REF questions: could we do it for a fiver?
All congratulations to the research excellence framework winners of course, but the cost (human and financial) of the whole exercise has been questioned by many.The article “The (predicted) results...
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False dichotomy for Asia
Perhaps the emergence of democracy in East Asia is not so different from the western experience during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In both cases, "social changes induced by rapid economic...
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Miwa Hirono: my Home Office hell
Top academics will be increasingly reluctant to come to the UK, says Hirono, who is being forced to quit Britain despite her permanent post
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False dichotomy for Asia
It is rather disappointing that Michael Leifer (THES April 21) has chosen to rely uncritically on popularised conceptual categories in his analysis of the East Asian situation without reflexively...
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Can an open-air lab tempt you to Siberia?
Russia’s Tomsk State University is banking on the region’s natural assets and an English language push to attract foreign students and scholars
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Combination of assets
A new world-class university that integrates existing centres of excellence would boost Thailand’s development, says Kriengsak Chareonwongsak
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Chris Marlin, 1952-2014
A pro vice-chancellor who forged a new international dimension for the University of Sussex has died
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Obituary - Chris Marlin
A pro vice-chancellor who forged a new international dimension for the University of Sussex has died.Chris Marlin was born in Adelaide, Australia on 19Â May 1952 and studied at the University of...
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THE World Academic Summit 2015 to take place in Melbourne
The 2015 Times Higher Education World Academic Summit will take place in Melbourne, Australia, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, it was announced today
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Manchester Centre for Youth Studies: where the young are seen and heard
An interdisciplinary centre at Manchester Metropolitan University builds its research around listening to the next generation
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Warwick holds its own in Southeast Asia
Warwick University has bucked the trend for recruitment in Southeast Asia despite the financial crisis in the region. It has increased its number of Southeast Asian students by more than 9 per cent,...
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Times Higher Education announces reforms to its World University Rankings
Times Higher Education today announces a series of important changes to its flagship THE World University Rankings and its suite of global university performance analyses, following a strategic...
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The Struggle For Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics, by Ayesha Jalal
Farzana Shaikh on a retread of a historian’s former work on Pakistan
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Let’s make higher education an election issue
In the workplace and at the ballot box, it is time to reject stale ideology, says Thomas Docherty
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Times Higher Education announces reforms to its World University Rankings
Times Higher Education today announces a series of important changes to its flagship THE World University Rankings and its suite of global university performance analyses, following a strategic...