The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes the Finch report's extensive acknowledgement that learned societies contribute significantly to developing scholarly endeavour and public engagement. They are...
As a delegate to the University and College Union congress from the branch that moved the "work-to-contract" motion for staff in the Universities Superannuation Scheme, I would like to address some...
You might have thought that someone with Michael Farthing's surname would be sensitive to the point that size is not a determinant of quality ("Too lightweight for the title", Opinion, 21 June). The...
Thank you for reporting our initiative to work together to offer a distinctive edge to graduates from Welsh universities ("Welsh plan to boost employability launched", www.timeshighereducation.co.uk...
I very much enjoyed Christopher Bigsby's article on campus novels ("Farce majeure", 21 June). His conclusion, which asks whether such novels are "an acknowledgement that universities have become a...
I was contacted recently by the head of a private for-profit company asking whether, at short notice, I would be prepared to join a panel discussion as part of a conference on UK higher education....
I enjoyed Sally Feldman's article on the Bauhaus' contributions to art and architecture ("Workshop of the world", Opinion, 14 June). She is right to point out that "the most profound legacy of the...
That the expansion of college education in the US means that bright children are now more likely to attend prestigious universities and marry other intelligent people than they were a century ago has...
Oxford loses out in THE Table of Tables as Soas makes way for new blood. Jack Grove reports
A man who played a central role in the development of polytechnics and colleges into the thriving institutions that became post-1992 universities has died.Edwin Kerr was born on 1 July 1926 and...
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Cardiff/ExeterStop acting on impulseResearch has shown that people can train their brains to become less impulsive. Psychologists at the universities of Exeter and Cardiff assessed whether asking...
Willy Maley hails a monumental biography that sets new standards in Renaissance criticism
The government should resist changing copyright law to allow free “mining” of data and text in scientific papers, a cross-party group of MPs has said.
Cardiff University is investigating reports that a prospective Chinese student was told by a recruitment agent that she could win a place at the institution despite not meeting its entry requirements.