Most overseas study plans ‘unchanged by pandemic’
Traditional worries like cost and job prospects trump would-be international students’ safety and travel concerns, survey finds
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World in brief – 23 April 2015
Source: txking/Shutterstock.comUnited StatesPart-time scholars need permanent aidA quarter of part-time academic staff in the US receive some form of public assistance such as food stamps or Medicaid...
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World in brief – 12 March 2015
Source: GettyCanadaNot paying? Then you won’t be drivingStudents in British Columbia who are not making payments on outstanding student loans could find themselves unable to renew their driving...
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Should the West recruit more students from Global South?
Scholarships can be important, but the risk of brain drain must be borne in mind, say experts
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Turkish university axes Israeli scholar who told students to flee
Koç University dismissed media scholar Amir Hetsroni for ‘inappropriate behaviour’, but he suspects a link to his private criticism of Turkey’s government
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Hoped-for returns on Gulf branch campuses ‘yet to materialise’
Despite spending more than £700 million, dreams of a diversified knowledge economy remain some way off, British expert claims
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The world’s largest private education providers
The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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CEU: a bastion for democracy in an illiberal world?
Twenty-five years after it was founded to promote openness in the post-Soviet era, the Central European University is grappling with new threats to democracy
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Academics fret as Turnitin nears monopoly on plagiarism checks
Proposed acquisition of Ouriginal would give academic integrity giant vast majority of market
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World Reputation Rankings 2013 results
Six elite universities in the US and UK dominate THE’s 2013 World Reputation Rankings
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Is Western academia keeping up with Asia’s rise?
In the third decade of the so-called Asian century, European and North American universities and governments continue to neglect the world’s most populous continent. As Asia grows ever more powerful...
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UK regulator probes Turnitin-Ouriginal deal
Academics fear California-based company is gaining monopoly on plagiarism detection services
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THE World University Rankings
Times Higher Education regularly writes about the effects of bureaucracy on the academy - quality assurance, research assessment, grant applications and the demands of quangos and other "stakeholders...
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Qatar aims to boost regional collaboration after blockade ends
Foundation considers creation of consortium of universities across Gulf region
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THE World Academic Summit 2015 to take place in Melbourne
The 2015 Times Higher Education World Academic Summit will take place in Melbourne, Australia, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, it was announced today