International quality assured
Your report on a paper I delivered at the 11th European Quality Assurance Forum questioned the value of quality assurance guidelines for transnational education (āGlobal guidelines for TNE 'may be...
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In good time
The editors of the EMBO Journal were glad to be able to publish Enrique Martin-Blancoās paper (āAcademic criticises reviewers after five-year delay to paperā, News, 28 November). The process was, in...
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Mexican vista
Writing from another Centre of Advanced Research in Mexico City, I share with Carolina GuzmĆ”n-Valenzuela the preoccupation of how to strengthen science in Latin America (āHow to make Latin Americaās...
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Dear diary
I have done the same Trac paperwork at the same institution as Toby Miller, and I think he is making a fuss over nothing (āMy university has asked me to keep a diary of my work, and I hate itā,...
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Watch and learn
Data are available on nearly every aspect of our lives and it is up to us, as individuals, to make a decision over whether the tracking gives us any benefit. Universities naturally collect data on...
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Grant winners ā 8 December 2016
A round-up ofĀ academics awarded research council funding
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Would-be heavyweights: the rise of open access mega-journals
This graph shows the dramatic rise of open access mega-journals such as Plos One, which offer to publish papers based on their scientific soundness rather than the significance or novelty of the...
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Widening participation: any more for any more?
Few disagree that more higher education is a good thing, but itās tricky to balance universitiesā costs and manageable fees
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THE podcast: 8-14 December 2016 weekly review
The Times Higher Education editorial team look at some of the highlights from this week's edition
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Report urges change to UKās āinaccurateā predicted grades system
Study for UCU finds just 16 per cent of applicantsā grades are predicted accurately ā but Ucas says this is ānot the caseā
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UK role in European higher education āirreplaceableā
EUA highlights British lion's share of EU research projects and student mobility
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New PhD students āfacing shifting landscape on publishingā
Latest EUA doctoral council chair says open science very muchĀ on his agenda for the role
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Will HKU-AFP partnership help bolster press freedom in Hong Kong?
Tie-up to teach journalism students best practice while potentially helping them combat press restrictions