The cake is a lie
In Noel-Ann Bradshaw’s review of Cakes, Custard and Category Theory (Books, 4 June), there is a comment about how a sugar-free, wheat-free plum cake looks like and behaves similarly to a cake but “is...
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Boost grant success rates with ‘advanced’ support
When grant managers provide specialised input, approval rates rise, study finds
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Crossing the Line: verbatim play probes tension at top of universities
Premiere of work based on 16 frank interviews with vice-chancellors and the chair of governors
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Shore up the foundations of world-class science, v-c urges
University of Leicester head tells ARMA conference that the start of research careers and early work needs support
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THE podcast: Asia University Rankings 2015
The Times Higher Education team discusses the results of this year's Asia University Rankings
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The proper application of overwhelming force
Asia continues its progress towards superpower status on a wave of investment, says Phil Baty
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Chinese new year
Japan loses its crown to its main regional rival, as massive state funding and innovation pay dividends for the People’s Republic, writes Katie Duncan
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Balance of power
There seems little doubt that Asia’s star is rising, but reports of its imminent academic hegemony are greatly exaggerated, argues Miguel Lim
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Industrial revolution
A nurturing relationship with Samsung has helped SKKU scale the domestic rankings and make its mark on the world stage, writes Chung Kyu Sang
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Sailing from Byzantium
To fulfil its potential, India’s academy must be freed from the constraints of red tape as part of a root-and-branch transformation, argues C. Raj Kumar
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Difference engine
Pan-Chyr Yang offers insights into National Taiwan University’s sterling work in pure research, knowledge transfer, innovation and 21st-century learning
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Asia University Rankings 2015 results announced
Japan still ‘king of the mountain’ but balance of power shifts to neighbour
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Pub crawl and ‘zombie walk’ win funding to promote humanities
The UK’s only national humanities research festival has announced funding awards to 41 universities and cultural organisations
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Nobel laureate Sir Tim Hunt apologises over ‘trouble with girls’ remarks
A Nobel Prize-winning fellow of the Royal Society has apologised after saying he was in favour of single sex laboratories.