Canberra confirms ‘slower third lane’ for student visa processing
New approach rewards institutions that ‘broadly’ conform to government quotas
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China campus urgently needs more UK oversight, say former staff
Academics claim teaching practices at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University fail to live up to UK standards, with concerns over class sizes, grade inflation and language use highlighting the challenges...
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Universities risk irrelevance by failing to engage fully with AI
It is difficult to think of another sector that has so dismally failed to strategically engage with the transformative potential of IT, says Ian Richardson
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Race to diversify business schools’ offer ‘will be painful’
Focus switches to lifelong learning, TNE and online education as UK schools seek to overcome financial and demographic challenges
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Accountability is not ‘overreach’, under fire chancellor insists
Hands-off councils said to have contributed to ‘governance crisis’ that Australian sector ‘needed and in many respects deserved’
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Arab University Rankings 2026: methodology
A careful approach is required to rank the Arab World’s universities fairly. We adjust our World University Rankings methodology to take into account the region’s distinctive characteristics
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Chris Millward returns to OfS as interim fair access director
Birmingham professor to temporarily oversee access and participation at English regulator following departure of John Blake
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Trump approach to loan forgiveness ‘risks further politicisation’
President has criticised student debt for being too high but his attempts at reform have focused on removing benefits for people doing jobs he disagrees with
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Business schools told to up recruitment amid ‘uneven’ recovery
More than half of deans say parent universities want them to enrol more students, as leaders express concern over ‘growing disparities’
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Students meeting skill needs ‘should be subsidised, not indebted’
Government and business should pick up the tab for national priorities, says opposition leader turned university boss
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UK research faces a radical overhaul
The recent skills White Paper foreshadows the shuttering of some or all research in certain UK universities. But what will the effects of that be on teaching – and on research itself? How could it be...
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Our geoscience crisis will undermine Australia’s critical minerals promise
To fulfil its deal with the US, the country needs professionals who know where minerals are and how to extract them responsibly, says Sabin Zahirovic
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‘Very difficult moment’ prompts flight of US scientists to China
Slow departure of researchers for the East has increased as environment in US becomes more hostile
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Dutch universities hope for change after far right falters
D66 election victory encouraging, sector leaders say, but financial and demographic pressures remain