OECD’s Ahelo will fail to launch, says education director
Project to measure learning outcomes globally could have got off the ground ‘if UK had signed on’

Project to measure learning outcomes globally could have got off the ground ‘if UK had signed on’

Very few US universities have policies to deal with growing number of stateless people seeking a chance to study

John Morgan looks at the differences between Cambridge and Oxford on the £9,000 tuition cap – and the idea of ‘going private’

Maverick economist explains ‘why the modern world happened’

Failing is part of being an academic, says John Tregoning, so we should be ready for it

Academics teaching the subject at university say it needs a place on school curricula as well

Studies on urine, pain thresholds and unboiled eggs honoured in annual awards for improbable research. John Elmes takes a look

The Prevent programme will cause real problems for universities, say Phil Lindan and Meriel Schindler

Australian advocates of alternative treatments lobby Canberra for more state funding for research

Jo Johnson and George Osborne among MPs targeted by campaigners

Study concludes that black and ethnic minority applicants are less likely to be offered a place because they choose more competitive courses

Jack Grove surveys the exhibition hall in Glasgow, and finds institutions keen to impress

This week's issue discussed by the Times Higher Education team

Move comes as universities minister criticises National Union of Students for failing to back new rules to curb ‘extremist’ speakers on campus

Hefce study finds independent school students are less likely to get a first or a 2:1