Stop ignoring African HE boom, universities urged
Sector cannot afford to keep ignoring the enormous opportunities in the world’s fastest-growing continent, international experts warn
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Turkey’s reversed university closure edict: cock-up or conspiracy?
Last month’s presidential decree demanding the closure of Istanbul’s liberal Bilgi University seemed to mirror the academic purges that followed 2016’s failed coup. But then it was cancelled. What...
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Concerns mount over cuts to German academic partnerships
Phasing out of international collaboration schemes adds to fears for future of global research
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News Talks podcast: How is global HE responding to the SDGs?
What do the 2026 Sustainability Impact Ratings tell us about the countries and regions whose universities are prioritising work towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
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Universities should teach students how to live, not just how to get a job
The popularity of an undergraduate course in Hong Kong reveals an enduring hunger to examine what makes life worth living, says McQueen Sum
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Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026: results announced
Manchester knocks WSU off top spot, while lower income countries like Malaysia narrow the gap with wealthier competitors in tables showing best universities for sustainability, writes Patrick Jack
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To restore social licence, we need an international commission on HE
A comparative analysis could explore what creates social support for international education, say Glyn Davis and Anton Muscatelli
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Korea ‘breaks new ground’ with Latin American courses deal
Country shifts soft power focus to universities in developing world, buoyed by the success of its cultural exports
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Scores of universities join interdisciplinary research network
Higher education institutions across 15 countries join global programme focusing on best practice and cross-border partnership
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‘Brain architects, not babysitters’: Norland aims for university title
Amid concern over graduate outcomes and the declining value of a degree, one UK higher education provider that boasts a practically perfect employability record is setting its sights on official...
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Asia ‘will train future academic workforce’ for the world
Western educators are mostly oblivious to a change of guard in higher education, authors of a new ‘mapping exercise’ warn
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Do we need harsher sanctions for research misconduct?
A series of new initiatives to punish researchers for retractions and AI hallucinations has led to fierce disagreements about whether such draconian methods are merited by the nature and scale of...
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News Talks podcast: Is the Greater Bay Area the next HE hub?
We discuss the ambitions of Shenzhen and other cities in China’s Greater Bay Area to develop higher education systems that match their global economic and industrial clout