Guarantee university offers for care leavers, thinktank urges
Social Market Foundation says rest of UK should follow Scotland’s lead in easing uncertainty for care leavers and applicants estranged from their families

Social Market Foundation says rest of UK should follow Scotland’s lead in easing uncertainty for care leavers and applicants estranged from their families

Troubled institution has fourth leader in a year, ahead of Bill Shorten’s arrival in February

‘Big reset’ opportunity now spent when sector most needs it, says Duncan Maskell

Concerns raised about Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki’s role leading Institute of National Remembrance

Union sees need to borrow for building projects behind latest round of bloodletting

The chancellor of Abu Dhabi University on different types of intelligence, freedom of speech and universities in the East versus West

Scholars who win foreign scholarships will have no jobs to return to in Afghanistan if they decide to take them up, says an Afghan academic

Award-winning teaching method that incorporates diverse voices into teaching has been accredited with the ability to transform social science and medical subjects

If we rely on industry to bankroll research, we lose sight of problems that do not interest industry, technologist warns

Process for transferring students left stranded by market exit in need of a rethink, says one of the few leaders who has gone through it

Equity, quality control and excess competition among areas of concern for experts

The new commission must answer the big questions without delay and consult universities, say Jan Palmowski and Kurt Deketelaere

Ulster University and Melvyn Bragg take top prizes as ‘Oscars of higher education’ celebrate 20th birthday

Universities should no longer give the ‘cold shoulder’ to businesses that can potentially perform functions more effectively, says Ken Sloan

New figures suggest Russell Group universities have been much less affected by declining student numbers than other institutions