Fighting talk from OfS is alarming universities
New Office for Students guidance hints at a more adversarial approach to sector that most wish to avoid, says Gill Evans
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Universities face ‘Olympian’ competition in new technological era
Alliances between institutions to become increasingly important, says Sheffield vice-chancellor
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US university donations up 6.3 per cent in 2017
Rise is driven by increase in gifts from alumni, says survey
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Aberystwyth University’s Mauritius campus loses £1 million
Deficit revealed after announcement that institution will close the overseas outpost
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Mutual degree recognition across Asia-Pacific comes into force
Japan and South Korea latest countries to sign Tokyo Convention, which supports the mobility of students and academics across the region
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Italian temporary professors ‘earn as little as €3.75 an hour’
Universities pay only for direct teaching time, making effective hourly pay derisory, union claims
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Saudi university allows women to freely leave campus
Taif University lifts consent rule for female students in wake of royal decree
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Liverpool announces second China campus partnership
Up to 24,000 students will study at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University’s two campuses near Shanghai by 2028
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Universities will use AI to select students, says Alice Gast
Imperial College London president predicts that higher education institutions will follow global corporations in screening applicants using AI-based algorithms
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Dutch students ‘losing out’ due to English degree growth
Domestic students are being squeezed out of Dutch universities by growing numbers of international students, claims a leading newspaper
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Pan-European study abroad initiative renewed until 2020
Cross-continent campaign seeks to attract overseas students from South America to Asia
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Quality points
Mary Curnock Cook’s address to the annual general meeting of the Council for the Defence of British Universities (CDBU) was robust and provocative (“Prioritise students or face more regulation, says...
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Participation points
Cherie Blair (HE&Me, News, 25 January) is mistaken about the participation rate at the time of the Robbins report. It was 6 per cent in 1963, when I started university as one of a small minority...
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Poor knowledge transfer ‘a barrier’ to emerging economies’ growth
Ability to commercialise research is key to rebuilding war-torn countries such as Sri Lanka, but businesses must pledge support, say sector leaders