Hundreds of PhD students chasing every early career post
THE study reveals intense competition for roles at Russell Group universities, despite new openings for those seeking a research career
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Mature students: lifelong learning on life support?
Matthew Reisz talks to academics about their experiences of teaching older learners, while Holly Else analyses the decline in the number of mature students
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Open doors make a fairer world, says José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
‘Non-political’ visa policy, Spanish language and top business schools are key to Spanish sector’s future, according to Spain’s former leader
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Quitting EU would cost UK in Horizon cash, says Leru head
A Brexit would reduce the UK’s relationship to the EU to that of Botswana’s or Chile’s, research expert claims
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The best bucket list is blank
Knowledge, not exotic travel, should be students’ number one priority, argues Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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The Last Beach, by Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper
Philip Hoare admires a terrifying portrait of our impact on the sands that protect us from danger
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Grant winners - 6 November 2014
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilAward winner: Joanne WebsterInstitution: Royal Veterinary CollegeValue: £763,444Epidemiology and evolution of zoonotic schistosomiasis in a...
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6 November 2014
Lifelong learning on life support? - What we stand to lose as the number of mature students declines
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Vincent Barnett, Caroline Flurey, Nigel Rodenhurst, Sir David Bell and Bruce J. Schulman
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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World in brief - 6 November 2014
Source: AlamyUnited StatesObama supports affirmative actionUS President Barack Obama has expressed support for affirmative action. He told The New Yorker that if certain universities “do it in a...
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News in brief - 6 November 2014
Scottish pensionsControl ‘should be fully devolved’Scotland’s largest teaching union has suggested that control over a lecturers’ pension scheme could be devolved to Holyrood. The Educational...
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The week in higher education - 6 November 2014
As Times Higher Education went to press, a marking boycott due to start on 6 November by members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme still looked likely to go ahead. It had been hoped that...
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Searching for solid ground
Aftershocks following the austerity reforms of 2010 are still being felt, with mature students particularly hard hit
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House of spirits
The University of Cambridge’s Combination Rooms do seem to be fertile grounds for ghost-hunters (“Schools that have ghouls”, Features, 30 October).The psychologist Sir Frederic Bartlett reported that...
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Giving is getting research
May we politely point out to Charles Keidan (“Good for the money”, Features, 23 October) that research on philanthropy has been well established in British historical scholarship for many years.In...