Short and sweet: two‑year degrees satisfy
Two-year degrees will not lead to the dire scenarios that some have predicted (“Counting the hours shows fast-track flaws”, Letters, 2 March; “Fast-track degrees could create two-tier English sector...
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REF needs clarity
The deadline for responses to the consultation on the next research excellence framework is 17 March, and it has created much debate. Although the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Grant winners – 16 March 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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University leaders divided over fourth industrial revolution
Presidents agree on need to respond but are warned against being ‘slaves to industry’
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THE podcast: Asia University Rankings results
The results of the 2017 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings discussed by the editorial team
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UK funding councils rethink submission rules for REF 2021
‘Push-back’ against proposal to use contractual status to identify research-active academics
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One in three top US professors educated overseas, study finds
Researcher warns that anti-immigrant sentiment could affect pipeline of academic talent
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Economics professor turns to crowdfunding to pay salary
Steve Keen laments loss of ‘time and freedom’ for universities’ ‘original thinkers’
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Philosopher deplores student-academic sexual relationship bans
Canadian scholar urges universities to back off from policing what people do in private
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Trump offers Asia ‘opportunity’ to attract best researchers
Universities on the continent must shun xenophobia themselves, THE-Ulsan event hears
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Asia University Rankings 2017: India’s upstarts are revolutionising HE
Innovation in private universities will help to transform Indian higher education, says Atul Chauhan
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Asia University Rankings 2017: what fuels university-industry partnerships?
South Korea’s University of Ulsan, a pioneer in academic and business collaboration, stresses the importance of communication for maximum engagement, writes Yeon-Cheon Oh