Old orthodoxies
Although Howard Hotson is correct that the earliest university to be established in what is now the European Union was Bologna (1088), he should cast his net more widely to identify the first “...
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Missed education
The article questioning how an anti-intellectual Leave campaign won makes some important points, but it only emphasises a tendency that prevails in UK public culture, namely the devaluation of...
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Universities need to be brave and reboot
Academia, like journalism, can adapt to the digital landscape by seeing opportunities, not obstacles, and with bold reimaginings
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BME students more likely to do master’s, but not research
Lack of progression may help to explain BME under-representation in academic workforce
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Durham University to transfer medical school to Newcastle
No staff will be lost, says Durham vice-chancellor
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Twelve Women in Academia: a masterly take on female scholars
New exhibition celebrates the achievements of 12 female academics at the University of Sussex through photographic portraits inspired by Rembrandt
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Kofi Annan: academics key to driving policy direction
Former UN secretary general insists that scholars have to make politicians listen in order to influence change
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University of Edinburgh academics in office door glass panel row
Some scholars claim plans are more about improving staff visibility to students than brightening corridors
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Ten tips that will help you build your academic reputation
For those aspiring to an academic career, a PhD is the entry ticket to a world where reputation is all, says Robert MacIntosh. Here are his 10 top tips for early career researchers
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Oxford Jewish students demand Labour ‘action’ over antisemitism
Jeremy Corbyn urged to investigate claims of abuse much more actively and openly
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Inaugural THE Innovation and Impact Summit to be held in Hong Kong
Times Higher Education’s debut event on universities’ innovation and impact will be held in partnership with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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‘Quantifying teaching excellence is a hotly contested subject. My advice would be to look at Jim Stewart, and work down from there’
Keith Williams eulogises a colleague who always put his students first and ‘kept the flame of old-fashioned scholarly virtues burning’
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Labour antisemitism inquiry academic on being caught in a storm
David Feldman describes his experiences of being ‘misrepresented in the public sphere’