What happens when academics quit? Good things, it turns out
Leaving academia can be a wrench, but it can also open up new opportunities to enjoy your discipline, says Greta Perel
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THE podcast: academic sisterhood and most international universities
The latest edition of Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team
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TEF-REF ranking marks rise of 'new elite' in UK higher education
Lancaster University's vice-chancellor Mark E. Smith and Nicola Owen argue that a new composite ranking offers a more nuanced view of institutional excellence
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Students happy to fund research, but not other departments
Survey of more than 5,000 students fuels debate about cross-subsidies in English higher education
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‘Little appetite’ for overseas collaboration fund post-Brexit
Creating a separate pot of money for international research ‘risks funding second-rate’ work, conference hears
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Martin Luther King inspires university workplace critique
Research fellowship will explore how the US civil rights leader’s work could improve relations between academics and administrators
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Nicholas Phillipson, 1937-2018
Tributes paid to expert on the Scottish Enlightenment
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Interview with Bertha Ochieng
The De Montfort University professor discusses growing up as one of nine children, her work to improve the diets of children in the UK, and how academia turned out not to be a nine-to-five job
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Career advice: how to job-share in academia
Sophie Inge speaks to two sets of job-sharers about the pros and cons of dividing an academic role
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Vice-chancellors ‘must come clean’ over grace-and-favour homes
University and College Union calls for regulator to close loophole that allows institutions to omit details of housing perks from annual statements
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‘New elite’ emerges as UK ranking combines TEF and REF
Architects of merged league table say results show how old hierarchies are outdated, but pre-92 institutions still dominate