Tap support to push for reform
Academy leaders should exploit the public interest in higher education. Simon Baker previews a debate
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News in brief
University of LondonV-c leaves to pursue other goalsThe vice-chancellor of the University of London has announced he is stepping down just one year into the job. Geoffrey Crossick, who took up the...
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Business schools object to scale of cross-subsidisation
Underinvestment blamed on funds siphoned off for loss-making courses, writes David Matthews
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(Re)productive reasoning on personal output
The University and College Union has urged the UK funding councils to allow female academics to submit one fewer output to the research excellence framework for each pregnancy they have had during...
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International issues 'ignored' in White Paper
The sector's international unit has criticised the government for failing to include internationalisation in the recent higher education White Paper, while underlining the need for "positive...
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Battle lines drawn as UCU candidates show colours
Sally Hunt welcomes challenge from increasingly influential Left wing of union. John Morgan reports
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Archaeology degrees stuck in the (far distant) past
Curricula ignoring modern professional needs and UK's industrial heritage. Matthew Reisz reports
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V-c peer wants strength in depth, not a thin veneer of excellence
As her Greenwich time ends, Baroness Blackstone tells Matthew Reisz why coalition reforms will fail
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Grant winners
Nuffield Foundation• Award winner: John Micklewright• Institution: Institute of Education• Value: £149,660Higher education funding and access: exploring common beliefs• Award winner: Peter Davies•...
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An inappropriate model
Adjust for population, GDP and funding, and US dominance disappears, Howard Hotson argues. And so does the case for neoliberal university reform
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Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Full results of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-12 with all the data, interactive tables and analysis.
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US muscle reigns, but there's a world of difference in value
The UK and others are best for efficiency and bang for buck. John Morgan analyses the rankings results
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UCU calls for work to contract over pensions
Academics are being asked by their union to work minimum hours in the first stage of fresh industrial action over pensions - potentially followed by strikes and a boycott of the research excellence...
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Private Contracts: 'EU rules no longer apply'
Willetts hails fewer limits to business links with universities at Tory conference. Simon Baker writes
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Higher living costs loom north of the border for students from rest of UK
Four-year courses at universities in Scotland will incur additional expense. David Matthews reports