The week in higher education - 13 March 2014
Dozens of students from Indian-controlled Kashmir were suspended from university for cheering Pakistan’s victory over India in a cricket match, The Daily Telegraph reported on 5 March. The students...

Dozens of students from Indian-controlled Kashmir were suspended from university for cheering Pakistan’s victory over India in a cricket match, The Daily Telegraph reported on 5 March. The students...
Brussels, 15 Mar 2005 With food safety a major priority in Europe, some third countries have expressed the fear that this issue could become a new trade barrier, preventing imports from countries...
Census sensibility reveals the global academy’s greatest names Which universities do scholars think are the best on the planet? This is no idle question, as our annual Academic Reputation Survey...

As the Queensland Art Gallery celebrates 20 years of its Asia Pacific Triennials, Peter Hill explores the latest edition of a remarkably pan-national affair
Overseas student enrolments at Australian universities are recovering from the lingering effects of Asia's economic crisis, according to statistics published this week. Just under 45,000 new overseas...

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Brussels, 29 January 2002 The European Commission has issued a call for proposals for the co-financing of joint projects to enhance the transfer of information and communications technology (ITC)...

The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.It shows the world’s largest...

Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead

Prince William has had a busy time recently: high-fiving Tinie Tempah at the Baftas last week, shifting sandbags in a flood-hit Berkshire village and reportedly enjoying a hunting holiday in Spain...

It has bar stools and beer pumps, but the new “pub” at London South Bank University is not what it seems. In fact it is “an elaborate set, built at a cost of £20,000 by the psychology department; a...
Brussels, 05 Sep 2003 In an effort to strengthen its international relations, the EU has underscored the importance of increased scientific co-operation with other world regions. And Southeast Asia...

UK’s ‘golden triangle’ accounts for 8 of the country’s 10 representatives in top 100
The THE World University Rankings do not signal a power shift, but rather show just how far Asia still has to go, Michael Cox argues