Internationalisation

Continental students disappearing as post-Brexit funding rules kick in

Call for subcontinent to be recognised as more than ‘just a market for education’

Western Australia defers return of quarantine-free travel in response to Omicron variant as eastern states open up

Government cracks open door for select few, but thousands still stuck overseas

Kick-starting a conversation on national funding levels is useful, but collaboration on frontier-led research needs attention, says Jan Palmowski

Sector says overseas learners should be able to focus on their courses, but government also has an eye on labour shortages

Russia and Taiwan improve in list of the world’s most international universities, while UK and Canada backslide 

Ex-governor also wants UK to offer visas to youth born after 1997 to counter clampdown on free speech

Brussels officials say their new European universities strategy, including cooperation on higher education laws, will improve student mobility and academic cooperation

The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades

Pledges of $90 million help Ivy League campus join small club depleted in recent years by financial stress and prioritisation of domestic applicants

Selective institutions more likely to show their favouritism publicly, study finds

Data suggest that European mobility and recruitment from Asia are rapidly diversifying campuses on the continent 

With concerted efforts, the UK could attract far more than 600,000 international students to its shores, says James Pitman

Students who escaped the chaos in Kabul are beginning their second terms at overseas universities. But can they concentrate on their studies amid trauma, worries about their families and uncertainty about their future prospects? Pola Lem considers what more universities can do to help

Figures suggest just a tenth of previous entrant numbers from some countries got a study visa

Legislation gives Westminster government power to block or impose conditions on acquisition of intellectual property in 17 areas

Biden administration promises simplification long sought by research universities

French president seeks to rejuvenate thinking about common continental identity

Despite the pandemic, trade disputes and geopolitical tensions, several factors will continue to push and pull Chinese students abroad, says Nicolas Chu

Government move brings meaning to the motto ‘Scholars for a Year, Cheveners for Life’, says advocate

Students collaborate to combat food shortages, as Covid widens the gap between Australia’s haves and have-nots

Six humanities projects reportedly vetoed and China collaboration nosedives as Discovery outcomes finally see light of day

Jury takes three hours to agree nanoscience expert lied about Wuhan ties to sidestep pressure campaign against binational research partnerships

European University of Technology exploring how to become a single institution, but going beyond a legal umbrella raises regulatory and funding questions

Policies risk inciting behaviour worse than 2000s immigration scams, expert warns

Universities see room for reasonable new legal restraints on foreign-funded scientists but fear overreach as final deal comes into shape

Survey of staff in 10 different countries also suggests general satisfaction with moves overseas, alongside lack of understanding from ‘onshore’ campus staff

Entrepreneur provides funding, but questions over student interest and regulatory environment

Castaway from EU programme must paddle harder to keep up and remain an enticing partner for the future, says university leader 

Digital exchanges prove ‘more inclusive’, offering a ‘taste’ of the real thing

Warned over reliance on students from abroad, career-focused campuses hope for more government investment while chasing prospects beyond usual supplying nations

Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms 15 December date for return of overseas learners

New book challenges some of the Australian university sector’s holy cows

Reforms will seek to overcome barriers to collaboration between universities within bloc

Capita to take on running of UK student exchange programme from British Council

Double enrolment to 100,000 by 2025, former universities minister urges

Experts welcome discussion but warn of unintended consequences from potential escalation of global recruitment race

Learners enrolled with Western universities gather in China’s tourism hotspots

Almost one in five English-medium degrees now taught outside Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and US

Non-Korean academics must often accept ‘dead-end jobs’ and isolation among native colleagues

EHEA institutions and existing, unrelated partnerships are eligible for the latest round of the European Universities Initiative

Latest developments on both sides of the Tasman Sea highlight the uncertainty confronting international students

Students report mandatory two-week accommodation costs between £845 and £2,250

Home Office says those deferring study due to pandemic and general upward trend are among explanations

Three-year post-study work visa features among changes to lure students and reduce costs to institutions

Campuses ‘bursting at the seams’, says Amsterdam president, urging government help

On 15 October 1971, the first edition of The Times Higher Education Supplement was published. In the five decades since, the publication now known as Times Higher Education has charted the expansion and marketisation of the UK sector while taking an ever more global perspective. Three editors reflect on their time at the helm

Saikat Majumdar surveys developments from the Gulf to South Korea in light of the closure of Yale-NUS College

Russell Group must ‘stop making excuses’ on difficulties of diversifying international student flows, says ex-universities minister

Latest edition of global employability survey suggests contrasting view on benefits of cross-border learning

Foreign interference concerns should not blind policymakers to the benefits of collaboration, forum hears

Report from Canadian recruitment platform says greater share of searches are now for cheaper courses 

While Canberra’s decision is ‘great news’, students still face competition for flights and a mishmash of state rules

Greater cross-border collaboration key to peace and prosperity, says learned society

Massive cuts to GCRF-funded research hubs will not continue next year after they won praise from a Whitehall review, UK Research and Innovation confirms

Ghanaian university president Patrick Awuah says local academics and students should welcome expertise that remotely based scholars bring

Rector Shalini Randeria wants displaced institution to broaden appeal at home in Vienna and for international student cohort

Refreshed guidelines allow universities to choose which academics face scrutiny of their overseas affiliations

AI analysis of online activity reveals ‘really nice’ sentiment and sophisticated understanding of government structures