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Legal obligations continue to apply in transnational setting, say Lancaster scholars

A UK university is leading a team to promote academic links with industry in Colombia, Panama and beyond

Twenty-five years after it was founded to promote openness in the post-Soviet era, the Central European University is grappling with new threats to democracy

Education minister says senior managers at Kenya National Examinations Council implicated in ‘unprecedented cheating’

Football team being doused in ‘milky fermented alcohol’ shines light on practice more commonly associated with the US

Liberals’ first budget also includes extra support for students

Study suggests saturation point of higher education expansion is some way off

Vrije Universiteit Brussel cancels classes for the rest of the week

Trend that started in US high schools is increasingly being reported on the country's university campuses, reports Josh Logue for Inside Higher Ed

Countries make a commitment to deepen partnership in quality assurance for transnational education

Some institutions are starting to listen to the growing call for better access to menstruation products, reports Jake New for Inside Higher Ed

Institutions will struggle with Chinese government push on entrepreneurship, Ellie Bothwell hears Zhejiang University dean tell conference in Beijing

Education City's spending for stateside outposts pieced together by The Washington Post

Interviews paint a bleak picture of morale at Yonsei University, raising further concerns about country’s attempt to internationalise

President of free online university says universities will be forced to change either their price structure or their offering 

Education minister Simon Birmingham signals potential funding cuts to universities but fee rises plan could also be revived

Researchers set out how academic insights can build trust between different groups

A new law to support early career researchers has reopened arguments over limits on the use of short-term contracts in the country

British Council study tour brings together university leaders with potential UK partners

Banners put up across Chinese university campuses have strange take on annual event

Education minister pledges to 'ensure there is no exploitation of people'

Elizabeth Garrett announced last month that she was fighting colon cancer

Might mass polls by live audiences actually be a better way to choose the right applicant?

University of Illinois research finds ‘brilliant’ or ‘genius’ more often used to describe male academics

Organisation says it has helped enrich the educational prospects of more than 50,000 Palestinian students

Legislation will allow overseas students to include time spent studying in Canada in application

A new joint PhD programme is part of a ‘new era of close collaboration’ between the UK and Australian universities, say v-cs

Nanyang Technological University president Bertil Andersson says Singapore has been much better at improving universities

Almost half of defectors drop out of higher education in South Korea

France's École Polytechnique among the institutions signing agreements in aftermath of nuclear deal

Collaboration with Europe has grown dramatically since 2000, according to analysis

State's new campus concealed carry law leads to warnings for academics on handling students who may have guns

Third of country’s higher education institutions were closed in 2014 after criticism of standards

Researchers hail separatism as a way for region to escape Spanish bureaucracy 

Consultant downplays fears that leaving the EU could see overseas sources of funding dry up

The school was launched by four students who met on an online course at McGill University

But universities warned to beware the predicted fall in China’s student population

Classes suspended at Pretoria and Free State following clashes over language and outsourcing

Student protesters at the US institution want the name of the gardens at the university changed, reports Ellen Wexler for Inside Higher Ed

University academics answer an appeal for help from country's inspirational leader

Barry Winn, former University of Bradford deputy v-c, criticises short-term ‘colonial’ approach of UK universities to global partnerships

Civil society groups attack move as ‘gross violation’ of academic autonomy

Chinese Ministry of Education directive wants students abroad to have a ‘positive patriotic energy’

The House of Representatives approves legislation that dictates NSF grants can be awarded only to projects in the ‘national interest’

University announces major strategic planning initiative to address long-term budgetary concerns. Colleen Flaherty reports for Inside Higher Ed

Techniques used by scientists led by Ruth Gates and backed by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen are coming under the microscope. Jon Marcus reports from Hawaii

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen warns job losses will see some services ‘cut to the bone’ as 7 per cent of staff exit Denmark’s most highly regarded university

Thailand’s institutions want to develop joint degrees with the UK, but hurdles remain in visa red tape and political instability

Interviews with MA students in UK suggest that although few agree with Chinese government line, compulsory courses dull development of independent thought

Some universities have already overturned a ban on marriage and children among undergraduates, but it is still upheld in places

Canadian university admits video aimed at promoting energy saving by showing a female teacher receiving suggestive compliment was sexist

Political theorist Andrei Stavilă explains how a comment on a friend’s Facebook page led to exit from Turkish university

Recently founded institutions can ‘leapfrog’ the educational approaches of the past, says former AUC president

Broader-based education addresses concerns over graduate skills, conference hears

Many black and ethnic minority staff at universities are also downbeat about their promotion chances, according to a new University and College Union survey

Women in Leadership conference host says schools must ‘deconstruct’ curricula to combat gender bias

Challenge of balancing need for quick decision-making with demand for collegiality debated

China, fostering links with future leaders through its universities, is now playing the same game as Western nations, researcher says

Lord Willetts tells event it is hard to see how governments can fund expansion on necessary scale

A Glasgow student has returned to his native city of Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan inspired to embrace the ideals of a ‘learning city’