Not a mixed blessing
You confidently assert that the Catholic University of Ireland - which only later became University College Dublin - of which Cardinal Newman was appointed first rector by Pope Pius IX and Archbishop...
You confidently assert that the Catholic University of Ireland - which only later became University College Dublin - of which Cardinal Newman was appointed first rector by Pope Pius IX and Archbishop...
Judith Farquhar berates me for not being an expert on Chinese medicine (Letters, 9 September), but she is a professor of anthropology. I can find only one publication by her in PubMed, a digital...
I write in response to David Head's letter (9 September) regarding cuts in the modern languages department at Swansea University. As the education officer at Swansea Students' Union, I will be on the...
It is a pity that contributors from various scientific societies in the letter to THE (9 September) chose to distort my research on the relationship between economic growth and participation in...

Spiritual accommodation - Is there a place for the faithful in the academy?
The āartificialā barriers between universities and further education should be swept away in a bid to a create a ārevolutionā in post-16 education and training, Vince Cable has told the Liberal...

Tara Brabazon shares her 10-step regime for steering emotionally drained postgraduate students through the final stages of their thesis
One of Britainās best-known physicists has attacked government plans to severely cut the science budget as āludicrousā, warning of a devastating impact on the UK economy.

By Steve Kolowich for Inside Higher Ed
A coalition government agreement to abolish tuition fees in England and replace them with a system closer to a graduate tax is near and simply needs edging āover the lineā, Simon Hughes, the Liberal...
Europeās first major academic school of government, which opens today at the University of Oxford, has been bankrolled by one of the largest philanthropic gifts received by the institution in its 900...
After two years of staff losses further reductions will hurt quality, universities warn. Hannah Fearn writes
Postdoctoral research scientists should look elsewhere for fruitful careers as the financially stretched academy increasingly cannot accommodate them, delegates at the British Science Festival heard...
Robust, transparent and sophisticated Phil Baty explains how in-depth consultation with the global academic community has produced the most exact and relevant world rankings yet devised It is, of...
Ā The Times Higher Education World University RankingsāĀ Social Sciences subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full list of...