Internationalisation and increased research funding could help country replicate success in primary education but neighbour’s long-running war is leaving its mark, says minister
Number of Russians coming to the UK for study has ‘collapsed’ during war in Ukraine, with visa policy, links to Kyiv and feelings of not being welcome adding up to ‘unofficial ban’
Research intensive universities to adopt ‘consistent’ language to help applicants ‘make better informed decisions’ as part of new plan to tackle education inequality
Repeated efforts to bring about ‘high-level systematic reform’ in English higher education flounder without buy-in from those doing the doing, says access tsar
Universities eye ‘block teaching’ as way of attracting more students but staff at places that have made the switch warn it is having the opposite effect
Students given wrong question and others left without supporting documents, but institution denies impact of voluntary severance programme was to blame
University tuition fee freezes seen as key barrier to expansion of domestic IT and engineering workforce, restricting Labour’s goal of meeting skills gaps
Former professor, who saw off challenge from far right, urged to prioritise changes to education and research despite country’s stark financial problems
Development of tools that can provide personalised learning will leave universities to focus on professional and personal development, incoming chair of OfS says
University president believes strained relations bring opportunities for Hong Kong’s development but warns international collaborations increasingly at risk
Even extreme interest in Covid-19 science was not enough to overcome citation loss associated with switching to a different research track, say US economists
Australia’s ‘addiction’ to foreign students’ fees and its penchant for ‘little bits and pieces of reform’ are threats to sovereign research capability, press club hears
Leaders still among the best paid in the sector, with little sign that increased regulatory scrutiny or financial hardship is having an effect on wages
While flurry of approvals raises concerns about the financial viability of offshore outposts, government policies leave ambitious universities with few other choices
Firms promise technology can boost conversions and relieve pressure on overworked teams, but critics warn over impersonal processes and massive bottlenecks of ‘nonsensical’ applications