Can Scotland carry on with its free-tuition policy?
It is written in stone that Scottish students will not pay fees, but Chris Havergal reports on worries that this stance is bad for access and sustainability
It is written in stone that Scottish students will not pay fees, but Chris Havergal reports on worries that this stance is bad for access and sustainability
John Ross examines the state of cross-study and collaboration between Australia and its neighbours in the East
John Morgan travels to the University of California, Berkeley, a key battleground in the campus culture wars, to assess the mood towards US higher education and the threats that it faces
David Matthews reports from the island state on the questions facing its burgeoning academy
A comparison of some of the fees that are charged to international students
Public debate in the UK over whether to remain in the EU has been criticised for casting little light. Here, seven academics probe the arguments
Jack Grove reports from Moscow on bold plans to revive the country’s ailing higher education sector
First analysis of its kind says modern institutions have suffered from creation of research consortia
UK Mooc platform adds new partners after admitting that using global rankings as a proxy for quality ‘hides a lot of detail’
Post-crash austerity measures have buffeted university funding across Europe in the past six years. Jack Grove looks at how some countries are faring on state funding, according to a recent European...
Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead
Universities need a new funding model, say Andrei E. Ruckenstein, Mark E. Smith and Nicola C. Owen, who want academics to take the lead in tackling the problem
Interim evaluation highlights challenges facing researchers in Eastern Europe and the Baltic states
In the wake of Malcolm Anderson’s death, universities need to wake up to the need to take better care of their senior lecturers, says Andrew Oswald
Independent research institutes are hailed as hothouses for cutting-edge science, but they seem to be falling out of fashion. Rachael Pells asks if concentrating research in universities is a better...