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Universities must adopt global, rather than international, outlooks, says scholar

University leaders from across the Continent explain why collaboration is more important than ever as a new mission group forms in Amsterdam

As meritocratic approach to education finds favour in UK, academic argues its dystopian original meaning has come to pass in China

Arrest comes as government targets up to 10,000 borrowers living in Australia

Survey of Chinese employers shows UK graduates required to ‘fit back in’ to home culture

Stop worrying about the expansion of higher education and look at the positives, say Francis Green and Golo Henseke

Hispanic student accuses professor of cultural insensitivity over allegations she must have plagiarised work by using the word ‘hence’

A trip to the theatre prompts Martin Hall to think afresh about the demonstrations gripping his country’s campuses

Badly rated teachers more likely to distrust data, Israeli study finds

Student artists at Staffordshire University have transformed academic research on graduate debt into a full-length comic

Vice-chancellors warn that leading researchers will flee if unrest over tuition fees is not resolved swiftly

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

University of Toronto must prove professor’s comments constitute ‘violation of law’, says Canadian Association of University Teachers

New Aston vice-chancellor Alec Cameron also says that Brexit could lead to ‘aggressive’ recruitment of students in Europe

Indian private university adds Long Island to list of global campuses, but faces opposition on Boston plans

Rosi Prescott considers how universities should tackle the decline in students’ well-being often caused by financial stress

Anthony Monaco adds that the US has a more ‘holistic approach’ to recruiting students than the UK

A teaching collaboration between two very different institutions worked better than either could have hoped, write John Simon and Thomas Schutte

UUK report brings together best practice for combating abusive behaviour

Advocates for using education to help former inmates get their lives back on track say that current policies are deterring applications

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Many graduates would also have chosen a different subject or institution in hindsight, study reveals

Study of 36,000 undergraduates identifies positive relationship between financial aid, retention and attainment

Students are too often micromanaged and policed while on campus, and it needs to stop, writes Frank Furedi

Government spends £4m advertising to overseas students at the same time as visa action pledged on ‘lower-quality’ courses

The South American country is failing to retain enough of its students, a government survey has found

Even the best rankings cannot fully convey the valuable mission of America’s Land-Grant universities, says Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

When it comes to student engagement, US institutions in the research elite typically have a lot of ground to make up

Vice-chancellor warns of ‘lost generation’ if classes do not resume soon

Current funding and fee levels apply for duration of 2017-18 courses even if UK leaves EU

Report also suggests that institutions develop 'more sophisticated' financial arrangements

Campus police left in position of trying to reassure students while not adding to febrile atmosphere

As the US’ ‘dumpster fire’ of a presidential election looms, it is more important than ever that students engage with other perspectives and acknowledge that their views aren’t universal, says Maximillian Alvarez

Universities in Pakistan and across the developing world should help spread the light of learning, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz

We need a cultural shift in how we provide comments on student work, say Naomi Winstone and Robert Nash

Corbyn-sceptic calls free education ‘enormously expensive’, but backers see it as clear and popular

Home secretary says government will support 'best' universities

Universities should be doing more to speak up and out against contract cheating, says Tricia Bertram Gallant

But has Hillary Clinton left Republican candidate in shade on college affordability?

Degrees are about aspirations as much as they are about status and salaries, write Neil Sammells and Rob Mears 

A network of students and academics aims to promote public economic literacy as well as reform the curriculum

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Bruce Macfarlane on the hypocrisy of academics who help to monitor students in ways they themselves never were

The challenges of being a parent while studying must not be overlooked, says Helen Owton 

Association of American Universities president also says state of US public universities is like battle to save species from extinction

But a federal income-contingent system is called for in a book co-authored by Brookings Institution fellow

Nicholas Dirks tells THE summit that free tuition would enable government to 'control' public research universities

Results come as issue continues to be high up agenda on campuses in the UK and US

Opposition spokesman on higher education also says government tactics on EU students are 'grubby'

Loan pot cut by two thirds, claims Rafizi Ramli of People’s Justice Party 

Flurry prompts discussion over whether such incidents are more common, or a symptom of social media explosion

But others say shifting the problem back to students would simply be the ‘easy way out’ instead of prioritising HE in state budgets

Government review of admissions followed media assertions that misleading entry tariffs are ‘rife’

Annual study from UK estates group shows academic performance has dropped in importance for prospective students

Royal Academy of Engineering report reveals which countries are proving most effective in training up engineers to drive economic growth

Hepi report says some universities should increase their funding for mental health services at least threefold

Small colleges perform well in Times Higher Education US student survey, which will fuel upcoming university ranking for the country

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Anna Esaki-Smith writes on the many challenges facing her as she prepares her class for the IELTS exam

President of the Australian Human Rights Commission says number of attacks on campus is 'seriously under-reported'