Critical theory
David Matthews’ feature “Fuzzy logic” (3 August) raises the question of whether “firms themselves really value the kind of critical thinking that academics prize”. The evidence suggests that they do...
Search
-
-
Postgraduate application fees ‘hit poorest students’
Researchers reveal huge differences in charges levied by Russell Group universities
-
Could other countries copy Hungary and roll back higher education?
Hungary is making ‘dubious history’ by reversing the expansion of universities, writes David Matthews
-
EAIE 2017: conference preview
Access the THE preview of the 2017 European Association for International Education conference in Seville
-
Inside the world of Germany’s student fraternities
Sword-fighting, drinking, history and camaraderie: struggling to recruit, ancient brotherhoods mull their image problem
-
Access tsar attacks ‘complacency’ on widening participation
Les Ebdon says that he came ‘close’ to rejecting access agreements in ‘one of the toughest’ rounds of negotiation yet
-
US academics form counter-movement to 'drive racists off campus'
Campus Antifascist Network plans self-defence training for scholars who may be challenged by white supremacists
-
The hidden costs of applying for postgraduate study
Variations in the Russell Group demonstrate a mixed national picture, write Joshua Stubbs and Paul Wakeling
-
Academics ‘face higher mental health risk’ than other professions
Lack of job security, limited support from management and weight of work-related demands on time among risk factors
-
Universities ‘should be chastened by bigotry among well-educated’
Ruth Simmons, interim leader of Prairie View A&M University, says universities are ‘failing’ at creating ‘fit leaders’
-
Qatar campus leaders confident of surviving diplomatic crisis
Branch outpost heads confident for long-term future of institutions despite blockade
-
Cambridge University Press makes U-turn in China censorship row
'Intense' reaction from scholars worldwide drives publisher to back down on article block
-
CUP row ‘shows need for new approach to Chinese censors’
Hundreds sign petition to boycott journals published by Cambridge University Press amid censorship row