‘Global reputation’ at risk if spending review hits higher education, warns UUK
Research councils thought to be under review as BIS aims to be ‘sharper, smaller, cheaper’
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Philosophy on film
Does Woody Allen’s Irrational Man succeed in bringing big ideas to the big screen? Benjamin Poore gives his verdict
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Unsafe harbour? Academic freedom in Hong Kong
In a special report from the territory, David Matthews hears concerns that scholars are paying the price for ‘politically incorrect’ talk
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Support our service staff
A Times Higher Education analysis revealed that support staff are in the majority at 71 per cent of UK higher education institutions (“Academics in the minority at more than two-thirds of UK...
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Apt formal formula
While I share Karen Harris’ concerns abut the formulaic pattern of the essay and its one-size-fits-all framework, I strongly disagree with the implication that the essay structure is “potentially...
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Spare change
I found the 10 steps to PhD failure article a bit bemusing (Features, 27 August). It did not start off well for me as No 1 proudly stated that “[staying] at the same university” is a route to failure...
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Why so negative?
In the survey referred to in “Modern languages REF results ‘skewed’ by subpanel merger” (News, 27 August), respondents were asked, “Was the change of panel structure a benefit?” To this, 22...
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Disorders of orders of magnitude
China’s sheer size means that its present economic woes will be felt worldwide, not least across the higher education sector