South Sudan may be racked by famine, civil war and corruption, but the probity and effectiveness of its largely Western-educated vice-chancellors are providing the rest of the public sector with...
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Australian tertiary education cannot flourish without effective vocational education
There is a growing recognition in Australia that the future of higher education must be considered alongside what happens to its struggling technical and further education sector.