31 December 2013
According to Times Higher Education, its readers have shown particular interest in global stories, including features on the rise of Singaporean universities and on life as an expatriate scholar in Japan, as well as the inaugural THE Global Gender Index, which exposed the inequalities facing women in higher education worldwide. Here, from fifteen to one (excluding stories on the THE World University Rankings), are THE’s most-read stories of the year.
15. Branded to death (18 July 2013)
14. Unbridled success: Germany’s fee foes claim victory (23 May 2013)
13. Is there anything new to say about Shakespeare? (26 September 2013)12. Higher education pay survey, 2013 (28 March 2013)
12. Higher education pay survey, 2013 (28 March 2013)
11. Six conference questions every academic hears (29 August 2013)
10. Are PhD vivas still fit for purpose? (25 April 2013)
9. International and postgraduate student fees survey, 2013 (8 August 2013)
8. Work and other labours of love (6 June 2013)
7. Beyond sushi: the attractions of lecturing in Japan (14 November 2013)
6. Why I’m quitting the academy (22 August 2013)
5. Global Gender Index, 2013 (2 May 2013)
4. Scholars’ rude awakenings (7 November 2013)
3. Singapore: no sleep for the Lion City’s universities (21 November 2013)
2. Re: your REF impact request (25 April 2013)
1. 10 truths a PhD supervisor will never tell you (11 July 2013)
