Powerful public universities are manipulating the “desperation of people whose university systems [have been] completely demolished” to make a “fortune” from overseas branch campuses, a senior...
A university’s process for closing courses was “not fit for purpose” and the restructure of one of its colleges had a “detrimental impact” on students as a result, an investigation has found.
Higher education’s best leaders, managers and administrators have been honoured at an annual awards ceremony, with Birkbeck, University of London taking the top prize.
An independent taskforce headed by the founder of a popular personal finance website has been set up to tackle the “myths and misunderstandings” of the new system of student fees and loans due to...
The third Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards come at a time of uncertainty and huge challenges for the sector. The work of professional staff will be in the spotlight like never...
Times Higher Education has been awarded two of the top accolades at this year’s PPA Awards, taking the title of magazine of the year in its category.
Dispensing the Bard to salve modern ills is a good idea but Jonathan Bate can't swallow all of it
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me": at least, that is what we tell children. And every child knows that it is a lie. Words have an uncanny ability to inflict the...
The art of musical collage has followed a rocky path in the years since 1988, when Public Enemy redefined popular music with their album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back, and, a year...
Jeremy MacClancy finds a little understood alimentary habit well worth the study
Given the scale of the possible - indeed likely - societal impacts of climate change, it is striking how few books there are on the sociology of the climate issue. John Urry, unquestionably one of...
A student is reading a book. A message beeps from an iPhone. Eyes flick to the screen in curiosity. During the glance from paper to screen, an iPod continues to shuffle a soundtrack.From screen to...
Research on past rural attitudes to homosexuality informs new film project. Matthew Reisz reports
Efforts to smooth path to new funding regime 'at risk', chief executive says. Simon Baker reports
Rallies, vigils and strikes greet government efforts to 'halve' tuition costs. John Morgan reports