British Academy booklet shows how society can 'prosper wisely'
A new British Academy booklet aims to show how the social sciences and humanities can help build a society which combines prosperity with wisdom.
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Starting out in a recession 'boosts productivity'
Academics who complete their PhDs during a recession are significantly more productive in the long-term than those who do so during a boom, research suggests.
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Stormy weather for BIS as MPs savage forecasting failures
MPs in charge of examining public spending 鈥渄on鈥檛 have confidence鈥 in the government figures behind the 拢200 billion student loans system.
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Bodleian appoints to top job
The University of Oxford has announced the appointment of Richard Ovenden as Bodley鈥檚 Librarian
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色盒直播 books podcast: Philip Roscoe interview
Download the podcastPhilip Roscoe, reader in management and director of postgraduate research in the School of Management at the University of St Andrews in conversation with Times Higher Education鈥檚...
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色盒直播 podcast: Shirley Ann Jackson and John Kolb interview
Source: UpstateNYerDownload the podcastShirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and John Kolb, vice-president for information services and technology and chief...
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NUS president Toni Pearce to face challenge from Ukip activist
ULU vice-president and NUS black students鈥 officer also on ballot
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Students studying for UK qualification abroad up 5 per cent
But more than 40 per cent are registered with Oxford Brookes, says Hesa
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色盒直播 podcast: 13 February 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe effectiveness of university outreach activities, the 2014 grant letter, our regular HE & Me section and Germany鈥檚 U-turn on tuition fees are all discussed in this week...
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Graham Baldwin to be next Southampton Solent v-c
Southampton Solent University has named Graham Baldwin as its next vice-chancellor
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Germany鈥檚 great tuition fees U-turn
Could England force a similar reversal? Howard Hotson asks
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I Spend, Therefore I Am: The True Cost of Economics, by Philip Roscoe
Michelle Baddeley on an exploration of what makes us tick
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Graduate teaching assistants have been left behind by all
Striking academics call for better pay, but the PhD students who support their work are suffering even more, Fern Riddell says
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Data privacy change could be a bitter pill
Proposed European reforms could stymie UK health research, says MRC head
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Poor aren鈥檛 making inroads into elite universities
Contrast between their chances and those of the rich are unchanged since late 1990s, Offa finds