Creativity, cooperation can overcome obstacles to international education
Global university networks, enhanced by technology, will offer students more flexibility over where to study, says Youmin Xi
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India Universities Forum: Focus on local goals ‘and let rankings follow’
Priority should be better teaching for domestic students and improved research performance, THE forum hears
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The Agile College: How Institutions Successfully Navigate Demographic Changes, by Nathan Grawe
Gabriel Paquette enjoys a bold attempt to offer solutions for universities threatened by shrinking student numbers and declining revenues
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India ‘faces demographic disaster’ if education reforms fail
Success of India’s education reforms ‘matter tremendously to the world’ but foreign institutions will not solve country’s problems, says former UK universities minister
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Big lectures ‘a thing of the past’, says Berkeley chancellor
Experts say institution’s decision to scrap plans to build ‘gargantuan lecture hall’ provides ammunition to the argument for more evidence-based pedagogical practices
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US colleges push Biden on student aid but overlook their own role
Institutions that emphasise racial equity are less vociferous about addressing economic diversity in student body, some argue
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How to say no – and do it successfully
Mastering the art of saying 'no' is one way academics can protect themselves from spiralling workloads, says psychology lecturer Dean Fido
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Concern over pandemic’s unequal impact on TEF ratings
Experts fear submissions in 2021 won’t be able to appropriately account for wide range of disruptions to student experience caused by pandemic
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Archaeology’s fractures, highlighted by ‘The Dig’, must finally be filled in
As Netflix’s film on Sutton Hoo illustrates, collaboration between academic and commercial research enriches understanding of history, says Susan Greaney
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Overseas starters ‘down by a third’ at some English campuses
First student number survey for 2020-21 from Office for Students suggests other universities may increase recruitment
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Colleagues and family ‘distraught’ over academic’s Myanmar arrest
As military overlords revert to type, concerns mount over fate of detained Australian economist
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Urbanisation and equality ‘key for Indian development’
India could be HE ‘giant’ if social issues were addressed, expert says
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Nicholas Hitchon: the ‘Seven Up’ scientist known to millions
US-based British physicist reflects on his part in the series that has chronicled his life and scientific career
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How do we navigate the brave new world of online exams?
We must find ways to balance integrity, privacy, accessibility, workload and student expectations, say Jennifer Lawrence and Kylie Day
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Is it too soon for a Nobel Prize for the Covid vaccine?
mRNA pioneers, Oxford vaccine scientists and Bill Gates are potential contenders for science’s top prize