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Once again, Times Higher Education refers to someone, in this case Thomas Bartlett of the University of Aberdeen, as being "... chair", when, to be more precise, he holds a chair (Author profile, 5...
Once again, Times Higher Education refers to someone, in this case Thomas Bartlett of the University of Aberdeen, as being "... chair", when, to be more precise, he holds a chair (Author profile, 5...
The concerns of your anonymous "senior manager at a research-intensive university" are complete baloney ("Loss of ally adds to Welsh unrest", 5 August).There is no dearth of higher education...
In THE's Letters pages (29 July), James J. Browne and Stefan Decker of the National University of Ireland attack me for criticising the European Commission's research funding programme ("Brussels...
"When I first wrote about the student experience of learning in the early 1990s," writes Paul Ramsden, "no one had heard of the idea" ("No thinkable alternative", 5 August).I'd like to gently remind...
Breaking out of the academy may seem daunting, but scholars' skills transfer to many other jobs. Matthew Reisz talks to four who made it to the other side. But then there is the final move out of the...
Literary journalism and the best book reviews both value the subjective but tie it to hard facts. Susan Greenberg describes how truth can be as creative as fiction, while Christopher Phelps offers 10...
Mary Evans laments the growing use of 'university-speak' in the academy - otherwise known as a part of the 'knowledge economy'

That Eighties feeling - Is higher education heading back into a darker age?

Finland has recognised broadband access to the internet as essential to citizenship; Australia and others still lag unacceptably far behind, writes Tara Brabazon
Barack Obama has called on higher education institutions in the US to “retake the lead” in providing the best education the world has to offer.Speaking at the University of Texas at Austin on 9...
The past 10 years have seen their fair share of ups and downs for higher education in Ireland, but Ferdinand von Prondzynski, outgoing president of Dublin City University, leaves his post with more...

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
The cost of studying for the “key professions” would soar under proposals for graduate contributions tabled by the business secretary, Vince Cable, the main lecturers’ union claims.The University and...
Political interference could put freedom of speech in universities at stake, says Matthew Reisz
Eleven higher education institutions have been awarded government funding to conduct research into sustainability and energy use in the sector.The Higher Education Funding Council for England...