David Willetts given fellowship by Academy of Social Sciences
David Willetts, the former universities minister, ranks among ā34 leading social scientistsā awarded fellowship status by the Academy of Social Sciences
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THE books podcast: Shlomo Sand
Download the podcastShlomo Sand, emeritus professor in the department of history at the University of Tel Aviv, in conversation with Times Higher Education writer, Matthew Reisz.In this podcast, the...
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Blog: Parliamentary scrutiny of HE regulation? Yes please!
Education lawyer Smita Jamdar on the danger of piecemeal change to the regulatory regime
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Video: Three-minute thesis finalists
Video pitches from the 17 PhD students from around the world who have made it to the final of a competition that challenges them to present their research in three minutes
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Universities unveil firm pension proposals
Universities have set out their plans to reform the sectorās largest pension scheme.
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Nobel Prize for economics won by Jean Tirole
A French academic has won the Nobel Prize for economics for his work on market power and regulation
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The 10 most popular stories of September 2014
Which were the most-read Times Higher Education stories of last month? Well, itās funny you should askā¦
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Cable ignores the gloss by focusing on private ādrossā
Private not-for-profits donāt deserve to be tarred with the same brush as some Johnny-come-latelys, says Phil Deans
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Four UK PhD students in three-minute thesis final
Four PhD students from UK universities have made it to the final of a competition that challenges them to present their research in three minutes
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āNewā approach to economics courses criticised
A new approach to teaching economics being piloted at eight leading universities has been criticised by campaigners
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Chuka Umunna pledges action on lack of black professors
Labourās Chuka Umunna wants to āhold universitiesā feet to the fireā on the āunacceptable lack of diversity in their leadership and their senior staffā
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Mental health problems 'affect work of two-thirds of HE staff'
Nearly two-thirds of higher education staff say their work performance has suffered as a result of mental health problems, according to a survey
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Scottish Labour hints at āno feesā policy
Shadow education secretary tells conference of partyās ādirection of travelā ahead of 2016 elections
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Vince Cable attempts to woo Indian student market
Vince Cable is announcing a new set of measures designed to stem the fall in Indian students choosing to study in the UK
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āBellogateā engulfs UCL email system
University College London has apologised after its email system was hacked, leaving students with thousands of spam emails in their inboxes.