Students facing ‘unlawful’ small print at almost 30 universities
Many universities are using “unlawful†terms allowing them to make “unfair†changes to courses midway through a degree, a consumer watchdog has said
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THE podcast: Best University Workplace 2015 results
Listen to the Best University Workplace podcast This week, Times Higher Education published the results of the 2015 Best University Workplace Survey. More than 4,100 UK university employees took part...
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Best University Workplace Survey 2015: results and analysis
The results show that most people in the sector enjoy their work and their colleagues, but some are happier than others
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Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina, by Stuart B. Schwartz
Call it a ‘hypercane’ or a ‘weather bomb’, we’re as much at its mercy as ever, writes Philip Hoare
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5 February 2015
THE Best University Workplace 2015 - Results and analysis
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University ownership of A levels in doubt
Russell Group’s review body on ice after education secretary hits pause button
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Twenty-five years of New Queer Cinema
Nathan Smith looks back at a film movement that has challenged stigmas and defended the transgressive
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UUK warning over £6,000 fees
Board claims in public letter that Labour has ignored the ‘legitimate concerns of vice-chancellors’
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Hefce granted regulatory powers over new providers and universities
Move described as ‘early job application’ for council to be chief regulator after the election
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Measure still for measure?
Is the sector placing too little trust in academics and too much in performance management techniques?
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Moocs: know your audience and brush up your skills
HEA study offers tips drawn from first-hand accounts of both participants and course creators. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Students are right to ask where their fees go
Excellent teaching shouldn’t cost the earth, even in a market where price is used as a proxy for quality, argues Carl Lygo
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The secret lives of child labourers of the Himalayas
For 15 months, social geographer Jane Dyson lived in a mountain village with young Indian workers, bonding over ‘mountain ice cream’
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Felipe Fernández-Armesto: Parlez-vous Anglais?
Foreign flavours enrich the English tongue, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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The lines on free speech are becoming blurred
Compilers of a league table say fear of offending students has gone too far