More overseas students propel early applications to record levels
Increase in applicants across almost all age groups raises hopes for bumper year of admissions, as interest in medical degrees recovers
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Big four ‘throwing away’ advantage in international education
‘Tug of war’ within government leading to policy volatility in all major destination countries, says former UK universities minister Jo Johnson
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Universities will not become ‘skills machines’, EU warned
Leading European institutions warn of ‘risk of instrumentalisation’ and say they should be allowed to determine their own role in bloc’s agenda
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Keele explores ‘later specialisation’ after new courses pay off
Newly appointed vice-chancellor wants to embrace university’s interdisciplinary heritage while managing financial pressures
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‘Ask what parents do’ to better understand international students
University administrators know little about the money that supports their foreign recruits, or the pressures that come with it
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‘The Shadow Scholars’: inside the essay mills serving students
Academic who travelled to Kenya to meet those ghostwriting university work says practice is ‘completely reshaping our future’
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Test-optional admissions do a disservice to US students
Test scores are a much better predictor of academic progress than school grades – and students need a realistic assessment, says David Blobaum
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Attacks on universities ‘an attempt to control political system’
Former Canadian opposition leader Michael Ignatieff says no sector secure after what has happened in the US
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Funding disclosure ‘first line of defence’ against misinformation
All levels of scientific research must be transparent about where grants come from to avoid ‘manipulation and bias’, global science group says
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Monash University to open second Malaysia campus
Current site ‘bursting at the seams’, says v-c, as Australian university plans 17-storey new campus in Kuala Lumpur’s financial district
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‘Delay, reduce or ring-fence?’ What’s plan B on student fee levy?
Proposal to take cut of international earnings now seen as inevitable after ministers tied idea to reintroduction of maintenance grants
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HE gender gap worsening in nearly half of world’s countries
Inequality between male and female participation rates prevails in most parts of the globe, with 88 countries in worse situation compared with a decade ago