World Academic Summit: innovative and sustainable entrepreneurship in universities Ahead of the 2018 World Academic Summit, speaker Nicolas Pejout looks at entrepreneurialism in universities By Nicolas Pejout 4 September
Academics push South Africa to open apartheid-era archives Witwatersrand conference hears that scholars have much to learn from material that activists are seeking to make public By Matthew Reisz 28 August
Africa ‘must embrace online learning’ to meet demand for degrees ‘Portfolio’ academics undertaking teaching for a range of platforms are playing an increasingly important role By Chris Parr 20 August
Zimbabwe spends $1 billion on Mugabe university Expensive initiative criticised as 'defying logic' in cash-strapped country By Chris Havergal 15 August
THE World University Rankings 2018 coming soon: what you need to know Phil Baty has the latest on the publication of the 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which will be launched in London in September By Phil Baty 10 August
ANC proposes free tuition for South Africa's poorest students Secretary general of ruling party wants government to provide "fully subsidised grants" to low income families By John Elmes 1 August
Interview with Stephen Hopgood We talk internationalisation in the face of Brexit, as well as the “alien” concept of fun for academics, with the international relations professor By John Elmes 27 July
Malawi government proposes new body to weed out fake degrees Former education minister says government will table bill for creation of new degree standardising body By John Elmes 26 July
Drive to train next generation of African scientists bears fruit Twenty-one countries attend annual meeting to showcase progress of multimillion-pound Deltas initiative By John Elmes 6 July
Kenyan universities told to improve PhD programmes Higher education regulator's new rules aim to drive up standards within sector By John Elmes 29 June
African partnerships ‘fail to build permanent research capacity’ South African minister says many collaborations amount to little more than ‘visits’ By John Elmes 1 June
Plans to name university after Robert Mugabe condemned Unions call decision an ‘insult’ to staff in Zimbabwe’s higher education sector By John Elmes 30 May