Death of the lecture greatly exaggerated, says St Andrews v-c
Sally Mapstone tells QAA conference that lecture will continue to evolve, but will not disappear
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China Subject Ratings 2021: China outperforms rest of world
Chinese universities are on a par with institutions in the UK, US and Canada when judged against China’s classification of subjects
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Scant joy for universities in Australian budget
Low expectations scarcely met, as pessimistic border projections and underwhelming future spending estimates trump spending pledges
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Queen’s Speech: bills on skills and campus free speech planned
Government’s legislative agenda includes extra powers for OfS on HE quality and enabling individuals to sue universities on free speech
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China Subject Ratings 2021: methodology
Browse the full results of the China Subject Ratings 2021 The Times Higher Education China Subject Ratings are the only performance tables that judge Chinese institutions against their global peers...
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China Subject Ratings 2021: milestones of maturity
The growing strength and expanding influence of China’s universities calls out for a yardstick that benchmarks the sector’s areas of excellence on both domestic and international terms. Our China-...
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Universities shuttered across Malaysia as third Covid wave hits
Lockdown comes days before Eid religious festival
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Union criticises UEL over deals to house firms where v-c had ties
V-c ‘declared potential conflicts of interest and recused herself’ from deals with UCFB and IGPP, says university
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Research intelligence: big ideas to improve research culture
Scientific leaders and politicians have embraced calls to reduce the stress and precarity faced by researchers. Jack Grove examines some radical proposals
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Munich universities join forces as citywide strategies take off
Country’s excellence strategy has pushed German universities to dial back rivalry and instead coordinate their research plans
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University titles at stake as Australian research audit reviewed
Often dismissed as an inordinately expensive quality assurance tool, ERA could become a gatekeeper for university registration
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Allowing more international students into the US would be a win-win
Visa reform would offset declining domestic enrolments, spread US values and give students the education they want, says Kent Devereaux
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Political rotations make us all stronger, says returning academic
When academics accept stints in politicians’ offices, everybody benefits, says outgoing Australian ministerial adviser
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Books interview: Mark Jackson
The professor of the history of medicine and author of Broken Dreams on teenage angst, exploring medical pasts and getting to the heart of midlife crises
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England: in-person teaching can resume on all courses from 17 May
Prime minister’s announcement comes as most universities move into examinations period