All staff and students at the University of Aberdeen now have online access to the Times Higher Education (THE) content. Regarded by many as the UK’s leading publication in the field, our institutional subscription will allow you to read weekly digital editions and THE supplements. You can also search across and access other THE content as part of our licence.

The subscription provides full-text access to THE Digital Editions from May 2015 up to the latest weekly edition.

To access THE content, register for a personal account on the Times Higher Education homepage. You will need to use your University of Aberdeen email address to link your account to the institutional subscription.

If you already have a personal account for THE

• Navigate to https://www.timeshighereducation.com
• Click on the person (user account) icon (in red) towards the top right of the screen and select Login
• Enter your personal THE username and password
  • Ensure that the password you use for your existing personal THE account is different from your University password
  • There is a “Change your password” option under My account if this is required
• Check your details in My account – the email address must be your University address. Adjust if necessary and click on Save
• The user account icon will change colour from red to green.

If you are registering as a first time user

• Navigate to https://www.timeshighereducation.com
• Click on the person (user account) icon (in red) towards the top right of the screen and select Register
• Select which type of user you are – Student, Higher Education Professional or Other position
• Complete the form using your University of Aberdeen email address and create a password for your THE account
  • DO NOT USE YOUR UNIVERSITY PASSWORD FOR THIS SITE. You must create a different password unrelated to your University password. Never use your University Password for anything other than University hosted services
• Click on Join Us to complete the registration.

• You will then be asked how you would like to be contacted for updates and news; select an option and update or click on continue browsing
• You are now logged into the service and the user account icon will change colour from red to green.

Accessing Times Higher Education on your phone/tablet

There is a Times Higher Education app; however, no new content has been added since 6 June 2019 and THE recommend that users access content via the mobile edition of the website instead. Confusingly, until THE remove it the app may still be available in App stores.

Accessing weekly issues (Digital Editions)

To access  individual weekly issues of Times Higher Education:

• Click on the PROFESSIONAL tab, then select Digital Editions
• Select the issue you want to view

Searching across online content

It is possible to carry out simple searches across THE’s online content using the search facility (magnifying glass icon to the right of the user account icon). The refine option for large numbers of results is limited.

Existing personal subscriptions

Personal subscriptions paid for by individuals or the University can be cancelled as staff and students now have online access through the University’s institutional service.

If you have any queries, please contact: library@abdn.ac.uk