Residency rates of overseas graduates ‘grossly underestimated’

International education lobby group warns against course and policy redesign based around local employability of foreign graduates

Teaching quality key to tackling Germany’s dropout problems

High dropout rates among international students can be combated with better lectures, researchers suggest

‘Alternative history’ shows half of drugs affected by smaller NIH

Researchers replicate impact of Trump’s cuts on previous decades, identifying steep drop in medical innovations

Fee levy economic impact ‘hits hardest in Labour constituencies’

Cost to UK economy of £1.8 billion a year once ‘gross value added’ by international students factored in, new analysis shows

Where now for the REF?

The Research Excellence Framework has been postponed for three months ‘to take stock and ensure alignment with the UK government’s priorities and vision for higher education’. But how radical should...

South African transformation must not slide into academic xenophobia

Decolonisation is not just about scholars’ colour. It is as much about welcoming a diversity of non-Western ideas, from South Africa and beyond, says Srila Roy

Funding changes ‘further threaten humanities’ in Australia

Decline set to accelerate, as government puts block on over-enrolments

‘National scandal’: quarter of students suffer sexual harassment

‘Shocking figures’ show ‘devastating’ impact on students, with women and LGB people particularly vulnerable

Vanderbilt bucks trend with plans to expand across US

First Amendment ‘abandoned’ as scholars fired over Kirk comments

‘Massive influx’ of cases following killing of right-wing activist represents new stage in campus free speech battle, say critics

Should an academic replace Melvyn Bragg on In Our Time?

With the veteran BBC presenter leaving the landmark Radio 4 show, some say the job should next go to one of a growing breed of academic broadcasters

Lingnan row highlights ‘decline of Hong Kong campus freedoms’

Scholars doubtful over future of campus activism as universities move to distance themselves from student-led organisations

Public still supports EDI work in UK universities, finds poll

Little enthusiasm for US-style crackdown as voters back initiatives such as ‘broadening the curriculum’

Immigration anxieties mustn’t obscure overseas academics’ merits

The flexibility and insightful observation that cultural ‘outsiders’ are forced to develop confers several advantages for academics, says Adrian Furnham

Proposed Erasmus+ budget ‘bare minimum needed’, universities warn

Umbrella body calls for more investment and warns against focus on political priorities for EU mobility scheme