Starred firsts only a ‘temporary’ fix for grade inflation
Academic who has advocated new band of top degree marks now being considered by sector says system still needs ‘fundamental’ reform
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Netherlands plans overhaul of academic careers in move away from metrics
Country will also consider creating teaching-focused professorships to stop academics being overloaded by responsibilities
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Chinese find graduates of foreign universities ‘harder to manage’
Applicants of overseas institutions still highly rated by employers overall, survey finds
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Labor inquiry offers opportunity to ‘reset’ Australian research
Move by party tipped to form next government triggers speculation over creation of teaching-only universities
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The week in higher education – 6 December 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Progress on widening university access in UK slows
‘Entry gap’ between men and women wider than ever before, Ucas data show
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The plates are shifting on transnational education
Overseas programmes are rarely money-spinners, but as power shifts east they will be crucial for Western universities’ continued relevance, says Matt Durnin
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Cuts to the golden triangle could leave the UK in bad shape
Both the rationale and the mechanism for redistributing research activity around the regions are far from clear cut, say Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid Â
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Massaging data to fit a theory is not the worst research sin
The furore over Brian Wansink’s data handling overlooks the fact that science should above all be about explanation, argues Martin Cohen
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Humanities and social sciences will wither if they retreat into ideological corners
Maintaining a breadth of curricular offerings is crucial if subjects outside the sciences are to retain their attraction in the digital age, says Dean Forbes
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UK urged to consider creating rival to European Research Council
UUK International director also tells peers that ‘period of discontinuity’ in funding is a ‘real worry’
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THE podcast: Entertaining Thoughts at THE Live
Commentators review the higher education headlines of the past year in this THE Live panel discussion
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US research universities join bid to meet UN development goals
More than 60 US institutions to work with 800 others worldwide in tackling global strategy on environment, education and equality
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Chris Skidmore appointed UK government universities minister
Historian backed Remain in EU referendum but is regarded as an ultra-loyalist