Vice-chancellors: stop defending your own pay and spare a thought for your staff
Sally Hunt lambastes university employment models, which she says would be more at home in Sports Direct
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Warning over ‘underfunding’ of Dutch universities
Despite bachelor’s graduates rising by a third since 2009, funding has barely risen faster than inflation
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North Korea’s only ‘Western’ university reopens for new term
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology feared closure when US travel ban took effect this month
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Ontario plans first francophone university
But critics claim that French students are already well served in the province
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‘University of liquor’ to open in China
Kweichow Moutai’s move reflects concerns about shortage of skilled workers
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Australia: minister criticises v-cs’ opposition to ‘modest’ changes
Simon Birmingham defends plans for 7.5 per cent increase in fees and 2.5 per cent funding cut
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UK wins more ERC starting grants after vote for Brexit
Fears that referendum result could put off applicants have been unfounded - at least for this type of grant
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Teaching excellence framework changes ‘will boost Russell Group’
Use of new graduate earnings data further undermines validity of exercise, critics warn
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World University Rankings 2018 by subject: dates announced
Times Higher Education will publish expanded league tables for 11 different subject areas
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I can understand why universities pay out to attract the best leaders they can
Competition for students and the cash brought in by increased tuition fees explain why universities want to invest in leadership, writes Andrew McRae
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UK’s position paper on post-Brexit science aims for ‘impossible’
Aim for UK-EU research agreement ignores ‘decisive’ role of immigration system, argues Leru secretary general
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Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure, by Lynn Comella
Book of the week: Meet the women whose lusty revolution changed the sexual culture of the US, says Laura Frost
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Undervalue creative arts in schools and everyone suffers
John Last believes that UK schools policy risks damaging the flow of creative students into universities and jobs
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Jo Johnson: grade inflation 'ripping through' English sector
Minister outlines plans for TEF and new regulator to tackle problem
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Poisonous science: the dark side of the lab
The bullying and subsequent suicide of a talented Ivy League scientist exposes ugly truths about the cruelty and dysfunction at the heart of academic science