Universities are becoming like mechanical nightingales
Sir Keith Burnett reflects on the future of academia and innovation in the UK and China
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The 20 most-read higher education stories of 2016
The most popular Times Higher Education stories of the last year revealed
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Universities must use metrics to prevent HE ‘catastrophe’
Leading higher education scholar warns that the sector will ‘shut down’ if institutions do not report their value
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Facebook groups ‘may help students enjoy their course’
A study into lecturer-led Facebook groups suggests they could improve how students perceive their course material and their lecturer
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Japan and education: a victim of its own success?
Recent university rankings results provide some much-needed discomfort in Japan, says Devin Stewart
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Chinese students ‘still more stressed’ when abroad
A study has suggested that even outside the hyper-competitive environment of Chinese education, students suffer from stress and anxiety
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Global HE must face academic corruption head-on, webinar told
Scholarly community must address ‘ugly’ issue directly and stop believing it happens ‘somewhere else’
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Academics With Cats 2016: the winning photographs
Glen Wright reveals the best #AcademicsWithCats of 2016
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Plan to force universities to run UK schools ‘damaging’
Russell Group also criticises prime minister’s drive to make school sponsorship condition of higher fees
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Rise in UK student visas for Indians ‘important breakthrough’
Closer partnerships between UK and Indian universities and transparency over visa processing cited as potential factors for first increase in the third quarter since 2009
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Degree-level police must not forget basic bobbying skills
A ‘professionalised’ police needs to maintain core skills, says this police constable
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The dark side of the proposed doctoral loans system
Billy Bryan and Josh Berlyne are not convinced by the UK government’s doctoral loans plan
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North America’s native languages get higher education boost
Institutions in the US and Canada are helping preserve indigenous languages before they die out
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Career advice: how to handle an internal interview
Our panel of leading university administrators explain how applicants should approach a meeting of this kind at their institution
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Interview with Stella Bruzzi
The incoming dean of arts and humanities at UCL speaks about tuition fees, snobbery in film studies and making Margaret Thatcher likeable