THE podcast: 18 April 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanThe BBC’s North Korea Panorama documentary, the financial threats facing universities, and fears that a two-tier PhD system is developing all feature on this Times Higher...

Podcast Powered By PodbeanThe BBC’s North Korea Panorama documentary, the financial threats facing universities, and fears that a two-tier PhD system is developing all feature on this Times Higher...

Stay in control - Insider’s guide to dangers around the bend

Academics count the costs of Panorama’s North Korea exposé

Legal challenge helped save overseas students from deportation

A gender gap in researchers’ funding successes persists across Europe

UUK chief looks to impact to save budget from Augean economy

Wales’ institutions gain funds as a result of cross-border flow under new fees regime

University of South Wales is a behemoth with plans to become even bigger

Many doctoral candidates do not make clear their work’s scholarly contribution

Paul Manners worries that rush to tell research stories turns academics into salesmen and undermines collaboration

European Access NetworkWorld-widening participation aidA global network of students, academics, politicians and business leaders has been launched with the aim of promoting access to university for...

New ZealandVictory for VictoriaVictoria University of Wellington has claimed the top spot among New Zealand’s institutions in the research rankings released by the country’s Tertiary Education...
Thank you for shedding much-needed light on the situation of the lettori (“‘Race law’ cited while pay for lettori is cut in half”, News, 11 April). I am one of the teachers just hit by the 50 per...
Sir Peter Scott’s and John Akker’s wholly dismal view of Margaret Thatcher’s impact on the sector (“Split persists on Thatcher legacy”, 11 April) may not be shared by all those who were working in UK...
Despite the diligent work of many higher education institutions and sector organisations, including the Equality Challenge Unit, systemic discrimination on the grounds of race persists in the academy...