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Women fight for their right to study

Jessica Swale’s rollicking play about women in 1890s Cambridge fighting for the recognition of their education has relevance today

ɫ��ֱ�� Alma Mater Index: Global Executives 2013 methodology and results

Each CEO’s education has been researched using executive biographies from sources such as company websites (current, previous or non-executive director companies), company press offices, current or...

Times Higher Education Alma Mater Index: Global Executives 2013 supplement

Israel may forgo Horizon 2020 cash over restrictions

Senior figures say ‘disputed territory’ curbs may prompt refusal to participate in EU framework

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Are you on the shortlist?

UEL scraps overseas examinations venture

Institution’s annus horribilis continues as news emerges of another major loss

Swansea’s tough REF plans provoke disquiet

Staff complain over ‘arbitrary’ yardstick and teaching-only threat

Nancy Rothwell on switching to a new field of research

Moving to a different sphere of study can be a fruitful - and liberating - experience

Seamus Heaney: great poet, inspirational teacher

David Gewanter recalls the time he spent studying under the late poet

Research councils claw back millions for late reporting

FoI request shows huge variations within RCUK over the extent of sanctions

Is your university reading your emails?

The policies and realities of monitoring correspondence may vary, but the ethical implications are always significant

Realpolitik: A Fulbright fellow in Astana

How did David Mould end up teaching journalism in Kazakhstan’s frozen capital? He was a political pawn, he says

Blue-chip firms favour graduates whose faces fit

Old boy network still plays vital role in securing top posts, research shows

UCU homes in on widespread use of zero-hours deals

Union uncovers extent of casualised contracts in sector

Failure analysis

The philosopher and educational reformer John Dewey argued in 1933 that “failure is not mere failure. It is instructive.” But 80 years later, we still don’t know a lot about why things fail in higher...