Postgraduates outnumber undergraduates on top Chinese campuses
Rapid expansion of master’s and PhD courses sparks concern over course quality for some
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Trinity College Dublin students ‘frustrated’ by tourist crowds
Limit visitor numbers and access to study areas, some urge university, but others don’t mind visitors so much
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Iran must reinstate all suspended or expelled students and faculty
The new administration must also adopt systemic measures to rebuild trust within the academic community, says Roohola Ramezani
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Europe will ‘fail’ without increased research budget, MEP warns
Christian Ehler insists that additional funding must not come with political strings attached
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Student transition scheme urged to bridge school-university gap
Disadvantaged students reported feeling under-supported in their transition to higher education
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Tory students marked down because of their views, claims Badenoch
Leadership hopeful takes aim at universities in latest of series of controversial remarks at party’s conference
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Irish universities welcome budget funding boost
But increases to PhD stipends are ‘too little, too late’, postgraduate union says
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Australian caps will bankrupt ‘good’ colleges, senators warned
Reputable colleges stripped of students while thousands of places go to institutions focusing elsewhere or facing closure
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France’s mergers are highly complex. It’s no wonder there are tensions
Leadership troubles at two Parisian mega-universities reflect ongoing debates around governance and academic culture, says Jean-Yves Mérindol
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Fresh eyes: Grant Robertson’s journey from deputy PM to v-c
Leadership recruits from outside academia bring new perspectives, and a few skeletons in the closet, to university administration
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Back UK research but not HE funding for growth, Labour urged
Survey of pro-growth economists by innovation thinktank UK Day One finds weak support among economists for extra higher education spending
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What can I do about my college’s corporatisation but grin and bear it?
Administrators at US colleges are increasingly defective and detached from education but I’m too old to try something new, says a faculty member
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Campus antisemitism inquiry would be too slow, says Senate panel
Universities’ ‘inadequate’ responses ‘just like their handling of sexual assault’, says Australian parliamentary committee
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Take degree apprenticeships out of levy funding, says Willetts
Conservative Party conference divided on impact of Labour’s rebalancing of skills funding
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Johnson warns Tories against ‘opportunistic’ fee rise opposition
Party was ‘irresponsible’ to let per-student funding erode during last six years of governing, says ex-universities minister