THE World Academic Summit 2015 to take place in Melbourne
THE World Academic Summit 2015 to take place in Melbourne, it was announced today.
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QAA finds 'weaknesses' at private college with £2 million public funding
A private college paid almost £2 million a year in public student loans has been criticised by the Quality Assurance Agency, despite being cleared of academic fraud.
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Strike ballot at Surrey over planned job cuts
Staff at the University of Surrey may strike later this term over plans to axe up to 100 jobs.
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NYU Abu Dhabi workers entitled to better, report finds
Thousands of workers who built New York University’s campus in Abu Dhabi were excluded from the institution’s enhanced labour standards, an independent report says.
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Anthony Seldon to be next Buckingham v-c
Sir Anthony Seldon has been named the new vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham
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Dundee UCU votes for strike action over job losses
Members of the University and College Union at the University of Dundee have voted to strike in protest at the threat of compulsory redundancies
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THE podcast: 16-22 April 2015 issue review
Download the podcastThe upcoming general election, the Horizon 2020 European research fund, and this week’s books section are all covered in this Times Higher Education issue review podcast.Reporter...
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Sabbaticals: no longer so open-ended or available?
Five academics detail how taking leave of the grind has turbocharged their work – but can everyone get a break?
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NUS officer class stands apart in its lack of diversity
Study finds union leadership to be unreflective of the students they represent, being still dominated by middle-class white men
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16 April 2015
Take leave - Sabbaticals can revitalise mind and body, but who gets a break?
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Finding the place where two kinds of truth can meet
Confronting students with facts that they might not be aware of or comfortable with can have surprising results, says Robert Lee Maril
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Q&A with Steve Egan
We speak to the incoming vice-president (implementation) at the University of Bath
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World in brief – 16 April 2015
United StatesComputer said yes, but it shouldn’t haveTexas State University has become the latest US institution to send acceptance letters to hundreds of applicants in error. About 450 students...
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News in brief – 16 April 2015
TES GlobalTHE parent acquires UniJobsTimes Higher Education’s parent company, TES Global, has acquired UniJobs, the online global network for academic and research positions, it was announced this...
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Early viewing advisable
I am shocked to hear of the poverty of accommodation, valued at a miserly £16,000 a year, offered to the president of Imperial College London by his employer (“Premium rate numbers”, Features, 2...