Brunel University victimised a senior manager because he had an outstanding race discrimination complaint against his former employer, a tribunal has ruled. The London employment tribunal has found...
Caroline Williams is first and foremost a military woman. Although she is not in uniform when we meet, her sharp blue trouser suit is not far off one. But she is also an academic - she recently...
There are 170 higher education institutions in the UK, employing about 340,000 staff with a total salary bill of £9 billion, writes Claire Sanders. The Times Higher wants to celebrate good people...
Students are seeking a court injunction against Swansea University to force it to reinstate a suspended lecturer whose absence, they say, has affected their learning. The move is the latest in a...
Horatio Nelson's reputation may still be intact after The Times Higher 's latest debate but the same cannot be said about his mistress, Emma Hamilton, who emerged as the prototype footballer's wife....
A new book has shed light on the role played by Britain in the 20th century's "forgotten genocide", which began 90 years ago this week and claimed the lives of an estimated 1 million Armenians. The...
Australian vice-chancellors are sceptical about a planned research assessment process developed by Sir Gareth Roberts. Sir Gareth, president of Wolfson College, Oxford, is confident that his work for...
Omer Dincer, a Turkish academic who last year took part in a national debate on ethics and corruption, has been stripped of his doctorate and barred from working in public life after two commissions...
Libya's Attahdi University and the University of Sousse in Tunisia on Wednesday signed a scientific and cultural co-operation agreement to undertake joint scientific research projects and programmes.
A German visa scandal has thwarted plans by 29 Ukrainian exchange students to attend classes at the Technical University in Dresden to improve their knowledge and understanding of the German language...
Peter Okebukola, executive secretary of Nigeria's National University Commission, and Ben Njoku, vice-chancellor of the Owerri Technology University, are facing trial. The Economic and Finance Crime...
A coalition of US higher education associations hopes to raise $1.5 million (£700,000) for a campaign to convince people that it is important to support universities. The three-year public trust...
Statistics South Africa, the country's official data agency, is mounting a global search for staff after errors made in calculating economic figures undermined its credibility. Pali Lehohla, the...
Early indications are that numbers of first-year enrolments have declined at New Zealand universities because many applicants have not met new entrance requirements. According to figures from the...
English departments in Sweden are in crisis and English proficiency among new students is a major concern, writes Jon Buscall in Stockholm. Many students speak excellent English, but growing numbers...