Chinese students drive growth in Malaysia university applications
Malaysian institutions continue to attract increasing numbers of students from the region, with Chinese nationals remaining the largest cohort by far
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Ukrainian governance reforms aim to boost universities’ autonomy
Moves to appoint supervisory boards made up of business and public sector representatives seen as ‘logical step’ in sector development
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What could the rise of the AfD mean for German universities?
With its Trump-style promise to smash woke ideology on campus, Germany’s far-right populist party is widely seen as a threat by academics. And with even the country’s mainstream parties promising...
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Staff voice can bring proper scrutiny of UK higher education meltdown
More transparent and democratic decision-making within UK universities could have helped institutions avoid the financial mistakes that are now resulting in mass redundancies, argue Nicholas Grant...
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End to approved journal list ‘blow’ to Indian research quality
University Grants Commission's move to hand power to universities to judge journal quality faces resistance from research watchdogs
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Degrees ‘not worth financial drawback’ of unpaid placements
Students take years to recoup the tens of thousands of dollars they would have been paid if training was salaried, New Zealand study finds
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Give researchers two-year minimum contracts, UCU manifesto urges
UK universities must end use of year-long contracts that keep researchers in ‘perpetual limbo’, says union-led manifesto
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UK universities to benefit as Trump ‘puts off foreign students’
Repeat of falls in enrolments seen during Republican’s first presidency will allow UK to ‘get its mojo back’ in 2025, British Council predicts
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African history students awarded compensation after master’s axed
Students ‘left in limbo’ by Chichester’s decision to make pioneering black professor redundant
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Maths cuts ‘will cause lasting damage’ to Cardiff, warn Nobelists
Proposal to merge maths and computer science at under-fire institution risks damaging one of its ‘crown jewels’, says open letter
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Fix arts degree underfunding to turbocharge UK’s creative economy
Talent pipeline for the UK’s £100 billion creative arts industries is under threat as universities shutter loss-making arts degrees, says Ravensbourne vice-chancellor Andy Cook
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Class size increases ‘inevitable’ amid financial crisis, say v-cs
Lecturers fear rising staff-student ratios will exacerbate ‘gulf’ between elite institutions and the rest, and create unmanageable workloads
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Regional university’s Melbourne campus pushes work-based learning
City campuses have not delivered institutions an international education bonanza, but Federation hopes its new site will support a new model of cooperative education
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‘Perfect storm’ of challenges ahead, warns longest-serving v-c
‘Real challenges only now emerging,’ says John Cater in paper looking back over decades-long university career
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Number of UK students reporting mental health difficulties triples
Hopes quashed that things were improving for badly affected groups