How to turn boring conversations into rousing exchanges
If holiday talk turns to yawn-worthy diet or dreams, put a medieval spin on it, advises Kathryn Rudy
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Fresh UK pension scheme talks ‘could avert further strikes’
UCU, employers and USS will discuss the ongoing pensions row, following series of recommendations from expert panel
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Fast-track visa status for more UK fellowships
Home Office will nearly double number of fellowships where visa applications are fast-tracked, while ‘MIT of north’ plan is also floated
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Want to help Stanford? Help state universities, says president
Marc Tessier-Lavigne discusses diversifying student intake and focusing on ethics of new technologies in Times Higher Education interview
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The mental health crisis must be met with an accepting campus community
Acknowledging that faculty and students both struggle with mental health is the first step to tackling it, says Hilal A. Lashuel
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Satellite data put at researchers’ fingertips
Academics able to specify areas of interest to collect imagery of
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Why our favourite Christmas songs never change
Our affection for the past keeps our old favourites, with their old fashioned values, at the top of the Christmas charts, says Alexandra Lamont
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Mauritius v-c: peace is good, but it can be barrier to innovation
Leader says that desire to maintain tranquillity can deter islanders from pushing ideas to ‘breaking point’
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Australian funding model ‘risks backfiring on national interest’
Missteps with international students ‘a bigger threat to the national interest’ than to university budgets, says commentator
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Dismissal of Chinese professors seen as major progress on #MeToo
Two prominent cases signal higher-level response to abuses on campus
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A holiday survival guide for academics
Step away from work, don’t check your email and explain to your family what it is you actually do, Karen Rodham suggests
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Paddy Nixon to take the helm at Canberra
UUK vice-president heading back Down Under after five years in Northern Ireland
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19/26 December 2019 digital edition
Goodwill to all: A little kindness can make a big difference
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THE podcast: After the election
Following Boris Johnson’s landslide win, John Morgan and Simon Baker analyse the election results and consider what this means for HE
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2019 winter reading
From football to religious intolerance and from witchcraft to Hollywood excess: our reviewers select a book they have recently read and would warmly recommend to others and another they look forward...