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Foreign students ‘crucial’ to Japan amid high graduate employment

Japanese students almost guaranteed jobs post-graduation as country’s population continues to fall, threatening future labour market

Harvard’s grade cap won’t restore academic standards

Academic standards will only be restored when universities align incentives with rigour, integrity and meaningful learning, says Mohan Rao 

Student visa success rates rebound in ߣߣÊÓƵ

Turnaround driven by selective slowdown in processing of applications from certain countries, rather than uptick in approvals

UCU in ‘difficult position’ over 2 per cent pay offer response

Members at union’s congress debate whether to hold another national ballot despite failure to reach threshold last year

Hungary to rejoin Erasmus and ‘phase out’ university foundations

Ursula von der Leyen and Peter Magyar hail ‘great progress’ as leaders agree to unlock EU funds after Orbán defeat

Aberdeen could cut 111 jobs as it seeks £10 million in savings

‘Decisive action’ is needed to address structural deficit despite recent cost-saving measures, says principal 

‘Indefinite’ strike called at Goldsmiths after marking pay docked

Union tells staff to walk out after academics taking part in boycott told they will lose full pay

University finally regains teacher training accreditation

Greenwich-accredited courses to resume in September after DfE backtracks on decisions made in ‘market review’

White House aims to establish political oversight of federal grants

End of égalité? France bids adieu to low fees for international students

New rules mandating higher tuition fees for non-EU students have sparked debate on whether France’s universities have abandoned their egalitarian principles and may soon charge far heftier fees for...

Fluctuating overseas income fuelling ‘winner takes more’ divide

Select group of elite universities increase share of fee money as others lose out, leading experts to fear ‘two-tier’ sector is developing

Asia ‘will train future academic workforce’ for the world

Western educators are mostly oblivious to a change of guard in higher education, authors of a new ‘mapping exercise’ warn

Atec appointments ‘signal intent’ on joined-up tertiary system

First leader of sector steward ‘happy to look at fees’ while commission pursues costing analysis