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Transnational education moving beyond simply increasing higher education capacity, says THE report

Senate committee inquiry extended as members scrutinise impacts on vocational colleges

Radical proposal to overhaul admissions to the UK's research-intensive universities would tackle ‘elite formation’, say LSE and Oxford professors

Global network of research universities aims to help displaced learners as United Nations hits halfway mark on access target

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Goldsmiths and Chichester cases could be start of rising tide of court challenges from aggrieved students, lawyers say

September and January deadlines disadvantage some and consume time off, academics say

Cross-border authorship may be stalling in part because domestic output is growing so rapidly, analysts suggest

Great British Bake Off finalist and researcher at the University of Leicester discusses the importance of community outreach, and what academia can learn from baking

As visa data backs up prediction that universities will fall short of study caps, Applyboard says there could be ‘ripple effects across the international education sector’

Google, LinkedIn and X warned that adverts for contract cheating services have ‘proliferated’ despite legislative bans

Both sides of Australian politics need to stop treating universities as ‘a political pawn’

Leading Finnish university will require fewer publications for article-based doctorates, as well as fewer course credits

Survey respondents warn of misuse of process, inadequate consultations and impact on staff left behind

Embedding digital competency into hiring and advancement decisions would help to foster innovation, report says

Annual Education at a Glance report says graduate employment rates for women and men have almost reached parity in Greece and Portugal

UK prime minister blames previous government for state of higher education sector, as his government continues to consider options for solving funding crisis

Institutions need to communicate recognition of prior learning policies more clearly if lifelong education reforms are to bear fruit, says QAA

Graduates now keenly aware of loan scheme rules and how to avoid debt blowouts, figures suggest

High-profile or opinionated candidates may receive short shrift with ‘CEO in all but name’ Lord Vallance firmly in charge of UK science, experts predict

Wealthiest halls able to offer allowances worth more than twice as much as those at less moneyed outposts

Author says country should acknowledge forces to suppress academic expression, irrespective of their ideological roots 

New regulations place strict limits on demonstrations, but students are unlikely to be deterred

Academics investigating why female students lose their high school grade advantage at university determine that higher levels of perceived discrimination are associated with lower academic performance for women

Scientists argue disciplines need their own ways of thinking about student belonging to reach diversity goals

Loss of Devon-based Schumacher College ‘significant blow to ecological education at a critical time’

Process for limiting international student recruitment ‘like a game of musical chairs’, Senate committee hears

Mandating longer study abroad stints will sideline the students who benefit most and cannot manage independent travel, practitioners warn

Play celebrates the turbulent career of a pioneering female astronomer

Tens of thousands enrol because of low tuition fees and scholarships, but some face discrimination on arrival

Financial challenges facing institutions mirror those plaguing Treasury, asserts PhD-bearing science secretary, who jokes he ‘wouldn’t wish a doctorate on my own worst enemy’

Proposed Australian caps show how quickly policy environment can change, says new Manchester v-c, who has just made the switch from Down Under

Improved fortunes of UK-based researchers follows return to Horizon Europe, but grantee numbers are still much below pre-Brexit levels