The week in higher education – 23 June 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Laurie Taylor – 23 June 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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EU referendum: universities’ values will remain, whatever the outcome
Martin McQuillan and Shahidha Bari consider the Brexit debate and the higher education sector’s role in it
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Grant winners – 23 June 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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University rankings: 15 ways to prick the bubbles of reputation
From pastoral care to one-to-ones with students, league tables overlook crucial aspects of a good campus, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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RIA members against Brexit
We support the UK’s continued membership of the European Union. We believe that within the global academic community, greater impact will be achieved by the Northern Ireland and other UK universities...
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Like others grow old
I realise that the Times Higher Education Letters section is mainly for opinionated academics to vent their idiosyncratic views on world affairs, and you don’t normally answer queries. But I have a...
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UCU best bar none
Those on the University and College Union equality committee who have decided to bar people who do not have a “protected characteristic†from attending its equality conference ought to read the law...
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Just a number?
I enjoyed the piece on doctoral supervisors having to adapt to new power dynamics, especially when they are younger than their students (“Do academics need a ‘split personality’ to teach older PhDs...
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Academic reputations: will the TEF be a game changer?
The exercise has the potential to shake up the current hierarchy and will be judged on whether it revises how firms and students view universities
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Brexit would be a victory for those who distrust academics
But universities are not entirely blameless for leave supporters' distrust - academics' liberal and left-wing tendencies verge on conformity, says David Matthews
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Asia Universities Summit: KAUST head heralds 'amazing progress'
Jean-Lou Chameau says new institution has established 'remarkable' research record since opening and has not been influenced by Saudi Arabian cultural issuesÂ
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A tale of two campuses: US public universities recruiting more out-of-state students
There have been radically different responses to Massachusetts’ and Maine’s attempts to bring in students from further afield, explains Howard Segal
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Brexit will ‘impoverish’ universities, say v-cs
It is ‘crystal clear’ that UK higher education is stronger thanks to European Union membership, says a letter signed by 103 university leaders on eve of referendum