New Zealand’s free university scheme fails to reduce inequality
Data show wealthy students benefit disproportionately from NZ$200Â million annual borrowing holiday
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Curtailing internationalisation would damage the UK’s global ambitions
Limiting international student numbers or cutting post-study work eligibility is not the way to become a science superpower, says Max Lu
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Renaissance of ‘Italian Erasmus’ gets mixed reception
A domestic ‘Irasmus’ exchange scheme could help make teaching programmes more consistent and counter regional inequalities, but is a post-pandemic generation really interested?
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Transnational degrees will take European HE to the next level
Despite policy pushes, joint degrees remain a regulatory maze. The new European Degree might be the solution, says Kurt Willems
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Australia ‘clears’ student visa application logjam
But some applications remain in too-hard basket, while others suggest universities have let their guard down
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Government and universities must do more on students’ cost-of-living crisis
Spread among more than 100 institutions, an extra £50 million for hardship funds is a drop in the ocean, says Karen Cox
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New leader hopes to take Swiss universities through wilderness
New umbrella body president must safeguard world-leading institutions through a difficult time; luckily, the Neapolitan physicist is ready for a fight
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Open branch campuses with us, Kazakhstan tells West
Population boom and geopolitical shifts create positive conditions for institutions to set up shop in central Asia, says higher education minister
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Doubts over Australian student immigration reforms
Clearer permanent residency pathways may not favour international students in Australia
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Pandemic ‘widened divide’ between Australian elite and regionals
Big Group of Eight institutions got bigger while others suffered, exacerbating ‘David and Goliath scenario’
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Student number controls for England ‘still under discussion’
DfE said to think controls could be set without primary legislation, but ministers urged to consider market is already ‘doing the job’
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Yes, peer review sucks. But attention-economy hellscapes would be worse
Obliging everyone to undertake post-publication review would aid discoverability in a world without traditional journals, says Robert de Vries
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Fresh pay talks agreed as UK university strikes continue
Acas to mediate between unions and employers in an attempt to resolve deadlock on pay
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College graduates more likely to use gene-editing technology
Study that asked Americans if they would use genetic screening or gene editing to improve chances of offspring getting into a leading university triggers warning of increased educational inequalities
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ChatGPT can pass US medical licence exams, study claims
AI-generated answers showed ‘new, non-obvious and clinically valid’ insights in tests usually taken by students after years of study