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England’s universities minister explains why the government is allowing universities to charge students more for condensed honours degrees

Researcher finds that impressive enrolment numbers conceal the tiny profit margins earned by UK universities operating abroad

Generous philanthropic giving brings significant benefits to US universities but poses leadership challenges too, says Ángel Cabrera

University leaders are increasingly expected to communicate directly with staff and students, often on controversial topics – how should they handle this tricky task?

Liz Carlile explains why the University of Sheffield has avoided giving unconditional offers to applicants who have yet to sit their exams

The success in attracting Erasmus+ students must be translated into more far-reaching and economically transformative initiatives, says Conrado Briceño 

Encouraging academics to spend time with scholars from outside their own discipline will be vital to tackling today’s grand challenges, says Annette Rubery

The way ancient texts are treated in today’s classroom can validate or call into question students’ deep-set values and cultural expectations, finds Rachel Moss

UK universities must cover soaring staff visa costs to mitigate the effects of the Home Office’s harmful policies, says Tristan Sturm

With Wales’ Coleg Harlech due to be sold this month, Sam Christie reflects on why ‘second-chance colleges’ have failed to thrive given their role in post-industrial communities

Today’s Office for National Statistics report will make challenging reading for the Augar review panel, but it must not resort to draconian cuts to student numbers, says Greg Walker

Latest remuneration figures bring prospect of more criticism for UK universities

Claudia Bueno Rocha Vidigal on the cultural and political forces that drove efforts to address discrimination in university admissions

Major Ucea study finds ethnic minority staff suffer ‘significant pay penalties’ relative to white male staff with equivalent academic backgrounds

The international stars in the Boston Red Sox and the city’s stellar universities highlight why Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric is so out of step with a ‘winning’ part of America, writes Jack Grove from Boston

China’s growing presence in Africa is causing many students to head to Asia rather than Western universities, says Zahir Irani

Nick Hillman disputes a narrative that assumes all would be well if ‘experts’ were put in charge

A polemic against the divisive effect of ‘victimology’ puts its author’s prejudices on display, says Joanna Williams

Academics should not be afraid to challenge the wisdom of requiring institutions to make financial amends for their past links to slavery, says Robert Dingwall

Physicist who transformed himself into leading higher education expert remembered

Lawyer of former university president imprisoned in Turkey gives glimpse into courtroom practices faced by persecuted academics

New pilot phase of post-Brexit immigration plans will prioritise applications from European Union staff working in higher education

Many retired academics embrace the freedom to fully embody their view of the serious scholar, says Bruce Macfarlane

A landmark analysis of several government data sets will help policymakers make more effective interventions, says Roger Smyth

Human beings may struggle to maintain their place in tomorrow’s highly mechanised universities, claims sociologist

The elaborate prank that saw spoof papers accepted by social science journals reveals more about the hoaxers’ politics than the shortcomings of ‘grievance studies’, says Alison Phipps

Scholarly prose can be verbose and unclear, and can obscure the point you are trying to make. Joe Moran offers his top 10 tips for writing well

Right-wing intellectuals who fetishise ‘facts’ frustrate rather than further intellectual debate, says Ryan Coogan

Only students with the deepest pockets can afford to pay hundreds of pounds for ghostwritten work, says Anthony Smith

The US car industry shows why higher education deregulation is ultimately disastrous for product quality and consumer safety, says Jeff Frank

Durham University has cleverly positioned itself as the ‘Harry Potter university’ to attract Chinese students, says Madeleine Ferrar

Research reveals how the new Longitudinal Education Outcomes data on graduate earnings give a misleading view of graduate earnings and value for money, says Gordon McKenzie

Claims that the UK’s counterterrorism strategy targets Muslims and harms free speech are ‘nonsense’, says Prevent coordinator Chris Sybenga

Senior leaders must lead the charge in changing higher education’s structural disadvantages for black and minority ethnic staff and students, say Kalwant Bhopal and Sally Hunt

Conservative anger at initiatives to make campuses more inclusive to minority students is misplaced, say Kevin Singer, Laura Dahl, Matthew J. Mayhew and Alyssa N. Rockenbach

The UK’s new research mega-body has huge power to tackle long-standing inequalities, says its new diversity tsar Jennifer Rubin

The Migration Advisory Committee review showed little interest in understanding international students or how the UK labour market works, says Stanley Ipkiss

Nick Hillman explains why the much-anticipated UK review of overseas student policy gets it so wrong

Author of Academically Adrift says university haters have ‘grossly distorted’ his seminal study

Soul-searching is required by institutions if they want to survive the alarming decline in student numbers that will leave many classrooms empty, says Jayden Kim

Review of Higher Education says it cannot cope with significant increase in number of articles offered

Dahl before Dostoevsky? Harry Potter before Proust? It’s time to acknowledge the texts that really constitute the modern literary canon, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto 

New furore over a steep rise in unconditional offers and concerns over student mental health underlines why reform of the UK’s unique admissions system is long overdue, says Julie Kelly

Perilous drops in student recruitment at UK universities during A-level clearing raise the likelihood of institutional failures, a prospect that remains as politically unpalatable as ever, says Nick Hillman

‘Swivel-eyed’ Brexiteers must acknowledge that leaving with no deal in March would be disastrous for UK higher education, says Hywel Williams

The LSE political scientist discusses influencing the US news agenda, Trump’s authoritarian streak and why we must defend democracy

As universities prepare for A-level results day next month, Liz Carlile explains how to get clearing right

Scholars at greater risk of stress-related illness than police, medics and local authority staff, research suggests

Undead professor deployed as critique of managerialism and teaching evaluation at a UK conference

Reformed Paris university raising funds for professorships, labs, bursaries and restoration projects

University of Roehampton provost Lynn Dobbs will take the reins at London Metropolitan University in October

Istanbul scholar Büşra Ersanli is one of 241 scholars to face legal action for signing a 2016 peace declaration

Study finds general management skills are valued more in education pro vice-chancellors than pedagogic expertise

Slash interest rates and reintroduce maintenance loans, says critical report

Academics from North and South Korea are exploring how reunification could work, says Incheon National University president

World Bank consultant says India’s decision to relax state control over curricula at some universities is model

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens will become the first state institution in Greece to teach undergraduates entirely in English

Study suggests doctorates are now seen as a test of character rather than intellect

OIA report reveals payout of almost £50k to an international PhD student kicked off their course

Worsening political ties have led a Russian government agency to urge students abroad to return home