NYU president on global universities, 鈥榠dea capitals鈥 and 鈥榯alent snowballs鈥
Universities are more important than ever to the development of great cities and knowledge economies, argues John Sexton
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Campus extremism tackled by new website
A new website has been launched to help universities tackle violent extremism and radicalisation on campus.
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Glasgow confirms academic鈥檚 papers were 鈥榝alsified鈥
The University of Glasgow has finally confirmed that a former professor was found guilty of falsifying data in five papers by an investigation that ended last August.
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Students鈥 mental health problems highlighted
About one in 10 higher education students have experienced 鈥渟uicidal thoughts鈥, according to a survey into mental health at universities.
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Inside Higher Ed: Science or Religion?
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Campaign launched over part-time study
A campaign has been launched to promote part-time study following the dramatic fall in the number of such students choosing to enter higher education.
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Coursera should be subject of Mooc, says professor
A US academic has proposed creating a massive open online course on Coursera that explores the effect of the company鈥檚 business model on global higher education.
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色盒直播 podcast: David Willetts
Download the podcast David Willetts, universities and science minister, talks to Times Higher Education about post-graduate student numbers, the forthcoming public spending review, and the...
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Student loans system is sustainable, insists minister
Universities minister David Willetts has defended the student finance system against criticisms that it is unsustainable and will not bring in the amount of money required to fund the sector long...
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Embrace Moocs or face decline, warns v-c
鈥淚t鈥檚 Mooc or die鈥, a university vice-chancellor has said, claiming that institutions must embrace the massive open online course movement and adapt their teaching methods or face a tough future.
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Declaration of independence from journal impact factor
Coalition of academics, publishers and funders rejects metric 鈥榦bsession鈥
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Open access 鈥榳aiver鈥 schemes encouraged by government
The government would like to see more publishers take up schemes that waive open access publishing fees for researchers from universities that subscribe to its journals, a senior civil servant has...
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色盒直播 podcast: 16 May 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThe University of Southampton鈥檚 successful appeal against a QAA review, the World Conference on Research Integrity, and the Times Higher Education Books section all feature on...
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16 May 2013
Jeepers creepers - How to cope with that once-in-a-lifetime worst student.
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The week in higher education - 16 May 2013
鈥淢e, ugly? My Jimmy Choos make me feel BEAUTIFUL,鈥 ran the headline in the Daily Mail鈥檚 Femail section on 9 May, above an article by Mary Beard, professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge,...