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Office for Students¡¯ judgement that for-profit college was ¡®not financially viable¡¯ raises questions of why Department for Education extended funding access last year

Lords committee says Augar panel ¡®missed mark¡¯ in not considering how reducing tuition fees could force universities to divert research income to teaching

If universities don¡¯t assert their expertise, demands from ministers and industry will become ever more misguided, says Dawn Freshwater

¡®Distinctive Australian¡¯ scheme will ¡®buffer out unintended consequences¡¯, architect says

Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country¡¯s extraordinary scientific rise

Conversations with students at the failed for-profit provider reveal much about its business model and the Department for Education¡¯s judgement, writes John Morgan

Retention, graduate employment, student feedback and widening participation to guide distribution

States have rolled back funding as Washington has stepped in ¨C and this must stop, says Louisiana State president

Tuition comprises less than half the cost of attending US universities, but taxpayers may be unwilling to cover it, says Anthony P. Carnevale

Jo Johnson is back in his old brief as England¡¯s universities and science minister, reappointed by the prime minister, his brother Boris. John Morgan looks at his most pressing challenges ¨C some his own creation ¨C and his likely goals

US president¡¯s agitations seen as having political rather than practical goals

Battling to protect online institutions, Trump administration raises risk to student dollars

Ex-European Commission official predicts ¡®zero chance¡¯ of UK joining Brussels research programmes after no-deal, with ¡®going global¡¯ and looser rules the likely alternatives

Lack of a functioning executive and threat of a no-deal Brexit have put Northern Irish universities in jeopardy: could a new university help?

Students from poorer regions who enter their local workforce after graduation should also be celebrated, says Sir David Bell

In the context of all the privations Palestinians suffer, international academic isolation is a terrible thing indeed, says David Palumbo-Liu

Law dean calls Amy Wax¡¯s views ¡®repugnant¡¯ but does not answer demands for her removal

Gavin Williamson named education secretary and Andrea Leadsom business secretary in Boris Johnson Cabinet

UUK and Russell Group issue appeals after former shadow HE minister¡¯s victory in Tory leadership race

Rising numbers of overseas academics have been hit with visa denials or refused entry to Palestine, scholars say

New campus after seven years of CMU operations in Rwanda raises hopes, questions of sustainability

Minority institutions wary of big candidate promises to lavish them with support

Several years on from Rhodes Must Fall, the hoped-for revolution in South African university teaching has not happened, says Saloshna Vandeyar

Provision of teacher residencies and mentoring by universities seen as key to long-term science improvement

Situation is ¡®driving anxiety and fear on our campuses¡¯, Lawrence Bacow warns top officials

Political shifts will bring funding shift from HE to FE, but universities could play into ¡®politics of belonging¡¯, former No 10 adviser says

Universities ¡®on the front line¡¯ as authoritarianism rises and other European nations may follow Hungary¡¯s example, leaders and academics warn

As the UN reviews its Sustainable Development Goals, ?se Gornitzka and Sidsel Roalkvam argue that the push for quality education needs to go well beyond primary schools

University of Alaska cuts are just the latest example of what is probably the new normal in US political culture, says Ben Trachtenberg

The long overdue top-up to England¡¯s quality-related funding stream is a reminder that project grants are not the only show on the beach

Student satisfaction appears to be higher with some humanities courses like history, and lower with certain STEM subjects 

The well-known economic and social benefits of higher education have been tossed aside for short-term political gain, says Steven Brint 

UUKi chief will ¡®eat hat¡¯ if amendment to liberalise visa regime not adopted, as major survey of international graduates published

The next EU commissioner for research and innovation must fight for the Horizon Europe budget but resist timetables for scientific delivery, says Jan Palmowski

State¡¯s budget crisis seen as highlighting growing doubts about lawmakers¡¯ confidence in the value of knowledge

Widespread talk of free college may give way to tougher institutional measures, conference hears

US¡¯ top producer of research papers hopes stance will force major gains in open access

¡®Inconceivable¡¯ next PM will adopt Augar plans and graduate, employer levy plan is ¡®only¡¯ solution for England, says former education secretary

All modern academics know that it¡¯s publish or perish, but is regular publication a gateway or a barrier to groundbreaking scholarship? Simon Baker assesses the data on the relationship between research volume and quality and asks which, if either, should be prioritised

FBI views academic collaboration with Chinese institutions as ¡®sharing with the enemy¡¯, says attorney for sacked geneticists

Despite win, academic acknowledges critics of tactic of rapid-fire attacks on president

The coach, Peter Brand, had accepted high home purchase price from applicant¡¯s father

Only a quarter of biology conferences set rules on attendee behaviour and penalties for misconduct are even rarer, study finds

Daughter of academic immigrants has plenty of history on higher education policies

While fighting huge state funding cut, James Johnsen concedes overcapacity and low interest

Rick Snyder withdraws following criticism of his role in the Flint drinking water scandal

Government scheme funded by four universities raises concern in sector over ¡®surprising flow of resources¡¯

Lord Storey¡¯s private member¡¯s bill would make it illegal to provide or to advertise contract cheating services

Populism scholar Matthew Goodwin discusses political side-effects of higher education expansion and academic debate about ¡®grievances¡¯ fuelling movements

Reduction in budget to tune of $135 million (?107 million) could lead to 1,300 job losses, officials estimate

Scholars say cuts to Higher Education Commission¡¯s budget will drive academic brain drain

Budget restrictions, a focus on teaching and a paucity of internationalisation all hold back Turkish research, says Hakan Ergin

President¡¯s appointment of new Islamic university rector raises academic freedom concerns

Means-tested fees discounts would remove the rationale for fruitless widening participation efforts, argues Norman Gowar

Former universities minister says institutions do not always succeed in maintaining founding diversity as he predicts ¡®growth agenda¡¯ will win in the UK

Minister insists English universities remain good value, despite increase in projected student loan write-offs

England¡¯s new Disabled Students Commission will help eliminate the institutional missteps that can still blight disabled students¡¯ experiences, says Chris Skidmore

Disciplinary-level assessment unlikely to survive in its current form, say sector leaders

Corruption, poverty and inequality can¡¯t be tackled by weakening the state and driving academics abroad, says Mark Aspinwall

A punitive attitude towards incarceration limits the access of the US¡¯ uniquely large prison population to college degrees. But there are signs that attitudes are finally shifting. Paul Basken considers the arguments and looks at some prime examples of what can be achieved with a captive audience