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'Ominous time' for French students after support funds are slashed
Student leaders warn cuts to support funds will increase financial pressure on those at university
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Chinese crackdown on study abroad preparatory programmes
After fears that Chinese students are absorbing ‘Western values’, city authorities attempt to stymie pathway courses to foreign universities
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Working with the homeless can ‘generate knowledge for social change’
Art can be used to showcase the skills and highlight the plight of the homeless living among us, says Brighton PhD student
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Brazil leads the way on measuring learning gain at university
Country’s standardised test shows improvements in undergraduates’ general and subject knowledge
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Higher education's contribution to Irish economy tops €10 billlion a year
New study suggests 150,000 jobs in Ireland are dependent on the sector – with each role in HE supporting another seven elsewhere
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Loughborough v-c: raise or scrap fee cap to better fund learning resources
Survey finds one in five heads of IT and library services facing a budget cut this year
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Privatise universities and let them ‘sink or swim’, Thatcher was told
Records of former Buckingham vice-chancellor’s suggestion at 1985 seminar released by National Archives
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New Year Honours 2016: Paul Curran knighted and five professors appointed dames
City University London vice-chancellor among academics recognised
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How student completion rates vary across Europe
A comparison of some of the national policies aimed at addressing study success
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University starts from scratch in exile
One of Ukraine’s most highly regarded institutions has decamped to a new home 100km away to escape fighting in the war-torn region close to Russian border
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West Point cadets get food for thought
Jon Marcus reports from the famous military academy in New York state on an unusual student exchange
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Focus on ‘elite’ universities ‘risks responsiveness of UK research’
Narrow science base could hurt ability to meet new challenges, report says
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How Serhiy Kvit is reforming Ukraine’s archaic higher education system
The former university rector has been praised as one of the country’s most effective politicians for driving his ambitious reform programme forward
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Moocs: international credit transfer system edges closer
Six universities in talks on global credit transfer system for online courses
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