Times Higher Education Africa Universities Summit 2025 to take place in Rwanda
THE summit in Kigali to discuss challenges and opportunities facing African higher education

THE summit in Kigali to discuss challenges and opportunities facing African higher education

Questionnaire seeks responses from social science academics for first time

Campuses quiet despite slew of executive orders attacking higher education

Some urge ministers to aim for 1 million enrolments from overseas, but sector divided over whether revised goal would be a good thing

Lack of transparency over how excellence-based allocations are spent makes them vulnerable as Russell Group makes case for flexible research funding

Never much of a vote-winner, higher education now risks the burden of being branded a vote-loser for parties seen as too soft on the sector

Most courses are already performance- or employment-focused. The demise of another scholarly programme will skew the balance further, says Ian Pace

Researchers asked participants to stick pins in ‘stereotypical scientist’ to establish levels of aggression

‘Survival guide’ aims to tackle ‘age-old binary that permeates the sector’

Academics at Liverpool say ‘unexpected’ announcement has left people ‘shocked’

Controversial department temporarily loses ability to see private loan information after what has been described as ‘one of the biggest data hacks in US history’

Employment prospects the main motivation for half of students with satisfaction levels dented by high fees and low contact hours

University latest passion project for ex-politician who specialises in ‘institutions that are worth keeping’

Label could be ‘first step’ towards automatically recognised continental qualification, experts suggest

‘Endless stress’ confronts Iranian doctoral candidates who worked for a year just to cover the application fee