The massification of higher education: Chinese student experiences
Is class becoming as important as academic attainment in China? asks Ka Ho Mok

Is class becoming as important as academic attainment in China? asks Ka Ho Mok

The institutions with the strongest global connections have a ‘cultural disposition’ to think beyond borders. Ellie Bothwell reports

Tuition rises have left middle classes ‘slammed’, and low African American enrolments can cause tensions, warns Gene Block
Times Higher Education’s debut event on universities’ innovation and impact will be held in partnership with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
With the Aga Khan's aid, the highlands of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic will soon boast an ambitious three-campus university. David Shariamadari reports. Building a new university...

Hong Kong scholar says students are embarking on postgraduate degrees to 'delay' unemploymentÂ

What do protests at the University of Hyderabad and Jawaharlal Nehru University tell us about India’s ‘messy democracy’?

In India as in the UK, highly stratified systems have negatives, especially for first-generation students

What price eternal life? Matthew Reisz meets a scholar who uses economics to explain our belief in the hereafter

The latest reaction to the World University Rankings as it comes in

To remain relevant in a rapidly changing world, the global university sector must work harder to convey its value to policymakers and the wider public, says Hamish Coates, professor of higher...

We need quick agreements to mitigate the damage that UK exit will have on the European academy, argues Bernd Huber

This graph shows an explosion in the number of so-called predatory publishers and journals in the past five years

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Blog: James Tooley believes the UK academy would be better off outside the European Union