We are in an international student market, and the UK’s share is in peril
The UK needs its universities more than ever, and the government needs to realise their importance, says Sir Keith Burnett
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REF 2021: what are the rules and how will they work?
Final decisions on shape of research excellence framework are an improvement but will not end ‘game-playing’, sector experts warn
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Do Moocs generate return on investment?
Ang Davies looks at the pros and cons of the University of Manchester’s recent clinical bioinformatics Mooc
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How Calamity Jane’s saddle inspires Sac State president
Robert Nelsen reflects on concerns for DACA students and importance of diversity
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Dutch university says student cannot defend PhD dressed as pirate
Engineer takes institution to human rights body over satirical dig at exceptions for religious clothing
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High fees, inflexible loans and no grants: our part-time students need help
With part-time student numbers through the floor, the time has come for reform, says David Latchman
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Minimum income threshold post-Brexit ‘would deter scientists’
Hilary Benn also suggests that UK’s future in Horizon 2020 is not necessarily contingent on free movement
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UK to loosen visa rules for graduates and researchers
But sector calls for progress on plan to grow overseas student numbers and publication of immigration White Paper
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How much more are vice-chancellors paid than other university staff?
Academic to vice-chancellor pay ratios could be published by the Office for Students but here is a preview based on THE’s pay data
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THE reporter honoured at education journalism awards
Holly Else tops Outstanding Higher Education Journalism category at CIPR ceremony
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Continental researchers lukewarm on UK access to EU funding
Survey suggests European scholars are resistant to UK continuing to enjoy full participation in programmes such as Horizon 2020
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Columbia University launches new Paris institute
Ivy League institution will recruit artists and writers alongside early career scholars for its new Institute for Ideas and Imagination
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Bath v-c narrowly survives vote of no-confidence
Senate backs Glynis Breakwell by 19 votes to 16 after controversy over high pay and calls from staff for her to resign
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Budget 2017 debrief: what Philip Hammond’s speech means for higher education
Diana Beech on an HE-light Budget that nonetheless has some implications for university staff and students
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David Willetts: ‘It is clear that university expansion changes lives for the better’
The former higher education minister on why the English sector must keep growing, the ‘barbarism’ at the heart of the schools system and how to tackle negativity about universities