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United StatesYou booze, you loseThe governing body of a US university has warned its president to curb her drinking or it will sack her. In a recent letter to Susan Martin, Eastern Michigan...
United StatesYou booze, you loseThe governing body of a US university has warned its president to curb her drinking or it will sack her. In a recent letter to Susan Martin, Eastern Michigan...
Conde Nast College of Fashion and DesignKate ChealThe new senior lecturer in e-learning at the soon-to-be-opened Conde Nast College of Fashion and Design said she hoped to create a technological...
This book's title reflects an original and bold move, namely to focus on the location of Katrina Gulliver's subjects (modern women in China and Japan) rather than their national, cultural and/or...
Cross-subsidising 'loss-makers' an essential part of university life, says UUK head. Jack Grove writes
United StatesLegal tenderA US university aims to buy a law school from another "local" institution for $25 million (£16 million). Texas A&M University will pay Texas Wesleyan University $20...
The number of overseas branch campuses set up by universities has reached 200 with another 37 planned, as activity shifts from the Gulf region to Asia.
Times Higher Education today announces the launch of an exciting new addition to its World University Rankings portfolio.
David Matthews meets new ABS head Paul Marshall, who wants the business schools to find their voice
The UK sector’s growing involvement in offshore education includes everything from branch campuses and institutional partnerships to validation and franchising. David Matthews weighs the different...
Cengage's plans to digitise the 19th century could open up a whole new world, finds Matthew Reisz
Kingston UniversityBarbara PierscionekExperts from different subject fields and universities should work together more closely to secure research grants, believes the new associate dean of research...
New 'big physics' projects will need global funding and public support. Elizabeth Gibney writes
Christopher Bigsby is as qualified as any chancellor - and less harmful
Rise in non-EU applications masks problem with key market, THE poll finds. John Morgan reports
ChinaScholarship proves short-sightedStudy habits may explain why the vast majority of Chinese students wear glasses, new research has suggested. A study published in The Lancet says that "increasing...