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30 août 2015

World University Rankings blog: treating countries fairly

Phil Baty explains how Times Higher Education is moving towards a more inclusive university ranking. More...

30 août 2015

World University Rankings blog: why we need to rank by innovation

University league tables do not pay enough attention to institutions’ innovative spirit, argues the European Commission’s Gerard de Graaf. More...

30 août 2015

Lack of female university leaders a problem for Hong Kong

Intervention required to address the issue of under-representation, say Susanne Choi Yuk Ping and Sally Ka-wing Lo. More...

30 août 2015

The risks and rewards of academic life in the big city

David Bignell reflects on the trials and tribulations of scholarly life in London. More...

30 août 2015

World University Rankings blog: the value of impact assessment

By Arun Sharma. Pricey it may be, but the assessment of impact will evolve and better methodologies will appear over time, says Arun Sharma. More...

30 août 2015

#FieldworkFail: Twitter users share their research mishaps

By Chris Parr. Carrying out research in the field, what’s the worst that could happen. More...

30 août 2015

National Student Survey 2015: how it affects academics

By Jo Frankham. Everyone knows that universities are taking the National Student Survey more seriously than ever. But much less is known about the effect this is having on higher education. More...

30 août 2015

World University Rankings blog: dealing with freak research papers

By Phil Baty. More than 11 million research papers, published between 2009 and 2014 and drawn from Elsevier’s Scopus citation database, have been analysed as part of the global research project that underpins the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, to be published on 30 September. More...

30 août 2015

When it’s not worth getting it right: pedantry and the academy

By Matthew Reisz. So, whenever there’s a film, play or television drama set in the past, someone will always pop up and gleefully point to some minor inaccuracy or anachronism. I ran into a guy at a party the other day who was pontificating about errors in 17th-century garden design and Victorian slang he’d recently noticed. More...

30 août 2015

How to get more women to study physics

By Peter Coles. Want more women to study for a physics degree? Stop asking for a physics A level, says Peter Coles. More...

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