Students facing āunlawfulā small print at almost 30 universities
Many universities are using āunlawfulā terms allowing them to make āunfairā changes to courses midway through a degree, a consumer watchdog has said
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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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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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UUK warning over Ā£6,000 fees
Board claims in public letter that Labour has ignored the ālegitimate concerns of vice-chancellorsā
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Hefce granted regulatory powers over new providers and universities
Move described as āearly job applicationā 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 shouldnāt 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 āmountain ice creamā
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Felipe FernƔndez-Armesto: Parlez-vous Anglais?
Foreign flavours enrich the English tongue, says Felipe FernƔndez-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
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Best University Workplace Survey: unease at inadequate language skills
31 per cent of scholars think international studentsā English skills are not up to scratch
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Sir Mark Walport debunks āmythā that he is pushing research agenda
Chief scientific adviser is āamusedā by funding conspiracy theories but dismisses them as ācomplete inventionā
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BIS may be abolished under Tories
Writing may be on the wall for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, according to policy thinktanks
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Must we sell our souls to make a bigger impact?
Efforts to trumpet the value of social science can misrepresent important controversies and subtleties, says Martyn Hammersley