World insight: the Dutch definition of 'a university'
The Dutch binary system, with its distinction between research-oriented and professional higher education, is a good thing, says Martin Paul.
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GPA adopted more widely, but White Paper may dampen interest
HEA survey suggests that institutions are waiting on TEF details before deciding whether to adopt more granular method of degree classification
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European universities ‘losing monopoly’ over research
Danish academic says that building a knowledge economy is no longer a ‘dominant wish’ for country leaders
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World insight: how do you encourage innovation across a continent of a billion people?
The MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge focused on Africa’s strengths, not its weaknesses, says Martin Hall
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Northern Ireland academics warn on Brexit
Letter to ÌÇÐÄVlog from members of Royal Irish Academy says province’s universities have benefited greatly from UK being in EU
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UCL finance committee voiced concerns over expansion plans
Revelation follows comments by provost to academics that university is 'barely financially sustainable'
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New centre hopes to put geography at the heart of the humanities
Centre for the GeoHumanities at Royal Holloway will use interdisciplinary tools to explore everything from Elizabethan England to climate change and migration
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Group of Eight call on new student number caps is 'crapulous'
Australian v-cs attack Go8 over its criticisms of demand-driven system
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Indonesia debates bringing in foreign university rectors
Prominent intellectual argues against new government proposal, saying many ‘imported experts’ have ‘no adequate understanding of Indonesia’
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EU referendum essay competition: should we stay or should we go?
The winners of the ÌÇÐÄVlog and Hepi referendum essay contest
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THE podcast: Steven Knapp interview
The president of George Washington University talks in-depth about his time at the university
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The tolerant UK I love seems to be vanishing
You may say ‘the referendum isn’t about you’, but it is. German-born historian Tanja Bueltmann on her watershed momentÂ
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Black Death literature inspires academic to write debut novel
New fiction explores the parallels between the 14th century and the environmental disaster that may lie ahead
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Interview with Richard Henderson
The winner of the Copley Medal talks structural biology, fixing cars and sleeping soundly
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James Campbell, 1935-2016
A penetrating and highly original historian of Anglo-Saxon England has died