World Reputation Rankings 2014 methodology
Census sensibility reveals the global academy’s greatest names Which universities do scholars think are the best on the planet? This is no idle question, as our annual Academic Reputation Survey...
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Today’s intellectuals: too obedient?
Fred Inglis on the obligation of academics to speak truth to power
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The world’s largest private education providers
The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Learning to profit: the world’s largest private education providers
The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.It shows the world’s largest...
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Honora Bartlett, Richard Joyner, George McKay, Jane O’Grady and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education
Prince William has had a busy time recently: high-fiving Tinie Tempah at the Baftas last week, shifting sandbags in a flood-hit Berkshire village and reportedly enjoying a hunting holiday in Spain...
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The week in higher education - 20 February 2014
It has bar stools and beer pumps, but the new “pub” at London South Bank University is not what it seems. In fact it is “an elaborate set, built at a cost of £20,000 by the psychology department; a...
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Reports of the West's demise and East's rise are greatly exaggerated
The THE World University Rankings do not signal a power shift, but rather show just how far Asia still has to go, Michael Cox argues
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Young universities’ secrets of success
Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead
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World Reputation Rankings 2014 results
UK’s ‘golden triangle’ accounts for 8 of the country’s 10 representatives in top 100
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Poll position: experts think these are the best in the business
The excellent response to the third round of the annual Academic Reputation Survey gives an even more accurate picture of scholarly opinion
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Asia crisis hits student subsidy
THE FINANCIAL crisis in Asia is likely to force New Zealand to renege on a plan to boost university and polytechnic spending by $NZ103 million (Pounds 33 million). Prime minister Jenny Shipley said a...
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Academics invited to save the world
Students, young academics, professionals and entrepreneurs are being encouraged to present fixes to some of the world’s most pressing challenges - in three minutes.
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Campus close-up: Cardiff University
A Wales-funded public policy institute is to supply evidence to policymakers and create an ‘innovation culture’
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US and Asia announce climate change pact
Brussels, 28 Jul 2005 The US, ߣߣƵ and several Asian countries have surprised European governments by announcing a pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The agreement is non-binding, and will...