Fewer universities ‘does not always equal better’, Vietnam warned
Country’s aim to shrink sector 20 per cent using mergers likely to have mixed results

Country’s aim to shrink sector 20 per cent using mergers likely to have mixed results

Acceptance is not surrender. It is about getting beyond a policing obsession and rethinking what assessment aims to measure, says Shadi Mohamed

In examining sociologist’s PhD thesis, our journalists were seeking to address matters of legitimate public interest, writes Chris Havergal

Tens of thousands of applicants will have to redo tests after anomalies in entrance exam scores at National Autonomous University of Mexico


Substance abuse a clear risk factor as one in five Oxford students report being assaulted in second university-wide survey

‘Accurate and uncomfortable’ cash cow narrative framing how foreign students are treated in UK, finds report

Most universities still treat Ukraine as a marginal topic even as need for specialists with deep knowledge of the country rises

Forcing Chinese nationals to identify themselves to institutional IT systems publicly stamps them as risks to be monitored, says Hu Chao

India’s largest protest in years was sparked by the leaking of a medical entrance exam and ended with the first senior political resignation of the Modi era. But it is unclear whether a change of...

Expert fears students are too often passively observing vital processes without gaining practical understanding but others say discipline should lean in to modern approaches

Scholars considering leaving as result of getting stuck in junior positions and complaints about their work and accents

University to carry out review of ‘academic culture’ following media reports accusing one of its professors of producing research that downplayed the risks of mixing energy drinks with alcohol


Science and maths programmes among those suspended in recent months, with UCU claiming decisions are being made ‘in haste’