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OUP apologises two decades after book sparked violent protests

Publisher acknowledges ‘unverified statements’ in controversial text by American academic that led to long-running legal battles

Monthly payments switch mooted as part of student loans shake-up

MP seeks reform to ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ system amid cost-of-living concerns

Hike Erasmus+ budget by €20 billion to boost inclusion, EU told

Current proposals would limit access to studying abroad and prevent creation of new scholarships in priority fields, European universities have warned 

Adapting international student recruitment after chaos of 2025

Tracking student engagement data ‘complex and contested’

Study warns against heavy reliance on metrics such as logins and page views to judge students’ performance

‘Profound political change’ needed to revive Venezuelan science

Collapse of higher education system under Maduro unlikely to be reversed without a complete change in leadership, warn experts

Universities offer lifetime career support in ‘tough’ UK economy

Graduate employability increasingly seen as ‘university-wide priority’ involving academics and researchers as well as dedicated careers services

World University Rankings by Subject 2026: methodology

How we rank universities across 11 separate subject areas 

Is this tiny engineering institute really the future of HE?

New provider has been lauded by politicians and the media alike due to its different approach that seeks to ‘build a new type of university for a new type of undergraduate’. But what lessons can it...

Harvard’s slashing of PhD numbers is long overdue

Trump-imposed economic pressures should prompt us to confront the mismatch between PhD admissions and academic jobs, says Joshua Snider 

Education department plans to ‘harmonise’ accountability metrics

Japan’s women-only universities divided over trans admissions

Some institutions revisit gender-related policies against backdrop of legal and political developments

China ‘marked down’ in scholar’s retraction-adjusted rankings

Penalties for withdrawn papers and self-citation proposed by Stanford researcher would hit standing of Chinese universities

OU to be ‘university without walls’ as Milton Keynes move dumped

Vice-chancellor Dave Phoenix tells THE that focus should be on using partnerships to deliver for city and UK, not switching to face-to-face education on new campus