Long-distance relationship
Royal Holloway, University of London, and St George's, University of London, recently called off their year-long engagement, which promised the higher education marriage (and divorce) from hell ("...
Royal Holloway, University of London, and St George's, University of London, recently called off their year-long engagement, which promised the higher education marriage (and divorce) from hell ("...
It was interesting to note G.R. Evans' swift disowning of the term "partnership" when describing Oxbridge's relationship with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ("'Partner' is not...
It is sad and disappointing when vice-chancellors of distinguished universities choose to endorse league tables ("'Table of tables' offers sector clearer picture", 24 September).Quite apart from the...
Of course industry and the academy should work together to encourage the transition of suitably skilled students from study to employment ("Sector split by CBI's vision of higher fees and less aid",...
Opening your recent article on the research excellence framework ("It's evolution, not revolution for REF", 24 September), I was struck by Times Higher Education's determination not to let metrics go...
Your item about the struggle between "a small group of British physicists" and Cern was revealing ("The week in higher education", 1 October). The report states that the Brits are building a machine...

F.M. Cornford published Microcosmographia Academica: Being a Guide for the Young Academic Politician in 1908. This tongue-in-cheek guide to academic life, while a masculinist affair, describes the...
Saint-Saëns and the sensual, curvaceous, exquisitely crafted creature that is her cello have restored Deborah Bowman's love of learning

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Delight as Somerset, Crawley, Milton Keynes, Swindon, Thurrock and the Wirral are chosen to receive funding for campuses
Striving for excellence in universities to achieve a new renaissance is the only choice, says report to European Commission. Zoë Corbyn reports

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Early repayment of student loans mooted to finance university expansion. Hannah Fearn reports
Imperial scholar finds that in terms of spelling and grammar, foreign students know best. Rebecca Attwood reports