Widening international participation is not just about numbers A policy to recruit genuinely the brightest and best students would have to look beyond revenue maximisation Paul Jump 9月 19日
New journal to publish ‘negative’ results and reproducibility disputes Open access journal will publish results from studies sometimes dismissed as ‘failures’ as well as replication attempts Jack Grove 9月 18日
USS chair: ‘no meaningful debate’ about size of deficit Pension fund’s deficit is likely to be worse than feared rather than better, says Sir David Eastwood Jack Grove 9月 18日
Looking for the smoking gun: the academics taking on Big Tobacco Bath researchers seek to combine scholarly rigour with campaigning zeal Matthew Reisz 9月 18日
UK universities losing ground on employability to rest of Europe First data from graduate employability survey suggest surge in reputation for continental institutions Simon Baker 9月 18日
Students play managers in ‘meaningless’ business school research Leading professor blames pressure to publish and lack of access to chief executives Anna McKie 9月 18日
Netherlands universities ‘must improve’ foreign students’ Dutch Proposed new law not as tough as some feared – but critics argue focus on Dutch ignores benefits of studying in English David Matthews 9月 17日
Students ‘afraid’ to use university mental health services Nearly one in five first-year UK undergraduates tell Unite Students survey that they have a mental health condition Anna McKie 9月 17日
UK clarifies post-study work visa eligibility after ‘confusion’ Visa route on offer for those ‘graduating in the summer of 2021 and after’, but Indian students concerned by announcement’s ambiguity John Morgan 9月 17日
UK universities stockpiling in?case of no-deal Brexit UUK survey of institutions suggest most feel prepared but student recruitment and staff retention already being hit Simon Baker 9月 16日
Lib Dems ‘moving towards’ graduate tax policy for England But Layla Moran says party unlikely to finalise HE stance before next election – when it could secure pivotal role in event of hung Parliament John Morgan 9月 16日
Sexual harassment in Ukrainian universities must be tackled Free of Communist-era secretiveness, the new president might be willing to tackle abuses of power on campus, says Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 9月 16日