Lettori pin hopes on meeting of ministerial minds
British lecturers fighting discriminatory employment practices at Italian universities have been cheered by a meeting on the issue between the countries’ two ministers for universities.
British lecturers fighting discriminatory employment practices at Italian universities have been cheered by a meeting on the issue between the countries’ two ministers for universities.
The US attorney general has been asked by a senior higher education representative to intervene to tackle the “chilling effects” of anti-immigration laws at a state level.

The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has appointed former employment lawyer Chuka Umunna as the new shadow business secretary following a cabinet reshuffle today.
 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Engineering & Technology subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The...
Phil Baty describes the methodological refinements that have made the 2011-12 rankings even more accurate and comprehensive No project that seeks to reduce the amazing variety of university activity...
 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Social Sciences subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full list of...
 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Physical Sciences subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full list...
 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Life Sciences subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full list of ...
 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson...
 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Arts and Humanities subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full...

In MIT's sesquicentennial year, Susan Hockfield looks back at its founding principles and their lessons for an uncertain future
Academy leaders should exploit the public interest in higher education. Simon Baker previews a debate
University of LondonV-c leaves to pursue other goalsThe vice-chancellor of the University of London has announced he is stepping down just one year into the job. Geoffrey Crossick, who took up the...
Underinvestment blamed on funds siphoned off for loss-making courses, writes David Matthews
The University and College Union has urged the UK funding councils to allow female academics to submit one fewer output to the research excellence framework for each pregnancy they have had during...