South America

Steady decline in undergraduate continuation blamed on unusually open admissions system

Buenos Aires rector says public universities remain committed to their social mission

Concerns over increasing accounts of alleged sexual violence spark protests

University leaders introduce three-day timetables as teachers struggle to pay bus fares to get to class

A lack of intellectual and cultural willingness to open up historical discussions about the UK’s imperial past make it a difficult subject for students and scholars to get to grips with, argues Scott Anthony

Peace process gives new impetus to nation’s efforts to promote itself as academic destination

Excluding local people from conservation is not the way to preserve vital vegetation, as it is they whose practices produce the ecologies we value, finds Steven Yearley

Protesters say conference on Ottoman Empire had been aimed at ‘distorting the historical truth’ of the Armenian genocide

Policymakers in the US and the UK advise against abolishing fees in light of lessons from gratuidad programme

Plans for 600 apartments on the National Autonomous University of Mexico campus breach world heritage site regulations

Accusations are a ‘cruel and empty provocation against dedicated scientist’, say sector leaders

We answer some of your questions about the forthcoming Times Higher Education Innovation Rankings