Overseas student numbers in Japan up by 12 per cent
Vast majority of international students come from other parts of Asia
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Huge demand for refugee courses at Germany universities
Most finished integration courses, but few ended up with advanced German skills – and the vast majority were male
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Victoria University adopts ‘block model’ to cut dropout rates
First-year students will study just one subject at a time rather than juggling four units with competing demands and deadlines
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Former Turkish university rector jailed over 'terrorist ties'
Head of private university that closed in July 2016 is latest academic targeted in post-coup crackdown
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The 2018 global Academic Reputation Survey: why you should take part
Phil Baty on how THE's annual reputation survey informs its World University Rankings
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Sex and Secularism, by Joan Wallach Scott
An attack on the foundation of modern Western society has an absolutist ring to Jane O’Grady
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Has Democracy Failed Women?, by Drude Dahlerup
Mary Evans praises an exploration of the ways and means that prevent women from participating in public political spaces
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The Attention Merchants: The Epic Struggle to Get Inside Our Heads, by Tim Wu
Our advertising questions should focus on where and when we are targeted, says Ciaran Driver
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Urban Rage: The Revolt of the Excluded, by Mustafa Dikeç
Lisa Mckenzie on a study about taking one of our strongest emotions to the streets
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Unsettled status is too high a price for Brexit
Home Office threats to deport her may have been an ‘unfortunate error’, but Eva Johanna Holmberg is still wary about the future
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How can scholars tackle the rise of Chinese censorship in the West?
There is growing concern that China is trying to silence its critics in the West, with academic publishers a particular target. Tao Zhang considers the consequences for scholarly freedom – and what...
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Journeys from the Abyss: The Holocaust and forced migration from the 1880s to the present, by Tony Kushner
Book of the week: Anna Boucher commends an analysis of the experiences of different generations of migrants
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What are you reading? – 4 January 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education – 4 January 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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REF cycles ‘force academics to rush out poorer quality research’
Study finds 35 per cent increase in publications ahead of submission deadline, but 12 per cent decline in citations