Grant winners – 8 December 2016
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Would-be heavyweights: the rise of open access mega-journals
This graph shows the dramatic rise of open access mega-journals such as Plos One, which offer to publish papers based on their scientific soundness rather than the significance or novelty of the...
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Widening participation: any more for any more?
Few disagree that more higher education is a good thing, but it’s tricky to balance universities’ costs and manageable fees
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THE podcast: 8-14 December 2016 weekly review
The Times Higher Education editorial team look at some of the highlights from this week's edition
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Report urges change to UK’s ‘inaccurate’ predicted grades system
Study for UCU finds just 16 per cent of applicants’ grades are predicted accurately – but Ucas says this is ‘not the case’
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A new outlook: New Zealand's universities turn towards Asia
Vice-chancellor calls on sector to shift its focus away from country's colonial past
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University of Toronto head: Canada’s ‘openness’ is ‘stark alternative’ to UK/US
President Meric Gertler reflects on Canadian universities’ potential to ‘capitalise’ on political climate in competitor nations
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Universities ‘uncertain’ about lecture-capture copyright
Copyright and intellectual property policy on lecture capture ‘evolving’, says report, but institutions should provide supportive advice to academics
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Interview with Renaud Dehousse
We talk with the new president of the European University Institute about the politicisation of British universities, being a European citizen (whether you like it or not) and having no regrets
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Libraries ‘becoming invisible’ to junior scholars
Many early career researchers have ‘not gone to the library for years’, according to report
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Yu-kung Kao, 1929-2016
A leading scholar who brought his deep knowledge of Chinese literature with him to the US – and then back to China and Taiwan – has died
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Colombian conference seeks right internationalisation formula
Event explores the challenges and options that lie ahead for a post-conflict society
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Forging links outside Europe post-Brexit ‘not realistic’
Vice-principal tells SRHE annual conference that arts and humanities scholars cannot suddenly shift area of focus to different cultural settings