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Are Scotland's universities all that different to England's when it comes to measuring teaching and learning quality? asks Steve Olivier

Competition for postdoctoral fellowships is fierce, so your application needs to stand out as realistic, coherent and compelling. Here, five Stanford University scientists reveal 10 tips from their own experiences when attempting to secure a place

Andy Miah, chair in science communication and future media at the University of Salford, on why academics should maintain their online presence

Handing out honorary degrees doesn't always go as planned

Students could be forced to choose between the dodgy dossiers of established reputation and the imposter proxies of the TEF, says Liz Morrish

For those aspiring to an academic career, a PhD is the entry ticket to a world where reputation is all, says Robert MacIntosh. Here are his 10 top tips for early career researchers

Keith Williams eulogises a colleague who always put his students first and ‘kept the flame of old-fashioned scholarly virtues burning’

Blog: James Tooley believes the UK academy would be better off outside the European Union

Justification for the teaching excellence framework in the 2016 HE White Paper is flawed, says Dorothy Bishop

What do the world’s six most reputed universities have in common? Duncan Ross looks at the figures

As we open for entries to the ‘Oscars of UK higher education’, editor John Gill reflects on the diversity that makes the THE Awards special

Academic precarity is a special kind of ‘torture’, observes Siobhan O'Dwyer, but scholarly life is not all doom and gloom

Nicola Hemmings reflects on the slip-ups she made as she built her career in science, and offers advice on how to avoid them

Kieran Fenby-Hulse asks whether being gay limits opportunities for researchers

Rejection hurts more when you don't have a long-term contract to fall back on, says Helen Lees

Getting a permanent job is only the beginning, not a fairy-tale ending, says Helen De Cruz

Nicola Dandridge says that universities should play their part in National Apprenticeship Week

Ellie Bothwell blogs from the opening of the British Council’s UK-China Education Policy Week in Beijing

Universities should collaborate to make best use of data on students' backgrounds, says Joshua Oware

Matthew Reisz reflects on the challenges of the obituary writer

Heather Mendick shares her experience of escaping the constraints of the university

The final few months of a PhD can often be the hardest, so here are a few tips from a doctoral candidate who recently submitted her thesis

Doctoral student Ana Kedveš asked her colleagues to submit the strangest questions they have faced

Len Fisher explores his links to a mathematician, a film star and a heavy metal band

Biology lecturer Anne Osterrieder reflects on the importance of solitude for academics

Former Scotland international rugby player Colin Gregor reflects on how he combined his PhD with his job

Can academics’ prior experiences of employment help them with the day job? asks Matthew Reisz

Higher education is booming in parts of the world without a long history of university research and teaching – but development must be sustainable

We need a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in higher education, argues Terry Young

Louis Rivoire explains why he shunned the research giants in favour of a more intimate setting

École Polytechnique’s modest size has helped it develop a focused and coherent strategy, says Mathieu Le Traon

With work taking over so much of our lives, we must ensure we remember to enjoy it, says Bülent Gögdün

We may be small and young, but don’t underestimate our research, says Stephen Decent

Glen Wright rounds up the best amusing, passive-aggressive and romantic acknowledgements in the scholarly world

Sustained investment in Middle Eastern higher education has begun to pay off, says Cesar Wazen

But higher education was mentioned only briefly in the US president’s speech, finds Ellie Bothwell

Studies of childhood development demonstrate the value of research outside high-income countries, says Martin Hall

Vice-chancellors’ pay in the Russell Group has continued to rise, but bumper salary hikes are increasingly rare, finds Jack Grove

Pat Thomson on the scholarly virtues of putting your thoughts online

Rather than scrapping fees, universities in the country should invest the money in developing their research, says Cristián Larroulet

Ellie Bothwell analyses correlation between vice-chancellors’ pay and university ranking

Alison James has five reasons why we should stop saying ‘in the real world’

Juggling multiple departmental roles on top of teaching and research can leave new lecturers feeling ‘punch-drunk’, explains new appointee Richard Budd

Global Challenges Fund could be enabler of world-class science tackling global issues, says Malcolm von Schantz

The US was right not to close its borders to overseas students after 9/11, says Rajika Bhandari 

Meghan Duffy thinks you can get on in academia without being chained to your desk

As Spectre hits the cinemas, what might it be like to be taught by James Bond – or Daniel Craig, at least? His on-screen student and now THE reporter, Jack Grove, reveals how nobody did it better

Roger Brown urges the current government to learn from the mistakes of past teaching assessment exercises

Ellie Bothwell reflects on the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit

Even in the academy, your class background will always be a factor in how you are seen, says LSE’s Lisa Mckenzie

Breaking the rules didn’t stop Jessica Sage from completing her degree

All scholars do it, but some are simply blowing their own trumpet, says Pat Thomson

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

The life of an early career researcher is a challenging one, finds Catherine Fletcher, as she heads to city number six