Science editor: scrap top US accreditor to widen student outlook
Holden Thorp says Abet course rules hinder well-rounded strategies to fight major social burdens
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‘Joined-up government’ key to UK international education goals
Trade minister Graham Stuart says cross-government support will allow UK universities to grow overseas student numbers by 30 per cent
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China moves to halt universities’ eastern branch campus rush
Ministry of Education says it does not ‘support or encourage’ institutions setting up outposts beyond their home province
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Bite-sized courses provide sustenance in ߣߣÊÓƵ
Despite scepticism about the business model, short courses prove an earner for cash-starved institutions
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‘Dramatic’ variation in universities’ occupational health spend
FoI requests suggest some UK institutions have spent just a few hundred pounds per academic over the past six years
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Let’s all look out for the Covid Generation as term starts
As freshers make up for forgone alcohol experiments during lockdown, George Bass won’t be surprised to see more hair ransoms on InstagramÂ
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‘Proportionate’ free speech bill would be ‘welcome’, says UUK
But Royal Holloway principal warns against ‘frivolous and vexatious claims’ under planned legislation
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Campus practices in spotlight as first US admissions trial opens
Accused of bribery to gain entry for their children, parents draw parallels to legal forms of favouritism
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Wall Street Journal/ߣߣÊÓƵ College Rankings 2022 methodology
Ranking of US universities and colleges puts student success and learning at its heart
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ߣߣÊÓƵn Research Council abandons preprints ban
But thousands of ߣߣÊÓƵn researchers remain in limbo, with reviled rule still in force for grants under consideration
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Crunching the Covid crisis: ‘everybody was in the same boat’
Technologically proficient teachers ‘struggled just as much’ in pandemic-induced online stampede
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Experts urge caution on positive UK study visa data
Factors such as students ‘hedging’ applications across countries could mean data overstate final recruitment
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Chinese universities ticked off for ideological education ‘gaps’
Inspectors tell Ministry of Education to ‘study deeply and systematically about Xi Jinping’s thoughts on education’
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Graduate salary metrics ‘help push leavers towards London’
Fixation on outcomes data means universities have little incentive to persuade their graduates to stay localÂ
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My viral Tweet revealed the extent of academics’ email angst
This article does not require your immediate attention, says Emily Kane