The Pick - Film
Film Tate Modern (until 11 March 2012)Digital cinema has enormous potential, argues Tacita Dean in the book that accompanies her new installation, but today it is still too "blandly euphoric at all...
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Thought control: new evidence
Alarming allegations of "impact rigging" have been prompted by the revelation that Gordon Lapping's recent address to the Poppleton branch of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffalos on "Epistemic...
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Leader: It's still a joy after all these years
We have much to celebrate at 40, but what remains most gratifying is being part of a vital, creative and committed sector
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Young at heart: Harvard at 375 shows appetite for risk-taking
The president of the US' pre-eminent university is planning an innovative future. Jon Marcus reports
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The week in higher education
• The head of the private New College of the Humanities has said that the institution, which will charge tuition fees of £18,000 a year, will interview candidates rather than determine entry based...
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From where I sit - Are PhD students being served?
German universities may be focused on improving their research, but doctoral students have highlighted serious flaws in their teaching.The Deutsche Universitätszeitung (German University Newspaper),...
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Appointments
Washington University in St LouisStephen LegomskyStephen Legomsky, John S. Lehmann university professor at the School of Law at Washington University in St Louis, has been appointed chief counsel for...
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Oxford v-c urges support for postgrad loan plan
The vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford has called for "serious consideration" to be given to a proposal for a government-backed loan for taught postgraduate students.
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Many happy returns (to some familiar themes and faces)
Funding cuts. Fees. Privatisation. Old institutions versus new. Ministerial (re)visions - and withering letters-page retorts. John Morgan journeys through 40 years of our back issues
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On the shoulders of giants
Matthew Reisz talks to the movers and shakers of the past 40 years who made Times Higher Education what it is today
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Accentuate negatives to identify 'sinners'
One is struck by the methodology of league tables, both national and international, being based entirely on positives ("US muscle reigns, but there's a world of difference in value", 6 October). What...
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Control is just an illusion
Fred Inglis is bloody angry about the state of truth in the academy ("Economical with the actualité", 6 October). Good for him, it's about time somebody was.However, he is wrong when he depicts the...
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This is hardly reassuring
Anthony McClaran's defence of "educational oversight" ("Oversight is essential", Letters, 6 October) sits uneasily alongside your report "'Visa scam' at college linked to University of Wales" (www....
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New and in tune
Many traditional universities may be ignoring market trends and thereby endangering their future student numbers ("Exclusive elite fails to attract poorer students", 29 September).The most recent...
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Ouroboros finance
David Willetts claimed at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester that in future most universities will not need to comply with European Union procurement directives because they will be less...