Will graduate schools accept three-year degrees?

Investors look to snap up private providers as others merge

Buyers remain keen on UK higher education despite financial turmoil – but bringing in private equity can create challenges for educators

Foreign faculty say ‘insider networks’ block careers in Korea

Separate rules on pay and promotions, opaque evaluations and cultural barriers jar with country’s drive to internationalise universities, say scholars

Three major research universities opt out of new Elsevier deal

Complaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer from publishing giant, despite nationally negotiated agreement

Are NDAs quietly compromising universities’ mission?

Critics allege that Australian universities have developed a bad habit of secrecy around severance agreements even when it serves no reasonable purpose – or, worse, prevents an important wider issue...

As others cool on internationalisation, Greece can become a hotspot

With a thoughtful strategy, Greece could become a leading Mediterranean destination for those seeking European qualifications, says Ianis Matsoukas

Affordability concerns to force review of Welsh student support

Sharp increases in outlay in recent years along with changes to the English system put pressure on Wales to ensure student loans ‘remain sustainable’, says report

Rapid expansion of some universities ‘over-optimistic’ – Stern

Institutions reliant on cross-subsidy model need to learn how to adapt to policy changes more quickly, says Universities UK chief

Intakes down by a third at some providers, latest Ucas data show

Half of Russell Group universities accept record number of undergraduates, according to end-of-cycle admissions figures

Sheffield strikers lose more pay for not rearranging teaching

University claims staff are in breach of contract for failing to reorganise lectures lost during recent industrial action

Essex staff vote to strike over university’s plan to cut 400 jobs

Union leader says Southend campus closure will ‘take the heart out of the town’