Africa’s ‘teaching shops’: the rise of private universities
Are the continent’s for-profits exploiting students or have they helped to widen access?, asks Chris Havergal
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Chopsticks: A Cultural and Culinary History, by Q. Edward Wang
Jonathan Mirsky enjoys a bowlful of insights into the origins and uses of the utensil that Asia made its own
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Sophist Kings: Persians as Others in Herodotus, by Vernon L. Provencal
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on the complex thesis emerging from a study of the Histories
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World’s university ‘oligopoly’ accused of blocking OECD bid to judge learning quality
Ahelo academic and funder blame research elite for thwarting international graduate tests, but criticisms also levelled at multimillion-dollar ‘failure’
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US universities slow to respond to prospective international students
US and Canada ranked below four other regions for communicating effectively with prospective international students
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British-Islamic Identity: Third-Generation Bangladeshis from East London, by Aminul Hoque
Caught between two cultures, six teenagers turn to Arabic to feel at home, finds Mafruha Mohua
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The people who give millions to their alma mater
A ?17.5 million donation to the University of Cambridge has thrown the spotlight on philanthropy, but where does it sit in the recent history of cash gifts? asks John Elmes
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China crisis: what does it mean for student recruitment?
Currency devaluation and economic slowdown could stymie lucrative market
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Helping veterans explore a new avenue on Civvy Street
University of South Wales offers academic credit for skills and experience gained in the military
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UK is world’s top destination for fashion students
C’est chic: British fashion schools triumph in inaugural Business of Fashion global ranking
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Non-EU students still attracted to UK universities
The number of students from the Middle East coming to UK universities more than doubled between 2003-04 and 2012-13. As traffic from all other regions also rose, the total number of non-European...
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News in brief –?26 March 2015
Source: Chinese University of Hong KongRoyal SocietyNobelist wins presidential ballotNobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been named president elect of the Royal Society, after a...
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HE guidance system
探花视频’s six-pronged offer provides the global academy with the tools to find the right path – higher education’s ‘strategic sonar’
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‘Flying faculty’ often feel down about the life peripatetic
A new report highlights the downsides of life for the travelling lecturer
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OECD’s Ahelo project could transform university hierarchy
The UK must decide by 31 May whether to take the next step in a project aiming to measure learning outcomes at a global level