Admission and completion rates sink in Australia
As Canberra considers reforms to make university enrolments more inclusive and abundant, key indicators are moving in opposite direction
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Edinburgh recycles heat from supercomputers to warm homes
Project aims to provide a blueprint for harnessing waste from energy-intensive facilities
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Graduate visa review 鈥榗an鈥檛 be allowed to threaten its existence鈥
Fears over Home Office seeking 鈥榖ack door extension鈥 to review amid debate over terms of reference and what 鈥榓buse鈥 means
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鈥楽mall but outstanding鈥 English research units get 拢156 million
Awards seek to 鈥榮upport the sustained enhancement of research capacity鈥 across regions
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UCU Left鈥檚 Trotskyist politics are driving UK HE鈥檚 perennial strikes
Elitist, undemocratic activists鈥 revolutionary aspirations explain their enthusiasm for futile industrial action, say John Kelly and Adam Ozanne
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Top UK laboratories adjust as Wellcome Trust cuts core funding
World-leading research institutes are switching focus and seeking new funds as core funding for Wellcome centres dries聽up
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Harvard may keep Garber in presidency 鈥榝or years鈥
Despite some calls to replace Claudine Gay with another black woman, tradition and mercy聽might force persistence of white male leadership
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Tories 鈥榙ripping sand in the gears鈥 of international education
Ewan Kirk, entrepreneur-in-residence at the University of Cambridge, says Westminster government is being 鈥榙riven by the madness of the immigration debate鈥
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UK plans national academy for mathematics
Government hopes new institution will help to upskill the country鈥檚 workforce and grow the economy
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Lack of communication skills leaves UK graduates naked in the workplace
Universities must address the deficit by offering training in public speaking to all undergraduates regardless of course, says Simon Hall聽
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European university alliances 鈥榬eplicate existing hierarchies鈥
But study notes later modifications to flagship policy have started to broaden out membership in terms of prestige and geography
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Singapore university events 鈥榤ust be in national interest鈥
Government says that higher education institutions manage their own events but that it聽might聽advise them to 鈥渞espect鈥ider social norms鈥
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Poor-quality presidential searches lead to poor appointments
Relying on search firms and ignoring faculty input is one big reason why incumbencies are shortening and success is becoming rarer, says Harvey Graff
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Four-fifths of UK providers in deficit if overseas income tumbles
Institutions鈥 projections for increased enrolments and reduced expenditure may be too optimistic, warns PwC
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African scholars 鈥榮hooting in dark鈥 without more research funding
Researchers聽unable to access resources to study issues Africa faces, says incoming聽leader of聽group of top institutions