Belarus takes Bologna path to come in from the cold
The former Soviet satellite is working to raise standards and to court foreign students
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Chinese universities beat US in income-related rankings
Universitas 21 grading introduces new measure of purchasing power
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Cavalier attitudes lead to uncivil practices in vivas
Susan Bassnett wonders why PhD examining is still so amateurish and inconsistent in English universities
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A studentās lecture to professors
Can students teach their lecturers a thing or two? Austin Fitzhenry thinks so
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Overseas fees of Ā£11,000 āhave little impact on demandā
Although tuition charges emerge as most important factor for international students in Hobsons survey
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Animal testing agreement aims at more transparency
But animal rights group criticises move for not going far enough
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Social mobility debate ātoo focused on elite universitiesā
The UKās social mobility debate is too narrowly focused on a āsmall number of elite universitiesā and needs to be ādragged out of the 1970sā.
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Pfizer takeover bid: government āhas looked at merger rulesā on science
But Cable warns that intervention options are constrained by law
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Tuition fee caps removed in Australian federal budget
Australia is to remove all caps on tuition fees, a move billed as allowing its universities to compete with āthe best in the worldā.
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U-Multirank launched by EU commissioner
A European Union-sponsored university ranking system has gone live after around six years of development.
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Academic with criminal history prompts debate at Illinois
By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed
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Students āpositiveā about transnational HE despite high cost
The impact of transnational higher education on host nations is mainly positive, although more could be done to raise awareness among students.
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Kent v-c warns of dangers to HE of leaving EU
A vice-chancellor has made an impassioned defence of the benefits to universities of European Union membership amid the rise in popularity of Ukip.
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Video: Sir Patrick Stewart interview
Sir Patrick Stewart, known for his many acclaimed roles on stage and screen - including Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series...
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Women in STEM campaign aims to bridge gender gap
The government has launched a campaign to attract more women into careers in science, technology, engineering and maths.