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: 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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China Subject Ratings 2021: methodology
Browse the archived 201 results of the China Subject Ratings The Times Higher Education China Subject Ratings are the only performance tables that judge Chinese institutions against their global...
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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
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Liverpool union members to strike during end-of-year exams
Industrial action continues despite university reducing number of planned redundancies and revising selection criteria
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Short courses ‘carry risks’ as Australian universities pile in
While Australia’s new-look certificates deliver a sugar hit to institutional coffers, experts question the long-term benefits
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Biden free college plan hits reality of divided Congress
With a $300 billion price tag, campaign promise met with scepticism – and long-term optimism