Plagiarism aside, Rachel Reeves’ less discussed sin is theft of sociologists
The shadow chancellor’s book on female economists is emblematic of UK sociology’s struggle for disciplinary status, says Robert Dingwall
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Restore shaken public confidence in higher education, summit told
American University in Cairo president says institutions must work to close disparities in income, language and digital literacy levels
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‘Rip-off degrees’ not language I would use, says OfS chief
Susan Lapworth tells business school deans that regulator has learned lessons from first investigations into quality of their provision
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Science minister George Freeman quits in UK Cabinet reshuffle
Mid Norfolk MP says it is time ‘to focus on my health, family well-being and life beyond the front bench’
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Educators ‘need to adapt how they teach soft skills to Gen Z’
Event hears how even the best performing students can struggle to get a job if they lack soft skills
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Post-92s could quit TPS pension scheme over ‘unfair’ cost hikes
April’s rise in employers’ contributions to Teachers’ Pension Scheme could leave modern universities unable to compete, leaders say
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International student policy at stake in UK Cabinet reshuffle
James Cleverly becomes home secretary as former prime minister David Cameron replaces him as foreign secretary
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US international student recruitment rebound slows
Early figures indicate new enrolments of international students have increased by 2 per cent in 2023-24
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Is the Gulf the new heart of academia in the Middle East?
Universities in the Gulf are increasingly attracting scholars and staff from across the Arab region and beyond. What are the main pull factors? And how is this shifting the knowledge centres of the...
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Universities’ dwindling budgets threaten support for enterprise
Funding emerges as biggest challenge to helping staff and students set up businesses, as community outreach work ‘nosedives’
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Trump’s American Academy: pure politics, or onto something?
Republican front runner lifts from DeSantis playbook in idea for free online alternative to ‘woke’ universities, connecting to concerns on endowments and access
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Graduate-level jobs ‘increasingly concentrated in London’
Dominant role of UK capital in highly skilled employment means university leavers elsewhere may find it harder to fully capitalise on their degrees, says IFS
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Unpredictable business school enrolment poses threat to finances
Changes to visas and foundation years likely to hit income, deans fear, with big repercussions for parent universities
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Teaching modern languages without culture will harm global relations
Aberdeen’s proposal to close language degree programmes might save money but it will impoverish international understanding, says Charles Burdett
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London mayoralty frontrunners clash on international students
Sadiq Khan claims Susan Hall is ‘against foreign students’ coming to the capital, but she accuses him of ‘making things up’