Three years after I escaped Kabul my UK university dream has come true
Refugee student Naweed Zafary recalls harrowing scenes as the Taliban took power and thousands fought for places on the last flights out of Afghanistan
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How did BPP University become a £2.5 billion behemoth?
Partnerships and flexibility seen as key to company’s continued growth but others may struggle to follow in its path
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No word on fate of Australian student visa delay rule
Canberra yet to clarify future of ‘ministerial direction 107’ despite touting enrolment caps as a replacement
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‘Direct to clearing’ plays growing role in UK admissions
Record number of students win places having applied after main sector deadlines
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Falling visa applications hit non-Russell Group campuses hardest
The vast majority of the fall in student visa numbers can be attributed to large decreases in the number of applicants from India and Nigeria
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Vice-chancellor urges ‘transparency’ on senior sector pay
Opacity is a feature of a university sector that has ‘lost its way’, according to Australia’s newest sector leader
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Open University vice-chancellor Tim Blackman to retire next year
Sociologist credited with stabilising the distance learning institution, but will leave it facing fresh financial challenges and still reeling from Jo Phoenix tribunal ruling
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Will 10-year budgets really lead to step change for UK research?
New Labour government believes decade-long budgets will lead to more industry investment in science and fewer precariously employed researchers, but not everyone is so convinced
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Years on edge, no cigar: the lot of foreign doctoral applicants
After waiting years for their visas, Australia-bound PhD candidates find that their university places have evaporated
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Exposure of student ‘drug ring’ sparks Korean soul-searching
Apparent rise in drug use among South Korean students raises questions about high-pressure academic culture
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Queer history MA axed in ‘bittersweet’ end to Goldsmiths dispute
Unique course denied reprieve as staff say loss of 62 colleagues means averting further cuts is ‘no victory’
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Thomas Hardy’s hero Jude can inspire degree apprenticeship revolution
Universities of all types are embracing the earn-while-you-learn qualifications but government can do more too, says Exeter’s vice-chancellor Lisa Roberts
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‘Don’t fear’ waking giant of international education
‘We all fare better if we work together,’ says Washington lobbyist, as US turns a corner in its approach to foreign students
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Matt Goodwin: can you be an academic outside a university?
Controversial professor bets on Substack and right-wing links to sustain scholarship after exiting formal academic role
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Adelaide University merger is no Game of Thrones
Speculation over imagined backstabbings and betrayals is rife but the joining of two of Australia’s universities is more of a meeting of minds than clash of clans, insist vice-chancellors Peter Høj...