Humanities general

One study wants a flat fee and another backs income-based tiers – but neither supports the status quo

Course costs can be wound back without undue pain to students, universities or the government, under policy prescription

Meanjin set for homecoming as QUT assumes custody of ‘cultural icon’, five months after it was deemed ‘no longer viable’

Multiple calls to extend Atec’s remit, as the cost of arts degrees edges past A$54K

Esteemed practitioner and defender of the humanities Graeme Turner dies months after seminal treatise on the state of the academy

The passions roused by the culture wars show that people care deeply about history and culture right now, says Edward Harcourt

While staff hostility towards philanthropically backed humanities courses has not abated, entry and satisfaction scores suggest students take a different view

Universities known for their focus on technology are improving in the arts and humanities

Liberal politicians glorify Robert Menzies but few share his love for universities, says former Melbourne v-c Glyn Davis

Academics urge governments to set up frameworks for ethical use of technology and reaffirm the need for greater multidisciplinarity 

Female academics, especially mothers, face the double challenge of patriarchy and neoliberal management

Humanities scholars play a crucial role in communicating with the public during Covid

Deleted posts, suspensions and investigations are part of a larger trend of control that predated the pandemic, experts say

About 200 projects contribute to research and aim to engage students during campus shutdowns

Malaysian historian spies signs that liberal arts’ 200-year ebb may be ending as unpredictability of employment puts paid to utilitarian education

Such skills can be learned relatively easily and cheaply. Universities should develop expertise in fields essential to human flourishing, says Andrew Moore 

A new humanities-based major focused on how global commerce, businesses and societies shape one another points the way forward, says Karen E. Spierling

China’s rise has led to a surge in engineering research – although the discipline is growing in importance in other countries too

Book of the week: Rivka Isaacson reflects on the ‘aphrodisiac’ effect of crossing disciplines

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

The humanities professor discusses her passion for human rights, how universities can work with refugees, and learning to stop apologising

Although talk of crisis may be alarmist, academics in the humanities need to get out and fight their corner more effectively, former president says

Recent calls for more ‘useful’ degrees ignore their patchy record in improving the workplace or society, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Reed College responds to student complaints that its flagship module was too white, too male and too Eurocentric

Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, funded by £1.7 billion bequest, to fund degree courses in several institutions

As The Sunday Times reports proposals to cut fees, Sir Keith Burnett asks how we measure ‘value for money’ in education?

Peking University joins the top 20 of the Times Higher Education subject table for the first time

Researcher warns that anti-immigrant sentiment could affect pipeline of academic talent

The comics researcher discusses ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree accusations, lessons on wartime alliances and the perils of eating cheese before bedtime

Latest Hesa data throw spotlight on disciplines most at risk from flight of EU talent from UK 

Battle of Ideas event asks whether ‘core academic values’ are still safe in the academy

We talk to the digital publishing specialist about bringing historical figures to life, including the founder of the Pearly Kings and Queens, and how to eat lychees

But transferring to an institution in another country generally has less of a ‘positive impact’, finds paper

We talk to the digital games professor about the perception of games in the academy

Charles Bailyn asks whether a new liberal arts college really does start with a blank canvas

Higher education must look beyond financial gain to help solve the Middle East crisis, says Zahir Irani

‘Minimum expectations’ for research income will be used as part of staff performance review

Matthew Feldman reflects on academics’ place in the insatiable 24-hour news cycle

Green Paper recommends use of metrics, despite July report’s reservations

UK maintains its strength in the arts while US loses ground

Chris Parr reports as the philosopher talks of big plans for his fledgling institution

Universities to scale back liberal arts and social science courses

We talk to the AHRC chief executive as he prepares to move to the School of Advanced Study

Lecturer who masterminded student-run commercial operation Re:So shortlisted for enterprise education award

The finest malapropisms and typos the sector has seen in our look back at the winners of the last five years

Lecturers steer students away from some topics and get material vetted. Melanie Newman reports

In the UK, the gulf between the political and the academic worlds seems all-but unbreachable while Americans flit easily between lecture halls and halls of power. Here Matthew Reisz examines why Whitehall seems so inhospitable to scholars, while overleaf Jon Marcus looks at why Washington is so accommodating

In America, it is common for academics to play a prominent political role. Jon Marcus reports

Milton expert Stanley Fish refuses to demonise the administrator and warns against influencing the moral character of students, he tells Matthew Reisz

The Freedom of Information Act could be a boon to scholars seeking hidden data. Zoe Corbyn reports

Convincing the public of merits of this field of research remains taxing, reports Melanie Newman

A.W. Purdue on ten years of adroit scholarship that helped to revitalise a discipline in Britain

Loss of learned skills is messing with our heads, but John Gilbey wonders who needs to know

Linda Colley tells Matthew Reisz how her work on 'Britishness' fed into an exhibition about the fight to enshrine liberty in the national fabric