Germany best for student social engagement in THE survey
Results from the European Student Survey suggest the UK, Austria and Ireland are also strong on providing students with chances to thrive outside class
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Western students in China ‘very disappointed with teaching’
Students claim that ‘asking questions is not appreciated by most local teachers’
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Navigating Title IX claims leaves universities between a rock and a hard place
Universities in the US are dealing with an unprecedented number of sexual violence complaints and greater scrutiny of the legal processes that follow, writes Emily Mack
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Saudi students ordered home from Canada ‘seek asylum’
Moves follow decision by Saudi Arabia to order students back from Canada in diplomatic spat
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Iranian university leader puts hopes in academic diplomacy
Tehran president says institution is keen to internationalise despite deteriorating relations with the West
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Business lobby calls time on Japan’s graduate hiring season
Orderly graduate recruitment under threat as demographic decline triggers ‘free-for-all’
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We lost more than artefacts in the National Museum of Brazil fire
Many feel that government neglect has taken away a rare source of higher education and culture from the surrounding working-class neighbourhood, writes Stephanie Reist
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Hong Kong students warned against independence talk
Education secretary says university inaugurations ‘not appropriate’ for sovereignty conversations
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World University Rankings 2019: methodology
We are careful and consistent in our approach to collecting and evaluating data for the World University Rankings. Here we explain how we handle the data to position more than 1,200 institutions...
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Leicester staff to strike over job cuts plan
Union members’ walkout over budget cuts will coincide with the arrival of new students
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THE podcast: 15-minute briefing on UK HE policy
The results from a major higher education funding review, a potential overhaul of student visas, and a closer look at the university pensions scheme are all on the docket for autumn
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Ontario confirms policy tying university funding to free speech
Universities will have to develop and comply with free speech policy by January
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Plan S: a shock or a solution for academic publishing?
European funders’ shift away from subscription journals raises questions over the outlook for prestigious periodicals
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Why we must prevent barriers to cooperation in basic research
Erecting walls around university research labs will only leave us all worse off, writes Andrew Williamson
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English regulator plans shift to five-year access agreements
Office for Students says end of system of annual negotiations will allow universities to be more ‘ambitious’ and ‘flexible’