By Jack Grove for Times Higher Education. More than 750 academics have signed an open letter condemning Teesside University’s plan to make its entire professoriate reapply for their jobs or face having their positions eliminated. More...
British University Criticized for Requiring Professors to Apply to Keep Jobs
Will New Zealand Abolish Tuition?
By John Morgan for Times Higher Education. Labor Party has a shot to win election this month, in part by pushing the issue. More...
A Message for Taiwan
By Holly Else for Times Higher Education. A new university president, returning to his home after a long career in the United States, sees a research infrastructure that needs reform and resources. More...
The Limits of Blind Marking
By Holly Else for Times Higher Education. Study by British university finds that the practice does little to eliminate achievement gaps. More...
Inside Germany’s Fraternities
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. Image problems, outdated traditions (required sword fights) and scandals make it tough to recruit students these days. More...
Dutch Academics Protest Choice to Lead University Association
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. Academics in the Netherlands are in revolt over the selection of a politician who called for the investigation of potential anti-conservative bias in higher education as the president of the association that represents Dutch universities. More...
Returning to Interdisciplinary Roots
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. Humboldt University of Berlin was founded to train students to think beyond single fields. After shifting away from the model, it has recently started a series of programs to encourage it. More...
Reluctance to Teach in English
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. European universities are adding English-language programs, especially at the master’s level, but many faculty members object. More...
Israel Looks to Asia
By Ellie Bothwell for Times Higher Education. Nestled between Europe, Asia and Africa, in a country reputed to be home to one of the world’s leading science and technology hubs, Israel’s universities should be well placed for collaboration with their international neighbors. More...
North Korea's Western-Style University at Risk
By Jack Grove for Times Higher Education. North Korea’s only Western-run university may be forced to shut down when the U.S. bans its citizens from traveling to the secretive state, one of its senior academics has warned. More...