India’s internationalisation drive must be realistic and pragmatic
Problems may result from focusing on branch campuses, resisting online provision and partnering only with top 1,000 institutions, says Mike Winter
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UKRI suspends equality body blasted by minister over Israel posts
Dame Ottoline Leyser’s acceptance of ministerial demands is likely to anger scholars who claim Michelle Donelan’s criticism undermines academic freedom
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Sharing historic admissions grades ‘has unintended consequences’
Study says tools informing students which courses they are suited for can lead them to apply for those they are overqualified for
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China casts collaboration net wider as research ties with US wane
Drawing on Web of Science citation index, Clarivate report shows fivefold acceleration in published research output from China between 2009 and 2021
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UCU branch’s support for ‘intifada’ condemned by Jewish students
Union members at UCL claim to have been the ‘victim of a smear campaign’ as higher education minister calls them Hamas’ ‘useful idiots’
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Academics targeted by authoritarian regimes ‘to quell dissent’
Increased persecution of scholars in Iran and Afghanistan led to more than 400 attacks being perpetrated against academia globally, says Scholars at Risk report
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China seeks greater regional influence via Gulf university ties
As US institutions’ enthusiasm for collaborating with counterparts in Qatar and UAE wanes, China offers funding and language support to increase its influence
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Getting 2:1 less important than ever for graduate jobs in UK
Employers increasingly wary of harming diversity drives with arbitrary thresholds
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Fear of fees and debt ‘keep Australians out of university’
Research ‘challenges the view that barriers to university education are driven by socio-economic disadvantage’
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Palestinian students suspended by Israeli universities
Palestinian scholars in Israel facing threats of violence and calls for their removal describe atmosphere of persecution
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A university merger in Australia is a political obstacle course
Both boards approved the case for the amalgamated Adelaide University – but politicians still formed a scrutiny committee, say Peter Høj and David Lloyd
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One in five UK medical students ‘considering dropping out’
Warning comes alongside call for significant improvements in healthcare education and training
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Canada toughens approach to international student exploitation
Trudeau’s immigration minister accuses institutions of ignoring costs to students from abroad and demands a recalibration
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Donelan’s UKRI letter over Israel comments sparks free speech row
Science secretary’s condemnation of ‘extremist posts’ by UKRI equality advisers has led to accusations of ministerial ‘bullying’ and censorship
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Academics ‘the real victims’ of 21st-century Australian boom
New millennium has wrought ‘transformational’ change on Australian higher education, and much of it has been ‘negative’, seminar hears