Could Corbyn win mean less scrutiny of HE policy?
Critics question Jeremy Corbyn’s £10bn policy to scrap fees, but student activists applaud him for putting free education on agenda
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Scholarships aim to boost Egypt’s development
Firm’s scheme offers degree funding in exchange for students returning home to work in the country
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Sourcing ideas for digital technologies that students actually want
Paul Bailey on why Jisc goes directly to the learners themselves when looking for digital innovations
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PhD supervisors urged to ‘embrace history’s ghosts’
Academics need to become ‘good gatekeepers’ to students from minority backgrounds, a study from New Zealand suggests
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How far should universities restrict freedom of speech?
Debate hears differing perspectives on whether students should have warnings or be sheltered from certain points of view
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University of Salford launches Tinder-style app to match students with perfect course
Institution says app was designed to make the experience of clearing ‘reassuring and enjoyable’
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Transnational education reviews should link with domestic judgements, says QAA
Report recommends that branch campuses are scrutinised within institutional reviews of UK awarding bodies
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NUS president vents anger on Twitter as anti-TEF motion is passed
Megan Dunn and NUS national executive committee clash as policy to formally oppose the teaching excellence framework is passed
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Science Without Borders ‘could be scaled back’
Brazil’s flagship scholarship programme likely to suffer as government looks for savings. Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro
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News blog: are universities doing enough in response to the refugee crisis?
The academic community's spirit of generosity is apparent in the way it has responded to Syria's civil war, says Ellie Bothwell
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The end of the line for validating institutions?
Is Jo Johnson eyeing an alternative approach? Nick Hillman thinks he is, despite the system’s proven advantages
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News blog: what the Labour leadership race means for HE
As the vote closes, John Morgan looks at what Jeremy Corbyn, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall have to say on higher education and research
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How science is distilling its message
Dalmeet Singh Chawla looks at short, sharp new ways to impart information from journal articles
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Svetlana Boym, 1959-2015
A scholar, novelist and photographer whose work drew on her past as a Jewish émigré from the Soviet Union has died
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Interview with Kevin Sinfield
The former England rugby league captain and double university graduate talks higher education and life after sport. Plus the latest higher education appointments