Hefce to pilot standardised student tests
Exams could measure 'learning gain' but may also form part of planned teaching excellence framework
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Refugee student applications ‘testing credential checks’
Very few US universities have policies to deal with growing number of stateless people seeking a chance to study
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OECD’s Ahelo will fail to launch, says education director
Project to measure learning outcomes globally could have got off the ground ‘if UK had signed on’
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News blog: what’s the difference between Oxford and Cambridge?
John Morgan looks at the differences between Cambridge and Oxford on the £9,000 tuition cap – and the idea of ‘going private’
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Deirdre McCloskey: ideas, not capital, are root cause of development
Maverick economist explains ‘why the modern world happened’
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Failure is an option: six ways to deal with it
Failing is part of being an academic, says John Tregoning, so we should be ready for it
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A-level axe for creative writing prompts fury
Academics teaching the subject at university say it needs a place on school curricula as well
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News blog: Ig Nobel research tackles dinosaur chickens and unboiled eggs
Studies on urine, pain thresholds and unboiled eggs honoured in annual awards for improbable research. John Elmes takes a look
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The wrong kind of law to prevent terrorism
The Prevent programme will cause real problems for universities, say Phil Lindan and Meriel Schindler
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Chinese investors could fund complementary medicine research
Australian advocates of alternative treatments lobby Canberra for more state funding for research
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Students hold national day of action over axeing of maintenance grants
Jo Johnson and George Osborne among MPs targeted by campaigners
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‘No admissions bias’ against ethnic minority students, Ucas says
Study concludes that black and ethnic minority applicants are less likely to be offered a place because they choose more competitive courses
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EAIE 2015: universities step up their internationalisation game
Jack Grove surveys the exhibition hall in Glasgow, and finds institutions keen to impress
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THE podcast: 17-23 September 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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Government names universities hosting 'extremist' speakers
Move comes as universities minister criticises National Union of Students for failing to back new rules to curb ‘extremist’ speakers on campus