Third arrest in New Zealand in overseas loan debt crackdown
Arrest comes as government targets up to 10,000 borrowers living in Australia
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Poi PhD student wins three-minute thesis competition
University of Auckland student claims the top prize for Universitas 21 3MT competition
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Zimbabwe’s higher education minister battles corruption probe
Jonathan Moyo and deputy deny wrongdoing as fate of $450,000 from skills development fund is investigated
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11 tweets that show what happens if you publicly dismiss the work of academics
When a UK politician questioned the value of academia, scholars were quick to respond, finds Tommaso Grant
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UK-educated Chinese have ‘over-inflated’ salary expectations
Survey of Chinese employers shows UK graduates required to ‘fit back in’ to home culture
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EU funding ‘skewed towards previous winners’
Researchers must have grants to win grants, new study says
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Real World Academics: a response to Glyn Davies MP
The Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire is wrong to say that academics lack ‘real world’ experience, says Emma Sheppard
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Degrees benefit society – even when students don’t get ‘graduate jobs’
Stop worrying about the expansion of higher education and look at the positives, say Francis Green and Golo Henseke
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BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2017: launch date announced
The ranking will include 300 universities from 41 countries
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US academic’s marking comments spark race row
Hispanic student accuses professor of cultural insensitivity over allegations she must have plagiarised work by using the word ‘hence’
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Scholars face global ‘crisis’ of attacks, report warns
International network counts 158 assaults and persecutions on higher education communities over 16 months
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Russell Group reaches out to China’s elite
UK delegation meets up with C9 universities to consider new funding opportunities
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Here’s what you need to know about ‘failure’ before you start your PhD
Taking an unconventional route after studying for a doctorate should not be seen as a failure, says Fiona Whelan
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Periscope up for live lecture streaming
Platform to ‘continue developing’ an educational role after pilot broadcast in partnership with UCL
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Examples of bad peer review and why it is damaging to researchers
Peer review publications remain a key stage in the quality assurance of new research, but some comments can be the stuff of nightmares, says Kingsley Purdam