Source: Times Higher Education


Commission for Widening Access calls for ‘entrenched patterns of advantage’ to be broken down

Education minister Simon Birmingham signals potential funding cuts to universities but fee rises plan could also be revived

President of free online university says universities will be forced to change either their price structure or their offering 

LSE academic finds link between education and extremism is most pronounced in Muslim world, but extends to the West too

As the social media platform celebrates its 10th anniversary, Jack Grove examines how it has changed doctoral study

Monthly sessions at Nottingham Trent University aim to prepare asylum seekers for higher education

Researchers set out how academic insights can build trust between different groups

Jeffrey Lehman says American universities have the resources and autonomy to be innovative

Agencies could also be well placed to collaborate on monitoring higher education standards

Headteacher warns that institutions will otherwise be forced to choose between students with ‘ragtag mixed bag’ of qualifications

About half of poorer students would have applied to university differently without a grant, Sodexo research also suggests

John Hennessy also tells THE of his regret at not launching New York campus

Non-EU citizens took one in five new posts over past decade, leaving 40 per cent of posts for UK researchers, Hefce figures show

The release of millions of journal papers online reflects impatience with an outdated publishing model, says John Willinsky

Liz Morrish felt her class needed to know that scholars across the sector were buckling under the strain of management by metric

Winston Morgan explores what his career might reveal about the position of ethnic minority academics

Ellie Bothwell examines strengths and weaknesses in different higher education systems across the Continent

Nigel Thrift, head of Schwarzman Scholars, a transnational scheme to develop movers and shakers, tells John Gill about China’s international role

Institutions have little evidence that their widening participation activities deliver, but they are working to change that, finds Chris Havergal

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Fleet-footed and innovative, fledgling institutions are well placed to nurture attributes that will be key in future rankings, says Peter Coaldrake

The UK is an energising force on the Continent, with staff and student mobility crucial to our ability to compete internationally

Ben Goldacre on why a ban on researchers speaking to politicians and policymakers fails the taxpayers who fund them

Book of the week: With people vulnerable to bias, lack of diversity might be better tackled at organisational level, Victoria Bateman says

Simon Underdown on the novel notion that four walls were key to our development as a species

Hillary Clinton is not the first woman to run for the White House. Elizabeth Cobbs enjoys an entertaining look at her and her predecessors

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Advice on how to cope with all the work and when to say no to opportunities

From robots to the most popular course, academics share their predictions

After Tory victory in the general election, an EU exit could become reality. We hear from both sides of the debate

Agencies could also be well placed to collaborate on monitoring higher education standards

John Holmwood explains why attendees of the Second Convention for Higher Education plan to write their own legislation

Ministers must demonstrate that assessing ‘excellence’ does more good than harm, says Dorothy Bishop

Times Higher Education event will explore how to educate Africa’s increasing number of young people

Ellie Bothwell examines strengths and weaknesses in different higher education systems across the Continent

Conference will examine how young institutions are rapidly rising in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 

Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the top 200 universities in Europe

Ben Goldacre on why a ban on researchers speaking to politicians and policymakers fails the taxpayers who fund them

US PhD applicant Sabine Parrish recalls an unpleasant encounter with UK immigration

When did academics lose the capacity to discuss their research without slides, asks Gary Rawnsley

As the social media platform celebrates its 10th anniversary, Jack Grove examines how it has changed doctoral study
Posted on March 15th, 2016.
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