News blog: Sajid Javid and Jo Johnson take higher education to market
BIS aims to step up competition for universities from new providers – but questions remain about impact on UK higher education
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Gap between education of aboriginal and non-aboriginal people in Canada widening
Study finds proportion of non-aboriginal people in the country graduating from university is improving at a faster rate
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Brian Cox: new freeze in research funding would be ‘dire’ for UK science
Physicist warns that the UK’s high scientific output is based on investment made ‘decades’ ago
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Do international research posts improve your academic job prospects?
Anxieties over overseas posts largely overlooked as academy highlights benefits of global mobility, researchers claim
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New College of Humanities graduates put in the frame
£18K-a-year college launches its students into the world with artwork to reflect their CVs and ‘brainwaves’
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Kansas band director suspended after half-time Starship Enterprise show
Critics say Kansas State University show resembled a sexual act, William Shatner disagrees
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THE World University Rankings consulted by one in three international students
Times Higher Education rankings almost the most used league table in India
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Is economics a sexist science?
Victoria Bateman looks at the gender mix within economics and details her own attempts to encourage more women into the discipline
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Open University set to shut seven regional centres
Five hundred staff face a choice of relocating to Manchester, Milton Keynes or Nottingham, or leaving
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Post-study work options main reason for international students rejecting UK
Overseas applicants also cited the UK’s attitude to international students as a factor dissuading them from choosing a university in the country
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Vince Cable: Tories admit their overseas student policy ‘damages UK’
Former business secretary’s book says PM cannot move Theresa May ‘an inch’ and reveals Lib Dems had plan to protect higher education and science budgets under new coalition
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Tibet ‘not recognised enough’ for its scholarly traditions
An openness to other cultures has long characterised a country often considered exotically remote, says Tibetan scholar as Dalai Lama visits UK
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Spanish universities should lead on teacher training, says study
Report author says ITT is fundamentally ‘a university matter’
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News blog: did uncapped tuition fees knock Tony Abbott on the head?
Botched attempts to pass higher education reforms likely to be among the reasons unpopular Australian PM has been ousted by party rival, says Paul Jump
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Social sciences and humanities faculties 'to close' in Japan after ministerial intervention
Universities to scale back liberal arts and social science courses