The week in higher education – 17 March 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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How often cities are mentioned in REF case studies
These maps show which universities do research that goes on to have an impact on London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham
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Ersatz professors should be booed off the stage
Senior managers with no scholarly record who claim academic titles are charlatans who harm the sector, argues David Wilson
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Classics’ elitism should be lost in translation
In giving short shrift to the production of modern interpretations, classicists consign their work to narrow academic circles, says Emma Gee
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Student Experience Survey 2016: university reviews
Read student reviews of their experience at the best and most improved universities in the Times Higher Education's Student Experience Survey 2016
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Grant winners – 17 March 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor – 17 March 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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How do you get an interdisciplinary book published?
A work that straddles subject boundaries is an unattractive prospect for publishers, finds Martin Parker
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Uncertain future for Hefce
The annual grant letter from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to the Higher Education Funding Council for England, which typically arrives in late December or January, has arrived...
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In praise of the higher education bill
The passing of the Higher Education Governance Bill in Scotland’s Parliament by an overwhelming vote should surely hearten all those who seek to open up university governance to more democratic...