Graduate premium stalling in some countries, OECD data suggest
Figures show a number of nations with high participation rates are not seeing graduates’ earnings rise relative to school-leavers’ wagesÂ
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It is time to scrap traditional academic departments
The way in which academic departments are typically formed creates more barriers than benefits, says Zahir Irani
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Alison Johns named chief executive of UK’s merged sector agency
Leadership announced ahead of ECU, HEA and LFHE merger in 2018
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Nature editorial refires debate on scientific monuments
Op-ed on statues of eugenicists and researchers who denied rights to non-white people branded ‘disastrous’
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Controversial politician to lead Dutch universities
Backlash against VSNU’s appointment of Pieter Duisenberg, who called for investigation of anti-conservative bias on campus
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London: international students have a key role in widening participation
The capital’s universities must use increased tuition fee revenue to improve access for disadvantaged students, says Tony Halmos
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Martin Parr’s images of Oxford: celebration or satire?
Book and exhibition by one of the UK’s most renowned photographers stem from unprecedented access to elite university
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The ‘learning triangle’ that can bring vocational and academic learning together
Joy Carter urges universities and policymakers to embrace the ‘joy of learning’
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Europe’s academies ask: are we in a ‘post-truth’ world?
US scholars will also be involved in new push to understand if the public still values expertise
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England’s new access chief ‘must be public champion’
Administrator taking over from Les Ebdon as director of fair access must speak out on need for student diversity, says sector expert
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Vice-chancellors: stop defending your own pay and spare a thought for your staff
Sally Hunt lambastes university employment models, which she says would be more at home in Sports Direct
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Warning over ‘underfunding’ of Dutch universities
Despite bachelor’s graduates rising by a third since 2009, funding has barely risen faster than inflation
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North Korea’s only ‘Western’ university reopens for new term
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology feared closure when US travel ban took effect this month
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Ontario plans first francophone university
But critics claim that French students are already well served in the province
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‘University of liquor’ to open in China
Kweichow Moutai’s move reflects concerns about shortage of skilled workers