Iranian university leader puts hopes in academic diplomacy
Tehran president says institution is keen to聽internationalise despite deteriorating relations with the West

Tehran president says institution is keen to聽internationalise despite deteriorating relations with the West

Orderly graduate recruitment under threat as demographic decline triggers 鈥榝ree-for-all鈥

Many feel that government neglect has taken away a聽rare聽source of聽higher education and culture聽from the surrounding working-class neighbourhood, writes Stephanie Reist聽

Education secretary says university inaugurations 鈥榥ot appropriate鈥 for sovereignty conversations

We are careful and consistent in our approach to collecting and evaluating data for the World University Rankings. Here we explain how we handle the data to聽position more than 1,200 institutions...

Union members鈥 walkout over budget cuts will coincide with the arrival of new students

The results from a major higher education funding review, a potential overhaul of student visas, and a closer look at the university pensions scheme are all on the docket for autumn

Universities will have to develop and comply with free speech policy by January

European funders鈥 shift away from subscription journals raises questions over the outlook for prestigious periodicals

Erecting walls around university research labs will only leave us all worse off, writes Andrew Williamson聽

Office for Students says end of system of annual negotiations will allow universities to be more 鈥榓mbitious鈥 and 鈥榝lexible鈥

Institutions say they don鈥檛 doctor their admissions, but figures tell a different story
Privatisation more sensible than mergers Nick Hillman鈥檚 view that 鈥 Ministers are anything but relaxed about university closures 鈥 (Opinion, 16 August) and Roger Brown鈥檚 response (鈥 Breakdown cover...

UK academics prize the USS pension. Sacrificing a scheme 鈥榠n rude health鈥 on the basis of overcautious calculations would cause more disaffection