Nicola Sturgeon forced to defend governance bill
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson says universities ‘hate’ the SNP bill and claims it threatens to end their charitable status
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Two academics recognised for essays on rabbits and war
£20,000 essay-writing competition shortlist features two UK scholars
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Higher apprenticeships lead to ‘greater earnings than most degrees’
But Sutton Trust analysis says that while learning on the job can be a good alternative to university, too few qualifications are at this degree-equivalent level
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Lisa Mckenzie: who would be a working-class woman in academia?
Even in the academy, your class background will always be a factor in how you are seen, says LSE’s Lisa Mckenzie
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THE podcast: 8-14 October 2015 issue review
This week's edition discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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Interview with Markku Kulmala
We talk to the winner of the Russian Geographical Society’s Fedor P. Litke Gold Medal
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Institute of Musical Research starts life anew at Royal Holloway
The new-look IMR aims to support and showcase studies across the musical spectrum
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Geoffrey Lilley, 1919-2015
A pioneering engineer known as ‘the father of aeroacoustics’ has died
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Inside Out Festival: ‘clubland’ walks provide food for the brain
Annual event continues to open up unexpected places and debates
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Standard tests for students: a big leap forwards or moving in the wrong direction?
Academics debate whether non-subject-specific exams could be used to measure ‘learning gain’ in English higher education
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NSS 'yea-saying' may be due to image-conscious universities
Study says that importance of survey results may lead to ‘overzealous promotion’ and encourage more generous responses
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Higher education is ‘key component’ for growth, says Princeton economist
Gene Grossman says restrictions on globalising the academy are ‘hugely damaging’
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TEF must include independent peer review, says new QAA chief
Interim chief executive Douglas Blackstock warns teaching excellence framework will lack credibility without external assessment
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Home Office’s new visa crusade threatens to ‘cut overseas student numbers’
Department’s 250,000 ‘credibility interviews’ in two years questioned after ‘unjustified’ refusals to students
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Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception, by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller
A study of the predatory nature of markets holds up a mirror to the field, says Victoria Bateman