Student Success Forum: US universities ‘must face up to skills and equality challenges’
UMBC president calls for shift in institutional culture at Times Higher Education forum
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Want to be a successful academic? It’s all about getting published
Publishing is part of the academic game, says Mike Smith, so you’d better get good at it
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Tory conference may show impact of Labour’s tuition fee pledge
Labour still fixed on pledge as political gold dust, but may score policy impact nevertheless, writes John Morgan
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THE podcast: 28 September - 4 October 2017 issue review
The latest edition of Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team
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Snobbery against regional accents is hurting university teaching
Quiet acceptance of accent discrimination damages efforts to make classrooms more inclusive, says Katerina Loukopoulou
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The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World, by Michael Ignatieff
This study of how ordinary people view human rights is depressingly honest, says Jane O’Grady
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Liberalism’s Religion, by Cécile Laborde
Robert A. Segal enjoys a rigorously researched volume on the relationship between religion and the secular state
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The Chinese Typewriter: A History, by Thomas S. Mullaney
Jonathan Mirsky applauds the story of an invention that has been vital in preserving Chinese script and culture in the modern information age
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Academics’ top tips for publishing success
Is your resolution for the new academic year to publish more? Here, 16 scholars give advice on pitching, editing and writing – and dealing with negative peer reviews
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‘Bias’ blamed for dearth of female Nobel prizewinners
Some researchers worry that lack of female laureates devalues prestigious awards
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English universities ‘could lose £1.4 billion’ from fee-cut plan
Data analysis by THE suggests some universities would take a hit of more than £25 million if fees were slashed to £7,500 for classroom subjects
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The week in higher education – 28 September 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The UKRI monopoly risks stifling innovation
Ministers are foolish to abandon the conclusions of the 1971 review that has informed UK research policy for 45 years, say Donald Braben and John Dainton
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Interview with Margaret Casely-Hayford
The Coventry chancellor talks about being inspired by protest, managing a rap artist and being a pioneer as a black woman in law
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Student visa red tape costs some universities £500,000 a year
Cost of compliance with Home Office rules uncovered by Study Group