Honest mistakes
One thing that the feature on confessing research mistakes (“To err is human; to admit it, trying” (26 January)) does not get into is journals’ review processes. A journal stakes its reputation on...
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On-the-job-trials
Re “Theresa May to seek new ‘credible alternative’ to universities” (23 January, www.timeshighereducation.com). The new technical courses look suitably redesigned and the reformed apprenticeships...
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Like it or not, our world is a global one
Top universities recognise that groundbreaking ideas don’t all develop and stay in one country, and neither do those who create and study them
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EU student applications to UK down 7% after Brexit vote
Ucas January deadline figures show 5% fall across all students
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Rethink the influence of Confucius Institutes, suggests study
Paper concludes that ‘contrary to popular thinking, Confucius Institutes have not had a positive impact on China’s global interests’
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Mobile students have ‘higher levels of self-efficacy’
Study finds that students with greater self-belief are less likely to view new cultures as a ‘threatening challenge’
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Angus Deaton: US universities ‘dangerously isolated from society’
Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton on why he signed an anti-Trump petition, and why universities are partly to blame for Trump’s rise
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Antipsychiatry scholarship provokes academic freedom debate
The University of Toronto’s scholarship raises questions about the extent to which academic freedom is appropriate
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Bett 2017: use technology to support student outcomes
Microsoft vice-president of worldwide education says technology can help universities’ mandate to aid students’ employability
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The World’s Most International Universities 2017
The institutions with the strongest global connections have a ‘cultural disposition’ to think beyond borders. Ellie Bothwell reports
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Tackle ‘reporting bias’ in pedagogy research, paper warns
Author of new research says journals are ‘not doing’ enough to combat the phenomenon
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International mature students 'look to Canada'
Changes to government’s immigration system might lead to rise in adult students who are seeking permanent residency in country