FutureLearn ‘delighted’ at response to first Moocs
User data for initial online offerings show that 13% of those who sign up finish their courses
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Tentacles: the new fangs (and teaching tool)
Sea monsters are inspiring new critical theory and can even be a useful tool in the seminar room, says Roger Luckhurst
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Principals will remain neutral on referendum
I was very interested in Times Higher Education’s coverage of the Scottish independence referendum debate and its implications for higher education.I feel obliged to correct the implication in the...
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Laurie Taylor on the endangered art of ethnography
The power of immersive research, and what it is like to be an academic who spends months at sea
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THE podcast: Asia University Rankings 2014 results
Download the podcastTimes Higher Education has published its Asia University Rankings 2014, based on the same tried-and-trusted performance indicators that underpin the prestigious THE World...
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THE books podcast: David Marquand interview
Download the podcastIn the latest Times Higher Education books podcast, books editor Karen Shook speaks to political writer and historian, academic and former MP David Marquand about his moral-state-...
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2014 winners announced
The University of East Anglia scooped the top prize last night at the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2014
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2014 winners
Winning a Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Award is recognition of a most impressive achievement: making an exceptional contribution to the success of one of the UK’s most precious...
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Students call for divestment in fossil fuel firms
A group of students has delivered a petition to Universities UK calling for the sector to stop investing in fossil fuels.
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Scottish universities launch their own overseas campaign
Scottish universities have created a new body to promote themselves to the rest of the world separately from institutions in the rest of the UK
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Academics ‘moderate’ students’ political views
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Former Scottish university principals warn against independence
‘Brightest and best future’ for HE in Scotland ‘is to remain in the UK’, they say
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Willetts threatens legal action over private provider student payments
Government admits £8 million paid out to students who had not proved residency
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Sunderland agrees to waive year-abroad fees
The University of Sunderland has joined a growing list of institutions who have decided to waive fees for language students on a study year abroad