Academics claim teaching practices at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University fail to live up to UK standards, with concerns over class sizes, grade inflation and language use highlighting the challenges...
Strong levels of ‘instinctive’ backing for UK research cannot be taken for granted given lack of personal connection, warns science campaign group
UK delegation to Beijing paves way for ‘cautious, sensible and informed international science cooperation’ says minister
New approach rewards institutions that ‘broadly’ conform to government quotas
It is difficult to think of another sector that has so dismally failed to strategically engage with the transformative potential of IT, says Ian Richardson
Focus switches to lifelong learning, TNE and online education as UK schools seek to overcome financial and demographic challenges
Hands-off councils said to have contributed to ‘governance crisis’ that Australian sector ‘needed and in many respects deserved’
A careful approach is required to rank the Arab World’s universities fairly. We adjust our World University Rankings methodology to take into account the region’s distinctive characteristics
Birmingham professor to temporarily oversee access and participation at English regulator following departure of John Blake
Government and business should pick up the tab for national priorities, says opposition leader turned university boss
President has criticised student debt for being too high but his attempts at reform have focused on removing benefits for people doing jobs he disagrees with
More than half of deans say parent universities want them to enrol more students, as leaders express concern over ‘growing disparities’
The recent skills White Paper foreshadows the shuttering of some or all research in certain UK universities. But what will the effects of that be on teaching – and on research itself? How could it be...
To fulfil its deal with the US, the country needs professionals who know where minerals are and how to extract them responsibly, says Sabin Zahirovic