Internationalisation

China’s long wait for a home-grown Nobel prize in science is now over, but concerns over its university culture remain, says David Matthews

Institutions signed up to IIE’s Generation Study Abroad initiative have pledged to create scholarships for under-represented students, says report

Academic ‘scallywags’ are gaining doctorates thanks to the circulation of dodgy theses within some universities, says the founder of plagiarism pressure group

Super-selective institutions do not always offer value in teaching and learning, THE World Academic Summit hears 

Two cohorts of managers, drawn from universities across the country, will study for doctorates in higher education management

UK institutions have triumphed in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016, but immigration policies and fees may threaten their status, says leading academic

Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016 will include 200 universities for the first time

Week of university visits may lead to a broader framework agreement

European Association for International Education conference hears crisis, coupled with domestic problems, threatens ‘jewel in the crown’ of US sector

Jack Grove surveys the exhibition hall in Glasgow, and finds institutions keen to impress

International students accounted for over two-thirds of the growth in enrolments in past decade, says study

Anxieties over overseas posts largely overlooked as academy highlights benefits of global mobility, researchers claim

Times Higher Education rankings almost the most used league table in India

Overseas applicants also cited the UK’s attitude to international students as a factor dissuading them from choosing a university in the country

Former business secretary’s book says PM cannot move Theresa May ‘an inch’ and reveals Lib Dems had plan to protect higher education and science budgets under new coalition

Report recommends that branch campuses are scrutinised within institutional reviews of UK awarding bodies

Brazil’s flagship scholarship programme likely to suffer as government looks for savings. Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro

Sir Adrian Smith on what he feels is the institution’s undeserved reputation for fustiness

Survey finds that students perceive similar benefits to overseas experience, regardless of duration

Kiron University looking to raise money to offer free education to refugees

Research reveals surprising impact of overseas study, says Ellie Bothwell

Scholar says ‘extraordinarily challenging’ task of running a university’s overseas outpost needs to be rethought

UKVI takes action against one of England’s largest private colleges

Government seeks to build on increasing numbers coming from abroad to study in the country

Australian delegation that includes former cricketer Adam Gilchrist aims to boost educational links with subcontinent

Currency devaluation and economic slowdown could stymie lucrative market

Maria Yudkevich, Philip Altbach and Laura Rumbley examine the parallels between the grading of global institutions and sport

Agency to design and conduct nationwide inspection regime

Obama Administration’s pivot to Asia ignores the fact that young Americans wishing to study abroad prefer Europe, says Trina Vargo

Cultural differences can complicate relationships between international doctoral students and supervisors, Jack Grove hears

Universities believed to be looking to Continent to make up shortfalls in domestic enrolment

European Parliament study highlights pursuit of profit and ‘elite’ monopoly on mobility

The full text of the former president of South Africa’s speech at the THE Africa Universities Summit

Proposal announced by Ministry of Education as the number of international students in the country continues to decline

More than 60 universities in Germany provide help for the country’s growing number of refugees, study says

Pair of employees at the American University in Dubai deny criminal charges

Senior figure at UN-established agency questions role of for-profits and says universities should be at centre of debates on continent's future

Course looking at ‘key security issue for East Asia’ part of major University of Central Lancashire investment in Korean studies

THE Africa Universities Summit hears that scholars may be tempted back by improved standards, better facilities and a welcoming atmosphere

New plans focus on putting Hungarian higher education on solid international foundations

Editor John Gill reflects on the inaugural Times Higher Education Africa Universities Summit

From the most international universities in the world to how demographic change will shape 21st-century higher education

Former president of South Africa addresses inaugural THE Africa Universities Summit

Head of University of Nottingham Malaysia says too much emphasis placed on small number of closures

Poor benchmarking means that universities are failing to make the most of their internationalisation strategies, says report

‘Critical Muslims’ square up to the challenges facing higher education and research

We talk to the lawyer, academic, former pro-chancellor and founder of a private university in Nigeria

The reforms have caused rigidity and bloat. Stefan Kühl thinks a boiled-down approach is needed

Report attributes decline to UK government trebling tuition fees 

Sir Keith Burnett responds to home secretary Theresa May’s letter about university funding

Ex-European Commission president speaks to THE for feature that also looks at the fist fight UK universities can expect in return for pro-EU campaign

Long-term future of theological colleges in doubt due to stringent visa regime, warns head of one institution

After Tory victory in the general election, an EU exit could become reality. We hear from both sides of the debate

We talk to the latest Sêr Cymru research chair

Doubts now raised over future of project billed as having potential to shake up hierarchy of world higher education

Data will power the most comprehensive THE World University Rankings yet

Proposals amount to 41 per cent increase in minimum salary threshold for new researchers to gain visa, Universities UK and Russell Group warn

Moocs and capacity-building projects with partners in developing countries are also expected to expand, a European University Association report finds

‘Anecdotal evidence has little value’, professor tells UK Council for International Student Affairs conference

Business secretary answers ‘no’ when asked if non-EU students should be allowed to stay on for work post-graduation