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More scholarships and internships will boost graduates in the business world, says chief executive Martin Davidson
Diverse university models and academic freedom are key to resilience, participants hear
Howard Davies and Maria Zhivitskaya say critics of a new law allowing foreign-language instruction are fighting lost Proustian battles
Western universities scramble to spot fraudulent applications from China’s hypercompetitive students
The Home Office has concluded that the student visitor route into the UK is being used as intended and not as a back door route to work or settlement
Critics of university deal point to repression in Gulf state
Row over use of language in sector a moot point, study finds
Business secretary will argue against sector cuts and for extra investment
Mayor confident in capital’s academic brand values
The academy must repel UKIP’s charges, argues Christopher Phelps
Fewer British universities are hitting their overseas student recruitment targets this year in the wake of the government’s visa changes and Indian student numbers have again been hit, according to Universities UK.
How Bashir Makhoul explores through art the plight of his countrymen
Funded young researchers refused entry to UK, professional body warns
Vince Cable has said any sense of “triumph” over new figures showing a decline in student immigration is “absurd”, as he issued a strong defence of international student movement
Net migration to the UK has fallen again mainly thanks to a 23 per cent drop in the number of students coming to the country to study.
Flagship study-abroad scheme may have failed to attract desired numbers. Donna Bowater reports
Students dissatisfied with contact hours, QAA overseas provision review shows. Jack Grove writes
A study into transnational education has found that it can help train students to fill skills gaps in host countries, but also warned that it can contribute to a brain drain and has not led to enhanced research
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has called on British universities to help remedy the suppression of Burmese universities by the nation’s former military regime
East London institution is mired in difficulty as leadership disintegrates
V-c believes ‘radical solution’ is the way to rise up the rankings. John Morgan reports
Institution targets untapped foreign market
Asia breaks into the Universitas top 10 rankings
A grant of $500,000 (£320,000) from the Carnegie Corporation of New York has enabled Yale University to join forces with a wide range of international institutions to develop a global network of scholars devoted to the study of Asian topics.
Overseas students beat UK peers’ tariff scores on many courses, analysis suggests
Germany ensures degrees of highly skilled migrants are recognised. Frances Mechan-Schmidt reports
Chinese student at Bath convicted on bribery, firearms charges
UK settlement not on agenda for most, poll shows
Nicola Dandridge says mixed messages on immigration aid competitor nations’ university sectors
The first pan-European massive open online course initiative has been launched by the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities.
Australian approach offers lessons for UK, forum hears
Academics count the costs of Panorama’s North Korea exposé
Legal challenge helped save overseas students from deportation
Western universities are refining their offerings as the city-state’s economy gets back on track. Jack Grove reports from the UAE
Overseas students rejected on ‘arbitrary’ grounds, UKCISA report suggests
European countries that have a greater proportion of foreigners in their skilled workforce produce more highly cited research, a study has concluded.
Philip Altbach says global expansion may entrench the dominance of Western university systems
Forum discusses efforts to increase mobility of Europe’s academics
Former president says online courses could drive down costs
Nasir Warfa believes he is on a US security watch list, writes David Matthews
London Metropolitan University will again be allowed to recruit international students after the Home Office ended the revocation of its visa licence.
V-c aims for more international and postgraduate action
The continent’s burgeoning economies could prove a major source of future student recruitment, says Marguerite Dennis
Canadian human-rights case highlights disquiet at practices of Beijing-funded centres up on foreign campuses
Experiences highlight potential risks of overseas ventures for UK universities
‘Social engineering’ might be needed to help integrate international students, Sheffield pro v-c says
Archive’s historical material will be lost unless sector offers it a home
British Council discussions are under way, reports Donna Bowater from Rio de Janeiro
Better regional R&D strategies needed to access structural funds, sector told.
State lowers pay hurdle for overseas graduates as mandarin backs student migrants. David Matthews writes
The University Alliance mission group has gained another new member from Million+ while also announcing it is signing a partnership with its Australian counterpart.
Secretary general points to body’s valuable support for the developing world
Foreign students struggle to gain recognition for Oxford Brookes’ distance-learning qualification.
Premium route to highly trusted sponsor status will cost £8k a year. David Matthews reports
Minister of education tells conference his country cannot progress without building foreign partnerships
University vice-chancellor reveals the struggle to educate students who have been brutalised by civil war
For long-term prosperity, universities in war-torn countries must focus on rebuilding infrastructure, conference hears
The Prime Minister has rejected calls to withdraw overseas university students from the government’s target to reduce net migration, saying the move “would not make any difference to our student migration policy”.
The Labour Party has warned that the government’s drive to reduce net migration is choking off the flow of “legitimate university students” while ignoring abuse of the visitor visa route used by English language students.
