6 key trends accelerating technology adoption in higher education in 2015
What will be driving the use of education technology in universities in the next five years?
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Newcastle University to open London campus
Plans for a London branch campus teaching 1,200 students have been announced by Newcastle University.
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Is philosophy dead?
Leading philosophers took up the challenge of Stephen Hawking’s claim that “philosophy is dead”
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Durham University students to protest against accommodation fees
Durham students are calling for a freeze on accommodation costs after being hit with a 20 per cent hike over the past three years
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Research funding formula tweaked after REF 2014 results
England’s funding council has changed the formula for distributing quality-related research funding following the research excellence framework
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Britons would rather be an academic than a Hollywood star
Becoming an academic is the third most desirable job for Britons and is seen as more attractive than being a Hollywood film star
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Mandelson warns Labour on £6,000 fees
A cut to tuition fees not coupled with a rise in taxpayer funding would damage universities, Lord Mandelson has said as Labour finalises its policy.
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THE podcast: 19-25 February 2015 issue review
Download the podcastInternational student recruitment agents, this week’s books section, and freedom of information requests are all discussed in this week’s Times Higher Education issue review...
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‘Macho’ university culture mirrors banks’ mistakes
Professors issue warning over obsession with performance management and research excellence
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Agents paid an average of £1,767 per non-EU recruit
THE investigation shows spike in spending on fees as UK ‘reliant’ on middlemen
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Isis shows ‘Oriental studies’ are essential
The University of Manchester could not have chosen a worse time to consider closing Middle Eastern language courses, writes Hugh Williamson
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Open University’s numbers dive 28% as pool of part-timers dries up
University faces £17m deficit as enrolments fall while expenditures rise
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To Explain The World: The Discovery of Modern Science, by Steven Weinberg
A history of the steps humans took to explain how and why things work delights Cait MacPhee
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An opening-up of new horizons
It’s not just sun and salaries drawing academics to MENA jobs, says Siân Phillips
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The impact of impact
The REF’s formal assessment of the impact of academic work was highly controversial in theory: how did it play out in practice?