Reconfiguring the landscape
Ireland’s government expects consolidation to play a big role in creating a financially sustainable higher education system. As the sector pores over a new strategy document that will inform...
Ireland’s government expects consolidation to play a big role in creating a financially sustainable higher education system. As the sector pores over a new strategy document that will inform...
Ireland’s government expects consolidation to play a big role in creating a financially sustainable higher education system. As the sector pores over a new strategy document that will inform...
The excellent response to the third round of the annual Academic Reputation Survey gives an even more accurate picture of scholarly opinion
The 100 Under 50 puts youth front and centre by emphasising objective measures at the expense of reputation
The 100 Under 50 table is built on the criteria used for the World University Rankings, but with a twist
University of BedfordshireHearts on sleeves wear out fastSocial workers who get too involved with the problems of their clients report higher levels of stress, anxiety and depression, which can lead...
A university’s links with industry, providing placements and internships, are increasingly important to students and form a key indicator in our survey. David Matthews explores this fast-evolving area
Open-access publishing, once a niche preoccupation, is now a hot-button issue. But concern is growing that unintended consequences of new publication mandates will cost individual scholars and the UK...
How long before search committees stop assuming that the right man for the top university job is a man?
Whether spurred by lofty research ambition or the prosaic hope that one can live more cheaply than two, universities’ urge to merge can bring cultural as well as organisational challenges, as recent...
Whether spurred by lofty research ambition or the prosaic hope that one can live more cheaply than two, universities’ urge to merge can bring cultural as well as organisational challenges, as recent...
That sentiment may be shared by many in the communities in which universities are located. But if the institutions disappeared, how much of a loss would it be to those cities? David Matthews weighs...
Its higher education sector appears healthy, but will Australia's new demand-led system enable it to recruit enough domestic students to beat a drop in overseas recruitment and chronic underfunding?...