A changing game: the need to rethink student admissions
The changing higher education landscape is making a mockery of Ucas, says Zahir Irani
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REF health research ‘had little impact on patients’
Paper claims that medical impact case studies focused on policy impact, not improvement in patient mortality or quality of life
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OECD’s Dirk Van Damme says debate on Ahelo was ‘low quality’
Super-selective institutions do not always offer value in teaching and learning, THE World Academic Summit hears
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Nicholas Dirks: public universities need not choose between access and excellence
Berkeley chancellor says great public institutions can support their missions by looking for funding elsewhere
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World University Rankings 2014-15 methodology
The essential elements in our world-leading formula Underpinning the World University Rankings 2014-2015 is a sophisticated exercise in information-gathering and analysis: here we detail the...
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What it’s like to work with the academic greats
Five contributors recall friendships and encounters with preeminent scientists, writers and philosophers
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Australian government shelves plan to uncap fees
New education minister Simon Birmingham announces at THE summit in Melbourne that controversial policy will not come in next year
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Brian Schmidt: universities must back young researchers to win Nobel prizes
Nobel laureate tells THE World Academic Summit that institutions provide funding and job security too late
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World University Rankings 2015-2016 results out now
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016 will include 800 institutions for the first time
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Eden Project plants itself firmly in the higher education space
Partnership with Cornwall College Group will see tourist attraction open its doors to undergraduates
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David Trotter, 1957-2015
A leading expert on medieval French language and lexicography has died
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Interview with David Eustace
We talk to the world-famous photographer about donning a cap and gown as a university chancellor
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Research is not the only path to academic success
Co-founder of investment firm says that more early career academics should be encouraged to think about the entrepreneurial route
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Prevent strategy: naming and shaming of universities sparks concern
Questions have been raised about the source of data used by Downing Street to accuse institutions of hosting hate preachers
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Study finds eightfold rise in ‘predatory’ journal papers
Majority of academics publishing in journals with lax peer review are from Asia, study concludes