Oxford private school intake rises as interest hits 10-year high
Record number of ethnic minority students accepted and largest annual increase in non-state school students in 15 years

Record number of ethnic minority students accepted and largest annual increase in non-state school students in 15 years

More students accepted into prestigious university, but numbers coming from maintained schools return to 2020 levels after ‘period of rapid growth’

Language around inclusion in higher education has in fact been exclusionary, Australian university leader claims

THE is relaunching the Impact Rankings, allowing us to work in closer partnership with participants and evolve the exercise as the SDGs themselves develop, says Phil Baty

Growing numbers of higher education leaders believe their institutions need to change, but only a minority are confident that they can

Universities warned against restricting lawful speech as one in three academics claim they are scared of discussing controversial subjects

Opponents of identity politics can be expected to approve of the president’s crackdown on EDI. But are his assaults on research funding and international students – not to mention his hugely divisive...

Overseas students need skills and knowledge tailored to their national contexts, say Wei Li, Rachael Hains-Wesson, Kaiying Ji and Yinfeng Shen

Four in five tertiary education students globally to be in developing world by 2040, World Bank research predicts

Universities’ work to align with and promote the SDGs benefits not only their immediate environs but the future of the planet. The Impact Rankings reflect those institutions striving to meet the goals

These rankings celebrate universities’ impact – but also hold institutions to account, highlighting where the sector is falling short

AI expert Tshilidzi Marwala calls for closer collaboration between universities and companies and rebalancing of AI power divide away from US and China

Regulator to reopen to new applications after heavily criticised eight-month pause

Malaysia and South Korea are making the most rapid advances in tables showing best universities for sustainability, writes Patrick Jack

Turkish academic says women who ‘share their core values visibly’ face ‘invisible barriers’, as she recounts experience of studying in both Istanbul and London