Erdoğan attack sparks fears over future of Turkish universities President’s broadside against Boğaziçi University raises questions over Islamisation of institutions and international links David Matthews 1月 18日
Richard Barbrook: using games in teaching reveals things that reading books can’t The politics lecturer talks Corbyn, computer games and reggae music Matthew Reisz 1月 18日
Anti-university narrative ‘politically motivated’, say UK v-cs Institutional leaders tell survey that current avalanche of criticism ‘lacks substance’ Chris Havergal 1月 18日
For-profit university director pocketed £1.6 million Office for Students asked to tackle huge pay awards given to leaders of private providers Jack Grove 1月 18日
Hundreds of hate speakers allowed on campuses, claims ex-OIA head Baroness Deech tells parliamentary committee that UK universities are ‘complicit’ in censoring lawful speech while giving hate preachers access to students Jack Grove 1月 17日
£1.1 million for new centre tackling decline of technicians Initiative is part of bid to tackle impending shortage of 700,000 university technicians expected in UK by 2020 Rachael Pells 1月 17日
Luxembourg increases higher education funding by 25 per cent More than half of new budget will go to the University of Luxembourg Matthew Reisz 1月 17日
UCL to launch open-access megajournal London institution thought to be the first in UK to launch open-access publishing platform, as academics move away from traditional scholarly journals Rachael Pells 1月 17日
Anger over pay spikes for departing vice-chancellors Union takes aim at ‘out of touch’ leaders after accounts show outgoing Kent head got £45,000 uplift in final year Jack Grove 1月 17日
Germany fears university growth threatens apprentice tradition Companies blame a ‘social shift’ for young people viewing campus as their only option, but others see positives in student boom David Matthews 1月 17日
Malta’s ‘American’ university fires nearly all its staff Jordanian-established institution has fallen short of recruitment expectations Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed 1月 16日
Ministers vetoed student champions from Office for Students board Three student candidates deemed 'appointable' to regulator's board were overlooked in favour of engineering undergraduate Jack Grove 1月 16日