UK falls behind US in ‘educating world leaders’ league table
Hepi says educating ‘leading lights’ builds up ‘incredible soft power’
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Unpredictability is keeping Brazil’s universities from flourishing
Threats to cut all postgraduate funding from 2019 in Brazil were thankfully scuppered, says Justin Axel-Berg, but signalled that a long-term strategy for Brazilian higher education is sorely neededÂ
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Trump bump? Student numbers rise at US women’s colleges
Since the 2016 US presidential election, women’s colleges have been seeing significant gains as more young women embrace #MeToo
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A no-deal Brexit is a no-go for UK universities
‘Swivel-eyed’ Brexiteers must acknowledge that leaving with no deal in March would be disastrous for UK higher education, says Hywel Williams
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Hungarian government pushes forward plan to ban gender studies
University leaders were given less than 18 hours to respond to state plans to scrap the subject
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Australian student loan bill passes senate
While students protest, repayment arrangements will still be kinder than elsewhere
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Students aren’t prepared for UK master’s level, study finds
Staff say they are having to put in extra hours to bring master’s students’ skills up to scratch
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Group of Eight benefits for economy ‘bigger than Russell Group’s’
Australia’s top universities deliver greater economic benefits than their UK equivalents, study finds
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Marx, Locke and Rousseau ‘key to Macron’s European universities’
New president of German Rectors’ Conference thinks it is crucial that all students know the European canon
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Cash-strapped Australian students ‘going hungry’
Survey unearths secret to student survival: don’t spend
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Shifting to digital delivery will require creative leaders
Persuading faculty and staff that online delivery models are a good idea will require collaboration and negotiation, says Michael Stewart
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Scholars put polemics over universities’ tainted legacies in context
Perspectives of historians, funders and fundraisers address ‘Maoist moralizing’ and shaking up ‘complacent’ institutions
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Hospitality management education should have a balance of the practical and liberal arts
Real-life experience in hospitality operations is vital for a career in this field, but so are courses in psychology, languages and theatre, says Georgette Davey
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Saudi removal of students from Canada is ‘warning shot’ to US and UK
Experts warn that row shows how globally mobile students can be used as pawns in era of ‘political overreaction’
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Social entrepreneurship gives students skills and something to believe in
More student-let social enterprises are a financially sound way to fight social injustices where charities might fall short, argues Robert PhillipsÂ