Graduate employment rates rise again
Graduate employment rates have risen for a second successive year, but are still yet to reach pre-recession levels, new figures show.
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Goldsmiths allows student on v-c pay committee
A London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to sit on the panel that decides vice-chancellorsā pay, a union has said.
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Imperial broke animal welfare rules on āunacceptable scaleā
Imperial College London broke animal welfare rules āon an unacceptable scaleā, creating an āunacceptable riskā of āappreciableā harm to animals.
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Mark Pegg stepping down as head of Leadership Foundation
Mark Pegg is to step down as chief executive of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education this month, it has been announced.
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THE podcast: 3-9 July 2014 issue review
Download the podcastA Home Office investigation into universitiesā London campuses, this weekās Times Higher Education Books section, and what happens when scholars pass on the baton of their...
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World in brief - 3 July 2014
IrelandTeacher to student ratios āout of lineā with other nationsClass sizes in Irish universities have grown rapidly in recent years, a report says. According to the Higher Education Authority study...
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Bruno Zumino, 1923-2014
A physicist who played a central role in developing the theory of supersymmetry ā often known as SUSY ā has died
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Q&A with Lord Eatwell
We speak to the new chair to the advisory board of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath
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News in brief - 3 July 2014
Investment in academic teachingGraduate quality at stakeThe future quality of graduates is under threat from underinvestment in teaching, according to a study. The report, Improving the Status and...
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Grant winners - 3 July 2014
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilAward winner: Davey JonesInstitution: Bangor UniversityValue: Ā£61,710The environmental IoT: understanding and managing the natural environment...
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Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 3 July 2014
Source: Jorge ChamClick image to enlarge
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Heās got (Russian) rhythm
Lara Cook in her review of William Zimmermanās Ruling Russia: Authoritarianism from the Revolution to Putin (Books, 26 June) is amused by his suggestion that Stalinās loyal apparatchik Vyacheslav...
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Keyboard shortcuts
The article on plagiarism (āSpainās battle for originality is like herding (copy)catsā, News, 26Ā June) is a tad complacent when discussing this problem in the UK.I have heard postgraduates discussing...
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Tub stumper
I was very interested to read your article on academic exile (āHome away from homeā, Features, 26 June), not least because this is an experience I am familiar with, having held academic positions in...
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Iām sorry I havenāt a clue
Students, not just those studying A levels, do indeed forget a large proportion of what they have been taught (āNew students āhave forgotten bulk of A-level knowledgeāāā, 25 June).It happens at all...