Leader: Only the best for the best
Our world rankings are hugely influential but also come under criticism every year, so we have decided to improve them
Our world rankings are hugely influential but also come under criticism every year, so we have decided to improve them
England’s Department for Education has deaccredited some universities while approving a range of alternative providers and strictly defining course contents. But while defenders hail an evidence-...
Sibrandes Poppema shares how his institution is strengthening links across countries and with industry and society
Recruiting underprepared students is damaging the classroom experience and is soul-crushing for teachers, says a UK lecturer
The regulator’s example scenarios fail to acknowledge the harm that even lawful speech can cause on campus, say Naomi Waltham-Smith and James Murray
President says ‘order must prevail’ after police clear UCLA encampment
If slides substitute for note-taking, students will not develop vital skills. Let’s not underestimate their ability to develop them, says Tobiasz Trawiński
Encouraging graduates into teaching would bring a ready-made army of advocates for university study into daily contact with pupils, says Jane White
England’s Uni Connect programme has funding reduced to £20 million at ‘exactly the wrong time’, says widening participation expert
Facing C$3 billion revenue loss from federal crackdown on overseas gravy train, Ford administration promises to spare 22 of 23 public universities from the toll
With the prestige of first-class honours degrees diminished, intellectually testing national examinations are needed to identify academic high-flyers, argues Lincoln Allison
Rejecting Ed Balls-authored study, new analysis says graduate premium outside London has held up despite soaring student numbers