By Jake New, for Inside Higher Ed. Throwing another wrench into the belief that higher education is the great equaliser, a new paper suggests that African American graduates from elite institutions in the US do only as well in getting jobs as white candidates from less-selective institutions. More...

By Andrew Oswald. I love thinking about pensions. For those who do not, here are nine facts that I hope you might find useful in mulling over the future and that of your Universities Superannuation Scheme pension. For the most part, they seem to me to be happy facts. More...

By Paul Jump. Scientists are being urged to lobby MPs and parliamentary candidates to back an increase in the UK’s level of public investment in research. More...

By Jack Grove. A learning support company received millions of pounds of public money despite undertaking student disability assessments itself, a new report says. More...

By Matthew Reisz. Thirty-three leading social scientists have been just elected as fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences. More...

By Matthew Reisz. A Royal Society discussion has considered the behind-the-scenes and often neglected roles that women have long played in the advancement of science. More...

By John Morgan. But Nicky Morgan tells TES debate that schools route offers choice to students. More...

By John Morgan. Universities have been warned by the Competition and Markets Authority that they “may be in breach of consumer law” if they fail to meet obligations to students. More...

By Chris Parr. Stanford University’s graduate business school is launching a UK-based teaching programme for the first time. More...

By Chris Parr. The world of higher education responds to our latest rankings.
The results of the 2015 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, listing the 100 most prestigious universities in the world as judged by academics, have been announced.
You can access the results in full on our dedicated rankings website, where you will also find the most in-depth analysis.
Here is how some key figures in UK higher education have reacted to the results, including the news that the UK’s share of the top 100 institutions has increased (it has 12 universities in the top 100 this year, compared with 10 in 2014). More...