Portsmouth v-c to retire and pursue philosophy studies
22 May 2012
One of the longest-serving vice-chancellors in the UK higher education sector has announced he will retire next year to pursue activities including a master’s degree in philosophy.
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BREAKING NEWS
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Consider background in admissions to boost social mobility, Clegg says
22 May 2012
Private school pupils are three times more likely than their state-educated peers to reach the high-achieving AAB grade threshold at A level that affords entry to “the most selective universities”, Nick Clegg has warned.
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Final-year students fear for their working future
22 May 2012
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Miliband attacks university access obsession
21 May 2012
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Inside Higher Ed: Game for a better grade?
21 May 2012
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Russell Group students dominate Erasmus scheme
20 May 2012
FEATURES
Time the revelator
17 May 2012
Tom Palaima muses on the Greek ideal of reflective learning, his immigrant grandparents' dreams of a better life, the GI Bill's impact on America and the price of allowing universities - once places where thinking was not bound by arbitrary...
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Leader: Fast food does not nourish
Leader: Fast food does not nourish
17 May 2012
As universities rush to provide value for money, something more precious - the time to think and digest ideas - could be lost
OPINIONS AND LEADERS
With the managers in charge, autonomy isn't what it used to be
17 May 2012
The market, not academic freedom, is what our leaders have in mind when they seek to resist political interference, John Holmwood argues
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From where I sit - Set course for deception
17 May 2012
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THE Scholarly Web
17 May 2012
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Breaking up is hard to do
17 May 2012
PEOPLE
Evan Wright, 1924-2012
17 May 2012
A registrar who served the University of Bristol in various roles for almost 40 years - including seeing the institution through a period of student unrest - has died at the age of 87.
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RESEARCH
Research intelligence - Biologist finds way through Brussels maze
17 May 2012
Europe's first chief scientific adviser aims to inform policymakers and the public. Paul Jump reports
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Grant winners
17 May 2012
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Research intelligence - Tinkering produces converted Catalysts
10 May 2012
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Grant winners
10 May 2012
CULTURE: ARTS
The English Prize: The Capture of the Westmorland, an Episode of the Grand Tour
17 May 2012
The Ashmolean's new show recreates the artistic journey of an 18th-century Grand Tour. Daniel Carey enjoys the ride
CULTURE: BOOKS
Politics Without Vision: Thinking without a Banister in the Twentieth Century
17 May 2012
This provocative text may be just what isolated political theory needs, argues Matthew Flinde
The Baker Who Pretended to be King of Portugal
17 May 2012
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is stirred by the tale of a pastry chef who laid claim to an Iberian throne
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Rethinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking
17 May 2012
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The Appian Way: Ghost Road, Queen of Roads
17 May 2012
WORLD RANKINGS WATCH
Introducing the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50
2 May 2012
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World Reputation Rankings a hot topic at Going Global
10 April 2012
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The ‘damaging culture of league tables’
30 March 2012
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Institutional strategy should never be driven by rankings
29 March 2012
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U-Multirank may be a waste of taxpayers’ money
22 March 2012
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LAURIE TAYLOR COLUMN
Russell Group split - shock claim
17 May 2012
Our vice-chancellor claims to have "inside knowledge" on the rumour that some Russell Group members considered breaking away and forming their own super-elite subgroup after the original group was expanded by the admission of the universities...
PILED HIGHER AND DEEPER
Cartoon by Cham
17 May 2012
