Simon Baker was data editor. He had been at Times Higher Education since May 2010 and was previously news editor. Before joining THE, he worked for eight years as a reporter and news editor at the Press Association. He studied at the University of Bristol for a BSc in economics and?politics and also holds a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University.
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Articles by Simon Baker
Does youth make institutions more agile when it comes to developing an international profile?
Large universities drop down list looking at high quality research once overall natural science output is taken into account
Simon Baker looks at research collaboration and income across the continent
Data from Times Higher Education suggest some countries may be falling behind on the number of academics in non-STEM areas
Increasing lead over US and Europe may raise questions over who controls future of green technology
Study of grant funding in Australia suggests that collaboration across STEM and non-STEM divide is not the norm
V-c who chairs financial sustainability group warns that deficit on doctoral training raises major questions
Conference on grade inflation told ¡®systematic¡¯ change is needed
Move follows agreement over ¡®statement of intent¡¯ on tackling issues linked to rise in firsts and 2:1s in UK
More needs to be done to encourage women into technology and engineering at school, say observers
Data on the growth of scholarly collaboration across Asia, the Middle East and eastern Europe suggest Beijing¡¯s grand strategy could be having an impact
Leading professor who backs creation of ¡®Cern for AI¡¯ calls lack of decisive government action ¡®disturbing¡¯
But THE analysis also suggests windfall for institutions if fall in student recruitment is modest
Rankings show range of diverse and rapidly developing systems
Data on almost 2,500 computer scientists in US and Canada suggest ¡®prestige¡¯ of PhD institution does not influence number of papers they later produce
Survey of non-native English-speakers suggests that, even in natural sciences, other languages play key role
The quality of Indian higher education outside a few elite institutions is notoriously poor, and a slew of initiatives aimed at addressing it have made little impact so far. Simon Baker analyses the data to assess the scale of the challenge and asks what more could and should be done
Figures show that thousands of students registered at some universities are taught elsewhere
Data from WSJ/THE US College Rankings raise questions about whether land-grant institutions are living up to their original mission
Report from Office for Students says ¡®unrealistic¡¯ targets on recruitment could expose an institution to ¡®significant risk¡¯
Analysis of finance data for English universities suggests some institutions have responded by cutting staff costs
Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability
Editorial in journal special issue says ¡®arbitrary¡¯ p-value threshold for analysing results has become ¡®meaningless¡¯
Average success rate for European Commission programme stands at 12 per cent
