Iraqi Kurdistan looks to national ranking to improve
The Kurdistan regional government in Iraq is streamlining its higher education system – and still looking for far more help from British universities

The Kurdistan regional government in Iraq is streamlining its higher education system – and still looking for far more help from British universities

We need a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in higher education, argues Terry Young

Move criticised by Buckingham professor as ‘blatant prejudice against for-profit sector’

Any tables must reflect the nuances of the region, says Mohamed Salem

Oxford college says it has received an ‘overwhelming message’ in favour of keeping the statue standing

Andrew W. Robinson on the sound pedagogical reasons to swap the industrial, identikit approach to teaching and learning for something less bloody boring

Proportion of university staff training through Erasmus has more than doubled in six years, finds report

One in 12 who suffer the suicide of a friend or relative will leave university, study says

The latest edition of Times Higher Education discussed by our editorial team

Dave Sayers shares his tips on how to boost productivity

Sutton Trust study finds teachers’ perceptions of what makes a good Ucas application are very different to views of admissions tutors

Matthew Reisz meets the researcher challenging universities on their tendency to try and fit square pegs into round holes

A cancer researcher who greatly enriched our understanding of the processes of tumour formation has died

We talk to the civil rights campaigner about making higher education accessible to all and how the UK has a long way to go to end discrimination