Claret & clarity (an academic fairy tale)
In this season of festive goodwill and fantasy, John Gilbey meets the vice-chancellor of the publicity-shy but prosperous University of Rural England - and he begins to contemplate the possibility of...
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Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?, by Robert Bartlett
A thread of celebrity weaves through a masterful study of cults of Christian icons, Helen Fulton finds
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China on the fast track
Beijing wants to supercharge its nation’s universities as it has its railroads, but might its ambitions falter for want of academic freedom and cultural change?
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New president of ERC announced
The European Commission has announced the new president of the European Research Council.
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Hepi compares expansion plan to ‘Ponzi scheme’
The government’s plan to finance extra student places by the future sale of student loans is like a Ponzi scheme, according to a thinktank.
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Willetts: student expansion plan ‘perfectly possible’
It is “perfectly possible†to fund the government’s plan to abolish the student numbers cap by selling off graduate debt, David Willetts has claimed.
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Academic 'forced out' over prostitution lecture
By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed
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Ashmolean gains huge private collection of Chinese art
Work amassed over several decades by Khoan and Michael Sullivan
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University Enterprise Zones aim to boost start-ups
The Treasury has funded a £15 million pilot project to establish three to four University Enterprise Zones in England.
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Academics urged to do more on human rights
A leading activist has called on the academic community to do far more “to help promote and defend human rightsâ€.
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UUK gender segregation case study withdrawn
Controversial passage removed pending review as prime minister intervenes
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Nobel laureate attacks ‘luxury journals’
Nobel laureate Randy Schekman has pledged to stop publishing in “luxury journalsâ€, which he believes contribute to the “disfigurement†of science.
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THE journalists scoop national awards
Times Higher Education journalists have been honoured at a national awards ceremony.
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Osborne admits numbers plan omits lost repayments
The government’s plan to fund extra student numbers by selling loans omits billions of pounds in lost repayments, the chancellor has admitted.
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THE books podcast: Barbara Graziosi interview
Download the podcastBarbara Graziosi, professor of Classics at Durham University and director for the arts and humanities at its Institute of Advanced Studies, joins Times Higher Education’s books...