The Burnham government must join up the dots in HE policy
To avoid undermining policy priorities, significant decisions affecting universities and students must be centrally managed, says Rachel Hewitt
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New Zealand university enrolments eclipse pandemic peak
Higher education dominates post-Covid recovery, as vocational enrolments remain suppressed
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‘Insurance’ choice future still unclear despite admissions surge
Elite universities’ growing selectivity fuels revival of back-up option, but no guarantees trend will continue
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More private takeovers of universities would face ‘steep hurdles’
Paris-based higher education group eyeing more UK investment says it won’t rule out any category of institution
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Korea’s pipeline into Western universities is getting narrower
The closure of a domestic pathway that helped prepare Koreans for overseas study means recruitment from the country will get harder, says Kyuseok Kim
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Is the sky the limit for Asian international student recruitment?
Amid an anglophone crackdown on overseas enrolments, several East Asian nations have set and surpassed ambitious recruitment targets of their own. But are they getting what they want from those...
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Surge in student deserters from Russian army, charity reports
Anti-war group that helps people avoid conscription sees requests leap after Kremlin campaign to recruit students into the military
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Pay back your loans, NZ warns globetrotting graduates
Even though defaulting debtors risk arrest at the airport, ‘campaigns’ to recover student loans net surprisingly meagre returns
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Elite Indian engineering colleges to offer medical degrees
IIT Madras branches out as AI takes ever more important role in hospitals, but experts warn it could face many obstacles to achieving ambition
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Scotland’s universities face £200 million annual shortfall
Sector’s worsening financial situation laid bare by new analysis conducted as part of wide-ranging review of university system
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Dream of Neom U dies amid doubts over desert megacity plans
With its leadership team and political support gone, a proposed flagship research institution in Saudi Arabia is set to ‘quietly fade away’, experts believe
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Secondary and onshore Australian visas ‘next to be targeted’
Dependants and visa-hoppers reportedly in the frame of looming crackdown, as rejection rates remain at near-record levels