China urged to play the long game of scientific development
Tsinghua provost urges researchers to take the risks required to achieve major breakthroughs
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Finding fault in Australia¡¯s latest data dump
The Australian government has released three major data sets unusually back-to-back and full of mistakes, leading John Ross to ask: why so much, why so fast and why so erroneous?
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Australian universities fear ¡®grand challenges¡¯ research focus
Response to row over vetoing of humanities grants could?result in curiosity-driven scholarship being pushed out
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Hunkering down: Japan¡¯s higher education sector
Japan¡¯s combined budgetary crunch and demographic squeeze has raised questions about the sustainability of its huge university sector. John Ross visits the country to investigate
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University of Washington president¡¯s personal mission to tackle prejudice
Ana Mari Cauce, who is Cuban-American and gay, aims to improve race and identity relations on campus
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Student enthusiasm ¡®key to new university-industry ventures¡¯
Making innovation zones work goes beyond financial support and facilities, summit hears
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THE Podcast: the competition for global talent
University leaders from Russia and India and an executive from Microsoft discuss how to attract and retain top-tier academics
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Lifelong learning ¡®central¡¯ to Labour¡¯s higher education plan
Shadow minister warns UK risks being overtaken by rivals in North America and Asia if sectors don¡¯t work more closely together
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UCLA chancellor: budgets and racial diversity biggest challenges
Tuition rises have left middle classes ¡®slammed¡¯, and low African American enrolments can cause tensions, warns Gene Block
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Europe: A Natural History, by Tim Flannery
Book of the week: the continent¡¯s ecosystems have been shaped and reshaped by alien species, says Tom Cameron
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Bull market: THE/WSJ analysis of business schools
A Times Higher Education/Wall Street Journal analysis suggests that while the two-year MBA remains extremely strong, shorter alternatives are also becoming highly valued in a time-pressed world. Anna...
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Will Taiwan¡¯s growing diplomatic isolation harm higher education?
Scholar says Western students may be more reluctant to study in Taiwan, but others question China¡¯s influence on overseas student flows?
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France boosts international student numbers
Increase may reflect efforts to target markets where UK has traditionally been strong
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Which countries¡¯ HE systems are globalising quickest?
Four years of data from THE¡¯s?world rankings show that the UK appears to have stalled on internationalisation compared with some rivals