Parents worldwide contribute to cost of university, finds survey
However, students in the US, Canada and the UK experience some of the highest ‘funding gaps’, according to a global HSBC analysis
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Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018: Asian universities climb
China now has three institutions in top 100 of research-focused ranking
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Australia: new data confirm slowing of Chinese student flows
Prime minister’s charm offensive proves timely, as Chinese student visa applications stall
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Australian merger could be ‘world’s biggest’ and ‘influence rankings’
Adelaide neighbours progress merger plan with new discussion paper on pros and cons
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UK falls behind US in ‘educating world leaders’ league table
Hepi says educating ‘leading lights’ builds up ‘incredible soft power’
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Unpredictability is keeping Brazil’s universities from flourishing
Threats to cut all postgraduate funding from 2019 in Brazil were thankfully scuppered, says Justin Axel-Berg, but signalled that a long-term strategy for Brazilian higher education is sorely needed
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Trump bump? Student numbers rise at US women’s colleges
Since the 2016 US presidential election, women’s colleges have been seeing significant gains as more young women embrace #MeToo
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A no-deal Brexit is a no-go for UK universities
‘Swivel-eyed’ Brexiteers must acknowledge that leaving with no deal in March would be disastrous for UK higher education, says Hywel Williams
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Hungarian government pushes forward plan to ban gender studies
University leaders were given less than 18 hours to respond to state plans to scrap the subject
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Australian student loan bill passes senate
While students protest, repayment arrangements will still be kinder than elsewhere
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Students aren’t prepared for UK master’s level, study finds
Staff say they are having to put in extra hours to bring master’s students’ skills up to scratch
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Group of Eight benefits for economy ‘bigger than Russell Group’s’
Australia’s top universities deliver greater economic benefits than their UK equivalents, study finds
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Marx, Locke and Rousseau ‘key to Macron’s European universities’
New president of German Rectors’ Conference thinks it is crucial that all students know the European canon
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Cash-strapped Australian students ‘going hungry’
Survey unearths secret to student survival: don’t spend
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Shifting to digital delivery will require creative leaders
Persuading faculty and staff that online delivery models are a good idea will require collaboration and negotiation, says Michael Stewart