University autonomy in Europe ‘hit by austerity’
Warnings that state involvement in funding decisions is harming institutions’ abilities to compete
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Derrick Ball, 1930-2017
Academic whose expertise spanned economics and chemistry remembered
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Interview with Joanna Read
The noted theatre director talks about dispelling drama school preconceptions, reducing tuition fees and negotiating with local gangs
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Donald Trump will save universities from themselves
US academics might find a warm word for the president if he forces universities to become financially disciplined and sustainable, say Jose Garcia, Don Barwick and Joseph Garcia
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Are the shutters coming down on UK higher education?
The decline of a once-lucrative indoor market shows how job losses at Heriot-Watt could signal big trouble ahead for the sector, says Helga Drummond
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Closing the achievement gap the intelligent way
Recognising the dominant role of intelligence in academic performance is key to ending the underperformance of poor and minority students, says Richard J. Haier
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A scholar in Svalbard
An academic conference in the world’s northern-most human settlement was a profoundly unsettling – and enlightening – experience for Randy Malamud
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Young universities: how to start from scratch
As the THE Young University Rankings 2017 highlight rising stars, Jack Grove looks at six institutions – recently launched or still in the planning stages – built on bold notions and innovative...
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Defined by Design: The Surprising Power of Hidden Gender, Age, and Body Bias in Everyday Products and Places, by Kathryn H. Anthony
A call to make our world more pleasant and fitting is let down by its own biases, says Isabelle Szmigin
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On What Matters: Volume Three, by Derek Parfit
Constantine Sandis on a fitting swansong from one of its greatest moral philosophers
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New and noteworthy – 6 April 2017
Story time for social scientists; tax owed is not tax loathed; the mighty river of free-flowing curiosity; and the truth, short and sweet
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Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing, by Marie Hicks
Book of the week: sidelining its female workforce cost the UK primacy in a nascent IT industry, says John Gilbey
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Times Higher Education Leadership & Management Awards 2017 shortlist announced
Do you appear on this year’s shortlist?
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Grant winners – 6 April 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding