Russell Group attacks ‘short-term’ approach to monitoring access
Experts express concern that call for five-year access agreements is a ‘distraction technique’
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Unconditional offers limit students’ education choices
A guaranteed offer of a place on a degree course gives students peace of mind, but it also means they are unlikely to make considered decisions about their most appropriate future path, argues Jane...
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German and Swedish libraries shrug off Elsevier shutdown
No sign of breakthrough as boycott yet to have significant impact on publisher
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Women ‘systematically excluded’ from Japanese medical school
Females out, bureaucrat’s son in as Tokyo Medical University rigs entrance scores
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Forget Trump, the threat to science comes from within
Experts are out of fashion with today’s political vanguard, but fraudulent research risks further undermining science, says THE’s Asia-Pacific editor John Ross
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Scottish Highers: more students secure university places
Younger applicants drive growth, despite fall in overall 18-year-old population
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Iowa sued by Christian group that barred gay student from leadership
Religious freedom advocacy groups increasingly turning to legal action against public university anti-discrimination policies
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International education ‘vital’ to China relationship, says Turnbull
Educators relax as Australian PM offers olive branch
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Sheffield leaves foreign staff out of pocket for NHS fees
University’s refusal to extend support for international employees criticised
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Plan for 100 new universities in Mexico ‘totally impractical’
Academics argue new president should direct funding to recruiting and retaining more lecturers
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English regulator poised to spread funding more thinly
Office for Students expects to take on responsibility for supporting wider range of providers from next August
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The need to be both scholar and expert is an urgent one
Academics must be able to walk among colleagues in the ivory tower and distil their thoughts to the non-technical masses in order to protect democratic norms, says Alex de Ruyter
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Do students appreciate having international classmates?
Experts say institutions must improve global experience in classroom as figures show domestic students are concerned about impact of overseas peers
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Pearson turns artificial intelligence attention to essay marking
New tool will learn how academics grade papers and replicate their approach