Best and worst of sector's websites revealed
The best and worst performing higher education institution websites in the UK have been ranked.
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New union-employer talks after UCU's marking boycott threat
Universities are set to enter new talks with sector unions, after academics threatened a marking boycott
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British Academy looks for solutions on ageing society
The British Academy is launching a major series of free public debates examining the crucial issues of our time
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THE books podcast: Danny Dorling interview
Download the podcastDanny Dorling, Halford Mackinder professor of geography at the University of Oxford, in conversation with Times Higher Education books editor, Karen Shook.Professor Dorling is the...
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6 challenges impeding technology adoption in higher education in 2014
In our second look at the NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition, we cover the six āsignificant challengesā it identifies as impeding the adoption of technology in higher education
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Osborne unveils China-Russell Group link
George Osborne has announced a programme of collaboration between leading universities in China and the UKās Russell Group institutions.
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Hepi wants change to "messy status quo" on private providers
The new Higher Education Policy Institute director has called for reform of regulatory differences between universities and private providers.
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THE podcast: 20 February 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe implications of a proposed marking boycott, the possibility of banks providing an alternative to student loans, and Nick Hillmanās first interview as director of the Higher...
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Physicists are more intelligent than social scientists, paper says
Social scientists are of ālower average intelligenceā than those in natural sciences - at least at elite universities, authors argue
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All That Is Solid: The Great Housing Disaster, by Danny Dorling
Our use of housing as an asset to be traded is a collective failure that is preserving inequality, finds Tim Hall
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Do PhD supervisors make the grade?
Poor theses often betray inexpert supervision, say external examiners David Alexander and Ian Davis
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The IoE-UCL marriage is not one of equals
Itās hard for specialist institutions to go it alone, but mergers may bring few benefits, says Miriam David
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Unanswerable questions
How can the US legal system confuse the singing of hymns by an elderly nun with the acts of a terrorist?
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Gender equity: even sectorās best not good enough
Women-friendly policies insufficient at even Athena SWAN universities, finds THE Best University Workplace Survey
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Use and abuse of abuse
Following the news that an English lecturer from the University of Nottingham has apologised for describing a third-year student as an āidiotā and āsemi-literateā on Facebook, our Deputy Head of...