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Christopher Bigsby on the pleasures and pitfalls of internationalisation

Overseas students due to start courses in August told not to travel to the UK in the wake of the visa fraud inquiry

Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead

London universities have launched a fresh attempt to woo Indian students in the face of a huge drop in the number coming to study in the UK.

Observatory on Borderless Higher Education report author urges UK universities to factor in growth of transnational education

UK parent institutions face questions over their procedures and monitoring of capital operations

Foreign students in the UK need fluency, not just a certificate, says Karen Harris

Six academics share their experiences of university life overseas

Universities of West London and Bedfordshire also told they cannot sponsor new international students

A woman stabbed to death in Essex has been identified as a Saudi Arabian student who was taking an English language course at the county’s university.

The University of Sunderland has joined a growing list of institutions who have decided to waive fees for language students on a study year abroad

16-member Global Academy of Liberal Arts aims to help reassert value of non-STEM study

New mobile app helps a Cambridge press offer free digital monographs even to those without computers

Standards watchdog calls on universities to beware misleading students about overseas facilities

Learn Chile project launched to attract students from abroad

An independent Scotland would reintroduce post-study work visas and ease restrictions on overseas students, the Scottish National Party has pledged

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls for ‘globalisation’ and more exchanges at university leaders’ summit at University College London

Ignorance of one’s native English means other languages and cultures are a closed book, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Study reveals challenges for US universities seeking alliances in Argentina, Brazil and Chile

EU aims are laudable, says Malcolm Gillies, but the Bologna Process is no silver bullet

The former Soviet satellite is working to raise standards and to court foreign students

Although tuition charges emerge as most important factor for international students in Hobsons survey

A European Union-sponsored university ranking system has gone live after around six years of development.

The impact of transnational higher education on host nations is mainly positive, although more could be done to raise awareness among students.

A vice-chancellor has made an impassioned defence of the benefits to universities of European Union membership amid the rise in popularity of Ukip.

Nations paying to send students and researchers abroad often fail to assess their value, study finds

Bright Blue campaign challenges coalition policy

Racist government policies hurt the higher education sector, says Kevin Fong, but the harm doesn’t stop there

The British Council is to offer its first free online course for learning English on the UK massive open online course platform FutureLearn.

Students in second-choice destinations obliged to return home for failing to reach entry requirements

The use of English as the language of instruction is a “galloping phenomenon” across the world, according to a report.

Nearly a quarter of million students, young people and education staff in the UK are set to receive funding from the new Erasmus+ programme.

The University of Oxford’s technology transfer company is to help a group of Omani business leaders set up a new university in the country.

Uclan and Bangor partnerships confirmed during Willetts visit

Higher tuition fees in the UK are one reason why an increasing number of British youngsters are considering studying abroad, according to a survey by the British Council

Saudi princess sounds alarm over institution’s share of local students

Policymakers urged to learn lessons from ‘advanced’ overseas model

The University of Northampton is to open a regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a bid to increase student recruitment from the region.

The President of Ireland says he wants to “plant the seeds to break new ground” and “renew” the relationship between British and Irish academics

House of Lords committee calls for ‘proportionate’ checks on students

Labour says it wants more international students to come to the UK and would consider not including students in the same targets as other migrants.

International students complain of ‘inadequate’ teaching while hearing their visa sponsorship could again be in jeopardy

Problems with the introduction of EU harmonised three-year degrees have led to a reassessment

A course from the UK can’t simply be transplanted overseas even if the language used is the same, says Rebecca Hughes

IAU study identifies threats and opportunities of internationalisation

Universities and science minister at BIRAX conference affirms intention to encourage partnerships for joint scientific research projects

Fall is major factor in student numbers from abroad dropping for first time in almost three decades

Lords committee also becomes sixth Parliamentary group to call for students to be removed from net migration count

Birmingham and Illinois at Urbana-Champaign pledge coordination on multidisciplinary research projects

Pro v-c at Nottingham Trent attacks ‘profit chasing’ in sector and calls time on marketing speak

James Brokenshire, the immigration minister, said that he wanted to ‘underline’ a ‘message of welcome’ to international students

Mauritius wants foreign students; Aberystwyth will help to provide them

The former British High Commissioner to South Africa is to join University College London to steer its international strategy.

Northumbria University is to become the latest UK institution to open a campus in London as it tries to increase international student numbers.

Analytical, not visionary, mindset may be best protection against a branch campus blunder

‘Savage reduction’ in overseas recruitment feared after new minister’s speech

150 universities pledge to join Institute of International Education initiative

The government’s new immigration minister has threatened to make it tougher for education institutions to keep their student visa licences.

UUK lobbies Parliament over immigration bill concerns

Solutions to demographic, quality and employability issues needed for a sector slow to adapt to globalisation