Conversations between Scottish and Soviet researchers during the 1980s show academia’s potential to provide ideological safe space ‘outside of the state and its institutional needs’
Struggling universities unlikely to see greater support as warring parties focus on political reform
Charge students to retake passed exams, Norwegian government tells universities
Policymakers must recognise that international education is a lifeline for low- and middle-income countries, say Maia Chankseliani and Joonghyun Kwak
Capital seen as being able to absorb ramifications of a market exit, while regional towns and cities would feel much greater impact
British-Turkish team behind the 2012 book Why Nations Fail awarded Nobel prize in economics
Experts weight in on how Supreme Court’s national prohibition on affirmative action has affected diversity of this year’s intake
Number of higher education institutions applying to take part in UK student mobility programme fell this year
Personal touch the magic ingredient in a programme credited with keeping research hotshots on home base
UUK’s Blueprint is right to call for greater FE-HE collaboration so both sectors can complement each other’s strengths, say Sam Parrett and Nick Whitehouse
Campaigners think some groups of students, particularly those from overseas, are much less likely to report disabilities and mental health conditions
New partnership with armed forces could lead to further harassment of students and staff, activists claim
Interest from Nigeria and India falls sharply, with challenging picture set to continue across courses with January start dates
Pandemic-style redundancies feared as universities count their losses
Regulator will ask students about their experience of sexual misconduct within higher education institutions following a pilot survey in July