QAA chief: do not ignore support for peer review
The UK’s “internationally admired system of peer review” should remain part of any future higher education quality assurance system, the head of the sector’s standards watchdog has said.
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Love in the lab? It’s part of science
Sir Tim Hunt complains of “trouble with girls” in labs, but male egos can be far more obstructive to science, says Ottoline Leyser
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Stanford president John Hennessy to step down
John Hennessy has announced plans to step down as president of Stanford University in summer 2016, after leading the institution for more than 15 years
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Sir Tim Hunt resigns from two posts
Nobel laureate Sir Tim Hunt has resigned from his position on a Royal Society committee as well as an honorary UCL professorship
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Asia University Rankings 2015 methodology
Although focused on a particular region, the Asia University Rankings employ the same criteria as the global gold standard for academic comparisons: the THE World University Rankings. The Times...
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Cambridge LEGO professor and research centre: price tag £4m
The University of Cambridge has plans to establish a “LEGO professorship of play in education, development and learning” alongside a research centre, with £4 million of donations from the LEGO...
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#distractinglysexy: Twitter responds to Sir Tim Hunt
Female scientists have joined others in responding to Nobel laureate’s comments about the “trouble with girls” in labs.
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Northern Ireland debates postgraduate loans
Additional support for part-time undergraduates also under consideration
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THE podcast: 11-17 June 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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National Teaching Fellows of 2015 are named
Fifty-five people working in universities have been named as the latest winners of the sector’s top honour for teaching and learning
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Back universities to grow economy, says UUK
Universities UK has launched its fightback against the prospect of further funding cuts with the publication of a study highlighting the economic benefits of higher education
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What are you reading? - 11 June 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Sex by Numbers: What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour, by David Spiegelhalter
Danny Dorling gets to grips with in-your-face, full-frontal calculations of carnality
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Those Who Write for Immortality: Romantic Reputations and the Dream of Lasting Fame, by H. J. Jackson
Why do some literary works enjoy long afterlives, while other disappear from the ‘canon’? Jane Darcy finds out
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Open Source Architecture, by Carlo Ratti with Matthew Claudel
This manifesto calls for a radical rethink of the relationship between producer and consumer of the built environment, writes Flora Samuel