Are research institutes islands of excellence?
Independent research institutes are hailed as hothouses for cutting-edge science, but they seem to be falling out of fashion. Rachael Pells asks if concentrating research in universities is a better...
Independent research institutes are hailed as hothouses for cutting-edge science, but they seem to be falling out of fashion. Rachael Pells asks if concentrating research in universities is a better...
The election of President Trump and Brexit have created a perception that the US and UK no longer welcome international student mobility, say Aldwyn Cooper and Marguerite Dennis
Data from THE’s World University Rankings underscore that many more women are studying some science subjects in the Mena region, but does this translate into employment?
Book of the week: memoirs of the Weimar generation are formed into a powerful social history, writes Hester Vaizey
Book of the week: Laura Kehoe welcomes a significant contribution to our understanding of primates’ behaviour in the wild
While the Sorbonne was at the epicentre of the 1968 protests, the shock waves were felt far beyond France, with students occupying Peking and UC Berkeley at the same time. A group of academics...
From MI5 recruiting, to students spying on each other and intelligence agencies funding research, Matthew Reisz explores the long and often uneasy relationship between espionage and the academy
Taiwan hopes that attracting students from further afield, particularly mainland China, will help to address its higher education crisis. But this in turn brings challenges, including compromised...
The chief executive-designate of the UK’s new sector agency discusses her West Country roots, the roles of academics and administrators, and escaping to the country
With degrees now necessary for entry into more jobs than ever before, John Morgan considers the economic arguments for expanding higher education
International education is Australia’s third-largest export industry, worth more than A$20 billion, and is set for further growth driven by current geopolitics. Jack Grove reports on how...
The region’s reputation for excellence could be threatened by funding cuts and restructuring
United StatesFish rots from financial head?Senior academics at a US university believe that its financial management “is doing irreparable harm” to the institution and urge the dismissal of its chief...