Appointments
Royal Welsh College of Music and DramaSimon JonesThe Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has appointed Simon Jones acting head of strings. The promotion of Dr Jones, currently head of the college'...
Royal Welsh College of Music and DramaSimon JonesThe Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has appointed Simon Jones acting head of strings. The promotion of Dr Jones, currently head of the college'...

An illuminating guide maps out a fast-track course to a dazzling imperial overview for Ronald Mellor

Financial models that have stood firm for decades are failing, technological revolution is opening new doors and a growing middle class is creating unprecedented demand. At a time of extraordinary...

'Abysmal' Australian provision may isolate nation as East rises. Phil Baty reports from Adelaide
Cross-subsidising 'loss-makers' an essential part of university life, says UUK head. Jack Grove writes
United StatesThou shalt not teach thisA US university has dropped plans to offer a course on how biblical principles can be applied to business management after objections from civil liberties groups...
India has long been the "sleeping giant" of Asia. Research in the university sector, stagnant for at least two decades, is now accelerating but it will be a long haul to restore the country as an...
United StatesYou booze, you loseThe governing body of a US university has warned its president to curb her drinking or it will sack her. In a recent letter to Susan Martin, Eastern Michigan...
Two memoirs by Indian scholars who spent many years at Oxbridge offer salutary insights into life at the ancient universities. Tapan Raychaudhuri, author of The World in Our Time and a professor of...

The government has reluctantly shelved its bill governing foreign education partners, reports Joanna Sugden from New Delhi

The V&A’s reflective new exhibition of Middle Eastern photography brings a heterogeneous region into focus, says Shahidha Bari
Cengage's plans to digitise the 19th century could open up a whole new world, finds Matthew Reisz

The visa process can trap students in a costly Kafkaesque limbo. To improve life for foreign scholars, the sector should halt its failed lobbying over policy and focus on publicising the misery...
United StatesLegal tenderA US university aims to buy a law school from another "local" institution for $25 million (£16 million). Texas A&M University will pay Texas Wesleyan University $20...
Higher education has room for both high ideals and pragmatism, Matthew Reisz hears in Bologna