Internationalisation

British catering bosses have flown East to learn how to feed what is an increasingly vital student market. Richard McComb reports from China

International Policing and Justice Institute integrates practical police training into an academic context

Tolerating overseas arrivals’ experiences is vital, but critical thinking is a matter on which there can be no compromise, insists Tao Zhang

Qatar University tops list while the UK is the most outward-looking nation

Academic recommends tailored programmes for refugees

Winner of the 2015 THE Most Innovative Teacher of the Year title emphasises benefits of international learning experiences

Studies of childhood development demonstrate the value of research outside high-income countries, says Martin Hall

After fears that Chinese students are absorbing ‘Western values’, city authorities attempt to stymie pathway courses to foreign universities

Head of Saint Petersburg State University’s Graduate School of Management insists government does not interfere in academic freedom

Institution’s US Centre seeks to promote multidisciplinary and international research on American policy

Scholar says academics who move to international outposts do ‘hardly any research’

The most popular higher education articles of the year, based on website traffic

Associate dean at HEC Paris says French institutions must look to international peers if they want to compete globally

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Report from the Council of Graduate Schools contradicts 'common assumption' that international students choose US for doctoral degrees

President Tony Chan puts rise to world stage down to money, research-active staff and the lure of Hong Kong

Local officials wanted too much control over academic programmes at Nazareth branch campus, says Texas A&M

Students who had an opportunity to learn a foreign language more likely to want to study abroad, research reveals

The former director general of the World Trade Organization talks immigration and inter-university rugby rivalries

British Council research forecasts that China will remain the top provider of international students

Black, Chinese and Asian undergraduates report highest level of skill development

BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit hears that countries such as India should stop trying to play the West's game

A higher proportion of overseas students in the UK would recommend studying in the country, compared with those in other nations, study finds

V-c tells staff that decision to close campus, which has just 140 students, ‘not taken lightly’

Politics lecturer Michael Buehler faces sustained attacks after raising questions about covert lobbying ahead of US visit by country’s president

Konstantin Krotov also speaks of ‘full support’ for Turkish academic in light of Russian-Turkish diplomatic tension

Street mime artist-turned-professor Gilberto Scaramuzzo explains to Jack Grove how the wordless theatre form can enrich university teaching

New rules enabling higher education board to shut down private universities seen as a threat to the government amount to ‘banditry’

Unexpected creation of a ‘Global Challenges Research Fund’ means that if they want more money, academics may have to contribute to international development

Involvement in global quality assurance is crucial to signing up more overseas students, says Fiona Crozier

If the government is serious about globalisation in higher education, it should do more to open up overseas study to UK students

Stanford University to assist in development of programmes to be introduced in January

President of US campus also seeks to aid the local economy and forge global partnerships

Universities UK meeting hopes to build further on existing initiatives

Labour’s Iain Wright says PM ‘needs to decide what’s best for Britain’

Number edges close to 1 million, driven by rise from India and China

However, success of Indian academics in the UK may be under threat as a result of universities’ focus on teaching excellence

Envy of Japan’s Nobel prize record is fuelling massive investment in sciences and higher education, including in international partnerships, says president of Ghent branch campus

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

But UK overseas STEM postgraduates less likely to say the country is the best destination for career opportunities

Funding, staffing and alternative providers among issues to be considered as part of £5 million initiative

Institution’s School of Media, Arts and Design is 25 this year. Its current dean takes Times Higher Education through the reasons behind its success

Efforts to reform universities in the face of shrinking student numbers may jeopardise departments with the best overseas links, says Japan-based UK professor

Researchers from 72 institutions say they will not visit Israeli higher education institutions, act as referees, or participate in conferences

Higher Education Regulatory Funding Authority set up with British support

Spanish scientist and politician Pablo Echenique on why he won’t be visiting the UK again after being thwarted from delivering a lecture by the UK visa regime

Are the continent’s for-profits exploiting students or have they helped to widen access?, asks Chris Havergal

Jack Grove reports from official inauguration of campus that reflects Singapore’s growing demand for Western-style higher education

As China's president visits the UK, heads of UCL, LSE and the Royal Society all warm to his slogan "the Chinese Dream"

It is no surprise that universities and science are high on the agenda for Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to the UK this week, says Alice Gast

Chris Parr writes from the Reinventing Higher Education conference in Madrid

Home Office policy viewed as ‘racial discrimination’ by applicants, conference told

Universities to reflect long and hard about their duty of care to those working or studying in foreign countries

Women with partners who have full-time jobs find it more difficult to get over ‘glass fence’ and move abroad, study suggests

As universities and academics strive to aid migrants and understand their plight, scholars offer personal experiences of the upheaval

In advance of a conference on ‘education without borders’, Anthony Redmond considers the ethical issues around sending medical students on elective courses in low-income countries

Gene Grossman says restrictions on globalising the academy are ‘hugely damaging’

Department’s 250,000 ‘credibility interviews’ in two years questioned after ‘unjustified’ refusals to students

From accent intolerance to ‘bamboo ceilings’, Jack Grove examines the challenges of working in a university overseas

University of Liverpool vice-chancellor says remarks harm UK’s global reputation