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I was disappointed to see your recent article and blog post on the government “naming and shaming” universities over extremist speakers, both of which gave undue prominence to the opinions of...
I was disappointed to see your recent article and blog post on the government “naming and shaming” universities over extremist speakers, both of which gave undue prominence to the opinions of...
Angela Constance, Scotland’s Cabinet secretary for education, is ramming through the Scottish Parliament a bill that gives her direct control of Scottish universities (“Nicola Sturgeon forced to...
Matt Clifford’s idea of encouraging early career academics to consider the entrepreneurial route is timely as it rightly questions the parity of esteem given to those academics pursuing a knowledge...
Lisa Mckenzie asks, “Who would be a working-class woman in academia?” (8 October). I am working class and using an alias here because long experience with the vanguardist Left has taught me to avoid...
The views of academics on how to engage with sullen students show that there is nothing new under the sun (“How to engage with sullen students”, Features, 8 October). The Cambridge Review was pretty...

‘Something must be done’: deep dismay at the human toll of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis is spurring the academy to act

Philanthropy allows innovation ‘free from constraints of political and economic change’, says v-c

Standout institutions for clinical, pre-clinical and health subjects cite collaboration with industry and other universities as reason for success

The best universities for medicine, clinical and health subjects are revealed, with Oxford University coming out on top.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016 clinical, pre-clinical and health subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas. The full list of clinical, pre-...