With the consultation now closed, Philip Augar’s review of English post-18 education must begin the hard work of devising substantial but cost-effective proposals, says Andy Westwood
It was at a Munich university that a group of students formed a non-violent movement to resist the Nazi regime. Their courageous idealism sets an example that, Kenneth Asch hopes, continues to flower on campuses
Drug-related crime, rising unemployment and low salaries are all contributing to a postgraduate shortage that indicates an uncertain future for Mexico’s higher education system, finds Rachael Pells
Historian says Trump could attract educated young people if he promised to tackle their debts, while rector tells summit Czech universities remain ‘strongholds of critical discourse’
Politicians’ disparagement of historian’s research signals that alternative interpretations of the city state’s past will not be tolerated, says Linda Lim
The Office for Students’ arrival marks a new era of higher education regulation but it can also learn much from its predecessor's successes, argues Tim Melville-Ross
From MI5 recruiting, to students spying on each other and intelligence agencies funding research, Matthew Reisz explores the long and often uneasy relationship between espionage and the academy
As Beijing and Canberra trade blows over foreign interference and academic freedom, leading analyst predicts things will get worse before they get better
University strategising in the days before JoJo, BoJo and Brexit was more back-patting than visionary, but what universities need now is a plan for survival, says John Cater
Pleas by Conservative backbenchers for an intervention to help the OU ignore the fact that they recently made it harder to assist under-pressure institutions, says Pam Tatlow
As a parliamentary committee calls for an independent review of Prevent, Steven Greer and Lindsey Bell argue that too much criticism of the anti-extremism programme is based on myths
Tribhuvan University alumni make up almost all of Nepal’s government, but interference from political parties distracts from research and learning goals, says vice-chancellor