Internationalisation

Two recipients of a new initiative at Portsmouth Business School describe their experience of joining a UK university

Plans to allow graduates of France’s most elite higher education institutions to claim the title of PhD without taking a viva have enraged some Gallic scholars

Universities have a European union far older than many nation states. We must not lose sight of that in the aftermath of Brexit, says Howard Hotson

Rising immigration-related costs and lack of employer support send an unwelcoming message to international staff, says Jason Danely

We need quick agreements to mitigate the damage that UK exit will have on the European academy, argues Bernd Huber

Referendum result is a ‘wake up call’ for UK universities on their relationship with the rest of Europe, conference hears                      

British College of Bahrain likely to reignite debate about country’s human rights record

The leader of the German Rectors’ Conference questions ‘how easy it would be’ for academics to work across borders after the UK leaves the EU

Stagnation in university recruitment accounts for £5 billion of shortfall, UKCISA conference told

Former universities minister sees Chinese branch campuses as ‘prize’ for UK

Europe's higher education sector must not be pushed apart by the result of the EU referendum, says Keith Burnett

EU nationals represent nearly one in five students at some universities

Swansea takes top honour at annual Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards while Nottingham Trent scoops two

Sir David Greenaway is ‘peddling self-interest’ when he says the UK’s universities are better off in the EU, but he believes the facts back him up, too

New research shows the importance of fostering a ‘personal connection’ with students

Max Lu, the first Chinese academic to lead a UK university, says that increasing the institution's links with major firms from his homeland will be a priority

Jean-Lou Chameau says new institution has established 'remarkable' research record since opening and has not been influenced by Saudi Arabian cultural issues 

National University of Ireland, Galway will introduce a raft of policies to tackle its deficit of women in leadership positions

Steve Kang says he wants to challenge East Asian 'uni-directional' tradition of education where students simply 'prepare for the test'

But transferring to an institution in another country generally has less of a ‘positive impact’, finds paper

Prominent intellectual argues against new government proposal, saying many ‘imported experts’ have ‘no adequate understanding of Indonesia’

The winners of the Times Higher Education and Hepi referendum essay contest

You may say ‘the referendum isn’t about you’, but it is. German-born historian Tanja Bueltmann on her watershed moment 

The former head of the American University in Cairo, Lisa Anderson, tells Chris Havergal how it carried on and kept students and staff safe without limiting free speech

John Morgan reports on the differences between the countries in terms of the provision of education, governance and the quality of research

A strong international presence on campus is worth more than money in the bank, says Philip Wainwright 

Students viewed by government as welcome immigrants, but questions over capacity and provincial policies remain

Canada’s provincial system ‘allows more room for corruption’, says OBHE researcher

Project at Tanzanian institution has $40 million budget

Home Affairs Select Committee reports on fallout from ETS language test fraud claims

UK Higher Education International Unit analysis highlights EU contribution on research

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Guild of European Research Intensive Universities aims to ‘complement’ existing alliances

University’s new MSc teaches doctors how to overcome the psychological and logistical challenges of working in remote regions

Brazil dominates the list of Latin America’s best universities as judged by Times Higher Education’s Academic Reputation Survey

David Matthews considers a flurry of ‘threats’ to the conveyor belt of arrivals and what Western campuses can do to shockproof their systems

Energy, ingenuity and international outlook make HK a fertile territory for success, says Peter Mathieson

The sugar cane has been cleared for a new campus on the Indian Ocean island

Researchers have much to contribute to the study of law, education, engineering and healthcare, suggests new collection

Research from the University of Warwick reveals a mismatch between the aspirations and final destinations of Chinese students at UK universities

Loss of fee income if Britain leaves EU could be worth £700 million a year, claims new report

UK parliamentary group voices concerns while international education plan launches in Australia

Data on international collaborations hint at importance of place, politics and history

Universities in two countries will co-host three research chairs

Barcelona’s own version of the Crick Institute has helped the city’s academic ecosystem to thrive in spite of Spanish bureaucracy, reports Jack Grove from the Catalan capital

But British Council study finds that the majority of institutions in 12-nation survey engage in such activity

Major British Council research judges 26 nations’ openness to international higher education

International visibility for Leicester as a result of club’s success has already contributed to boost in overseas applications, says one vice-chancellor

Trisha Craig considers how universities can help foster in their students a lifelong commitment to community service

But the vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana says academics must still 'push' for recognition

Director of education and society at the British Council says Western universities must prove they do not have ‘imperialist’ designs on the continent

Paper finds that UK sandwich course students ‘outshine’ their overseas counterparts in the final year of university

David Lloyd finds that a journey into the Australian outback proves instructive

A recipient of the Institute of International Education’s Syrian scholarship fund describes her experience at a US university

Ellie Bothwell reports on what both regions gain – and lose – from the Sino-African partnership

Sung-Mo Kang says the university has increased its support to international staff and students but it is still difficult to recruit from overseas

Tim Softley, Peter Schiffer and Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela explain the benefits of a transatlantic partnership

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam considers the implications of ‘Emiratisation’ policies for higher education in the Middle East

David Turpin says Canada’s provincial system makes it harder to attract international undergraduate students

Brighton piloting and assessing a mentoring programme with potential for much of East Africa