Arts

Walking in the countryside could prove inspirational for those creating computer games, says scholar

Proposals to measure teaching excellence present major challenges for universities educating students for the creative industries, says Nigel Carrington

Claims that magic shows are just trivial trickery understate their true significance, says scholar

We talk to the artist and academic about black artists’ vital role in Modernism and how to bring this to the attention of the public

New publishing model aims to make research accessible to all without charging authors

Cornish university offers an exceptionally realistic training environment for those wanting to work in the games industry

Survey also finds that women do more work with the general public than male researchers

Unexpected creation of a ‘Global Challenges Research Fund’ means that if they want more money, academics may have to contribute to international development

Matthew Reisz considers an international lawyer’s extraordinary documentary about the after-effects of trauma and guilt

The proposed sale of London Metropolitan University’s Aldgate design school highlights some of the pros and cons of ‘one campus’ higher education institution, says Jack Grove

June Purvis responds to fellow academics’ criticisms of the film Suffragette

Writers meet musicians in the University of St Andrews’ new series of experimental conversations

Institution’s School of Media, Arts and Design is 25 this year. Its current dean takes Times Higher Education through the reasons behind its success

UK maintains its strength in the arts while US loses ground

We talk to the Liverpool Hope lecturer who featured in the finale of This Is England ’90

The best forms of public engagement tend to be ‘dirt cheap’ and profitable, says author

The new-look IMR aims to support and showcase studies across the musical spectrum

Annual event continues to open up unexpected places and debates

June Purvis, historical adviser on the film Suffragette, delivers her verdict

Falmouth deputy v-c’s remarks spur artists’ sharp comment on changes to arts education

University shows its new ‘fusion’ collection at this year’s Ceramics Biennial

£18K-a-year college launches its students into the world with artwork to reflect their CVs and ‘brainwaves’

Part of the founding vice-chancellor’s vision lives on at the University of Essex

We talk to the AHRC chief executive as he prepares to move to the School of Advanced Study

We talk to the new chancellor of the University of Westminster

Matthew Reisz reflects on some academics' desire to be joylessly patronizing

Kingston academic Will Brooker pioneers a new kind of immersive research

Lecturer who masterminded student-run commercial operation Re:So shortlisted for enterprise education award

PhD student’s Anglo-Iranian composition to be performed at London opera festival

Matthew Reisz looks for the value in dull pictures of long-forgotten vice-chancellors

New principal sets out his vision for the institution

Will open doors between the academy and the arts create a golden age?

REF case studies used to create a map of knowledge connections between fields

University lecturers can learn how to teach creativity by looking at innovative practice found in art colleges and music schools, claims education expert

The Institute of International Education has called on universities to host vulnerable artists. 

Academics at a British Academy event discuss the purpose of the history of political thought

The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe offers researchers insights into how Jacobean plays were received

Contemporary crafts, theatre studies and a digital media programme are set to be axed

The pressure for academics to deliver “public engagement” should not lead to them “colonising the creative arts”

A historian mulls modern and ancient soldiers’ susceptibility to PTSD

Open access project has reached far afield since its launch last year

Sociologist’s and media scholar’s work on TV interview series furnished raw material for a study of the limelight and those in it

Student claims University of the Arts London failed her work because it was not ‘clean, saleable art’

Lecturers aid students in ‘School of the Damned’

Long-term study of alumni careers questions coalition’s STEM emphasis