A guaranteed offer of a place on a degree course gives students peace of mind, but it also means they are unlikely to make considered decisions about their most appropriate future path, argues Jane...
No sign of breakthrough as boycott yet to have significant impact on publisher
Females out, bureaucrat’s son in as Tokyo Medical University rigs entrance scores
Experts are out of fashion with today’s political vanguard, but fraudulent research risks further undermining science, says THE’s Asia-Pacific editor John Ross
Younger applicants drive growth, despite fall in overall 18-year-old population
Religious freedom advocacy groups increasingly turning to legal action against public university anti-discrimination policies
Educators relax as Australian PM offers olive branch
University’s refusal to extend support for international employees criticised
Academics argue new president should direct funding to recruiting and retaining more lecturers
Office for Students expects to take on responsibility for supporting wider range of providers from next August
Academics must be able to walk among colleagues in the ivory tower and distil their thoughts to the non-technical masses in order to protect democratic norms, says Alex de RuyterÂ
Experts say institutions must improve global experience in classroom as figures show domestic students are concerned about impact of overseas peers
New tool will learn how academics grade papers and replicate their approach
Leading disability scholar reflects on progress of discipline and key obstacles ahead