WSJ/THE US College Rankings 2020: Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins rise
Harvard tops student-focused ranking for fourth consecutive year
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Are leaders from overseas good for universities?
Universities often claim to be competing in a global market, but their recruitment of leaders typically results in domestic appointments. With some of the world’s top institutions led by people from...
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Augar’s English fee plans fail to make spending review
Chancellor’s omission of any mention of post-18 review cements impression that plans for fee cut are dead
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THE World University Rankings 2020: opportunity for unity
While nations compete to unlock the huge potential of quantum engineering, it is also a chance for building global partnerships, says David Awschalom
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USS pension changes ‘leave typical academics £240K worse off’
Average members set to get £18,200 a year in retirement under latest changes, compared with £23,800 under pre-2011 scheme
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Catching the exam cheats
Exam invigilator Helen Soteriou reveals the elaborate schemes devised by students seeking to cheat on their tests
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Tenure under threat as US university mulls department closures
Financially troubled institution suggests senior faculty vulnerable
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EU laws on stem cell research ‘more exposed’ post-Brexit
UK’s exit removes a ‘powerful brake’ against extreme ideas at a time of increased lobbying, say expertsÂ
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Chinese students in UK ‘manipulated’ by embassy, MPs told
Committee hears claim that director of research centre lost job in row over funding from foreign state
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THE World University Rankings 2020: time to follow our own star
Having caught up in the numbers game, Tsinghua and China more widely are ready to pursue research and teaching suited to their unique priorities, says Bin Yang
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Hong Kong boycotts replace lectures with ‘lessons in civics’
Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts
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Jo Johnson under pressure over Brexit after prorogation move
Universities minister ‘needs to come out and say what he thinks’, says one vice-chancellor