Michael Hillas, 1932-2017
Leading expert in cosmic rays remembered

Leading expert in cosmic rays remembered

The award-winning historian talks about research in an Eastern Siberian prison, making sense of the world through stories and why Angela Merkel is admirable

A trawl of published research shows that Santa Claus has an enduring fascination for academics

Fears that uncertainty over UK’s future in EU research framework has led to drop of half a billion euros in coordinated projects

Sir David Eastwood earns £90,000 as USS chair, while Dame Glynis Breakwell gets £50,000

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Vice-chancellors’ salaries in Australia are the highest in the anglophone world, and are attracting sharp criticism, says Gavin Moodie

An annual scrap for survival in English universities’ elite grouping could make for compelling TV viewing, suggests James TooleyÂ

Without QR funding, the UK research base would be like a Lego set with only one type of brick, write Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid

Minimum compliance with publication requirements is the best recipe for job satisfaction, says Mike Marinetto

The past year has seemed one of almost daily shocks and surprises for higher education, which THE has divulged, documented and dissected

Seven scholars from around the world give us their festive reflections on snakes, bad lobster and turkeys’ backsides