UK university applications down 1 per cent at January deadline
Increased interest from EU and overseas fails to make up for shrinking 18-year-old population and reduced demand from mature students
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Force universities to offer degree apprenticeships, says Tory MP
Committee chair Robert Halfon calls for universities to offer more technical degrees or lose state funding
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‘Macron effect’ sparks international student surge for alma mater
French president is credited with being behind boom in applications to study at Sciences Po
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Philosopher: more thinking required on role of AI in education
The broad trends in AI may be unstoppable, but we must find better ways of directing and regulating them, argues Toronto’s Mark Kingwell
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Working-class academics still face discrimination
Universities must do more to tackle the class privilege that is still rife in the ranks of academia, says Louise Morley
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Research councils to retain autonomy under UKRI, says MRC nominee
Fiona Watt promises that there will be no ‘ransacking of a well-structured organisation’ in shift to new umbrella body
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‘Surge’ in European mergers as universities seek rankings boost
Desire to climb global tables is bringing many institutions together – but there are risks, expert warns
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Snobbery towards modern universities is unfair and outdated
Long-held beliefs about the UK’s hierarchy of institutions do not stand up to scrutiny, and hold back progress, argues Edward Peck
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Building the Ivory Tower: Universities and Metropolitan Development in the Twentieth Century, by LaDale C. Winling
Flora Samuel on a study exploring the conflict that higher education institutions can cause in cities
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Portraits from Life: Modernist Novelists and Autobiography, by Jerome Boyd Maunsell
Charlotte Jones is fascinated by an ‘experiment’ that ‘reconstructs the act of remembrance’ and brings its subjects back to life
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Books interview: Joan Taylor
The professor of Christian origins and Second Temple Judaism and author of ‘What Did Jesus Look Like?’ on puzzles, a chance encounter with ‘Jesus the Jew’ and 1st-century fashion
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Expansion of UK transnational education provision tails off
Number of those studying for degrees overseas grew by just 1 per cent in 2016-17, following years of strong growth
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Universities are pivotal for Sino-British relations
As Theresa May concludes her trade visit to China, Tim Bradshaw reflects on how research-intensive universities have paved the way for increased East-West trade
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French business school launches academy for camping sector
New training centre hopes to boost the economy of a leading holiday area
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Scotland confirms free tuition for EU students in 2019-20
Devolved administration’s move puts pressure on Westminster government to confirm post-Brexit arrangements in England