Interview with Richard Clogg
The leading historian of the Balkans discusses a fortuitous meeting with his future wife, secrecy in higher education, and why postgraduates should dedicate their theses to their mothers

The leading historian of the Balkans discusses a fortuitous meeting with his future wife, secrecy in higher education, and why postgraduates should dedicate their theses to their mothers

Free tuition policies might appear to alleviate student debt and create more access to higher education, but the reality is a far less equitable system, says Ariane de Gayardon

Ana Carolina Hosne on a 17th-century figure who had ‘imperial ambitions’ for the Society of Jesus

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Education minister says top-down reforms are needed to ensure better regulation of standards

Ahead of the Times Higher Education Research Excellence Summit in the Czech Republic, Jan Palmowski summarises the changes needed to unlock the research potential in new Europe

Alliances between institutions to become increasingly important, says Sheffield vice-chancellor

A lack of intellectual and cultural willingness to open up historical discussions about the UK’s imperial past make it a difficult subject for students and scholars to get to grips with, argues Scott...

A. W. Purdue ponders a historical comparison of advisers to the world’s movers and shakers

A new network has been launched at a UK university to help develop research partnerships between East and Southeast Asia and Europe

A grant of $500,000 (£320,000) from the Carnegie Corporation of New York has enabled Yale University to join forces with a wide range of international institutions to develop a global network of...