Iran releases detained student
An American student who was on an intensive language programme affiliated with the University of Tehran is among the prisoners released following nuclear deal
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Penguin Random House removes degree requirement for job applicants
Publishing giant says move is designed to attract a ‘more varied candidate pool and future workforce’
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Mozambique university to launch Chinese degree course
Students at Eduardo Mondlane University will have the chance to visit Chinese universities
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World University Rankings blog: time to submit your data
If you want to join our exciting global project, get in touch, says Phil Baty
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The government must avoid fragmenting UK higher education
As officials begin to look through the responses to the Green Paper consultation, Shirley Pearce flags up four risks they need to avoid
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Clearing no longer ‘last resort’ for applicants
Survey of students who gained a place through clearing last year shows its rising importance as way to refine choices
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‘Academic crowdsourcing’ allows lecturers to share ideas
Two networks in Australia and the US backed by the same start-up technology are blazing a new teaching trail
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CEMS: business education with ‘a feel of the United Nations’
The international aspects of the master’s at a worldwide alliance of business schools will produce ‘global citizens’ for a ‘volatile’ world, hopes its head, Roland Siegers
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Private universities damage education quality, says president of India
Comments come amid debate over whether to permit for-profit institutions to operate in the country
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Internationalisation is not an end itself
It’s not good enough just to jump on the internationalisation bandwagon – we have to measure outcomes, says Uwe Brandenburg
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Higher education Green Paper: Concerns over TEF timetable and fee caps
Sector questions feasibility of time frame for the teaching excellence framework
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THE books podcast: interview with Svetlana Stephenson
In-depth discussion with Gangs of Russia author
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'Even if Greece is bankrupt, we still have our bodies, and we will help those who need us'
An impoverished island's citizens and academics greet desperate refugees with compassion, in shocking contrast to governments' inaction. Dimitris Ballas writes from Lesvos
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Are Tories ‘ducking debate’ on big higher education policy changes?
John Morgan looks at how scrapping student grants sparked claims of a political fix
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Writing about sex (with footnotes)
Matthew Reisz recalls some memorable examples of academics venturing beneath the sheets