Internationalisation

Thailand’s institutions want to develop joint degrees with the UK, but hurdles remain in visa red tape and political instability

Higher education is booming in parts of the world without a long history of university research and teaching – but development must be sustainable

Egyptian official says Giulio Regeni’s body bore signs of torture

Recently founded institutions can ‘leapfrog’ the educational approaches of the past, says former AUC president

Broader-based education addresses concerns over graduate skills, conference hears

More can be done in the UK to encourage study abroad, but the anglophone world may continue to attract the lion’s share, says David Willetts

Martin Paul believes that the advantages of teaching some courses in English far outweigh the disadvantages for students in the Netherlands

Lord Willetts tells event it is hard to see how governments can fund expansion on necessary scale

Disadvantaged are under-represented in degree study because they are ‘simply not smart enough’, says researcher

Hong Kong scholar says students are embarking on postgraduate degrees to 'delay' unemployment 

The three institutions aim to tackle sustainability and educational attainment in new partnership

Event will explore Asia's place in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings

The Kurdistan regional government in Iraq is streamlining its higher education system – and still looking for far more help from British universities

Proportion of university staff training through Erasmus has more than doubled in six years, finds report

Government adviser says country is being transformed into a 'learning society'

Continuing conflicts will limit collaboration between universities in Iran and in neighbouring Gulf nations, says scholar

Institutions from eight countries feature in a snapshot university ranking for the region

Researcher argues that a sector-wide approach to supporting refugees would be more effective than individual schemes

École Polytechnique’s modest size has helped it develop a focused and coherent strategy, says Mathieu Le Traon

Paul Hamilton speaks of ‘heartbreaking’ detention by Home Office officials after leave to remain application refused

Universities told to mitigate dangers by providing pre-travel training to students

Egyptian government also provides details of higher education reforms

International partnership is a vital part of higher education, says Sir Pete Downes ahead of the THE MENA Universities Summit

The number of international students dropping out of university has fallen as institutions have recruited more students from overseas, finds James Zuccollo

‘Strategic entrepreneurs’ among staff can develop successful cross-border partnerships, argues Northumbria lecturer

Students at Eduardo Mondlane University will have the chance to visit Chinese universities

It’s not good enough just to jump on the internationalisation bandwagon – we have to measure outcomes, says Uwe Brandenburg

More first-year students from US than India starting at British institutions

Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the top 200 most outward-looking institutions

British catering bosses have flown East to learn how to feed what is an increasingly vital student market. Richard McComb reports from China

International Policing and Justice Institute integrates practical police training into an academic context

Tolerating overseas arrivals’ experiences is vital, but critical thinking is a matter on which there can be no compromise, insists Tao Zhang

Qatar University tops list while the UK is the most outward-looking nation

Academic recommends tailored programmes for refugees

Winner of the 2015 THE Most Innovative Teacher of the Year title emphasises benefits of international learning experiences

Studies of childhood development demonstrate the value of research outside high-income countries, says Martin Hall

After fears that Chinese students are absorbing ‘Western values’, city authorities attempt to stymie pathway courses to foreign universities

Head of Saint Petersburg State University’s Graduate School of Management insists government does not interfere in academic freedom

Institution’s US Centre seeks to promote multidisciplinary and international research on American policy

Scholar says academics who move to international outposts do ‘hardly any research’

The most popular higher education articles of the year, based on website traffic

Associate dean at HEC Paris says French institutions must look to international peers if they want to compete globally

President Tony Chan puts rise to world stage down to money, research-active staff and the lure of Hong Kong

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Report from the Council of Graduate Schools contradicts 'common assumption' that international students choose US for doctoral degrees

Local officials wanted too much control over academic programmes at Nazareth branch campus, says Texas A&M

Students who had an opportunity to learn a foreign language more likely to want to study abroad, research reveals

The former director general of the World Trade Organization talks immigration and inter-university rugby rivalries

British Council research forecasts that China will remain the top provider of international students

Black, Chinese and Asian undergraduates report highest level of skill development

BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit hears that countries such as India should stop trying to play the West's game

A higher proportion of overseas students in the UK would recommend studying in the country, compared with those in other nations, study finds

V-c tells staff that decision to close campus, which has just 140 students, ‘not taken lightly’

Politics lecturer Michael Buehler faces sustained attacks after raising questions about covert lobbying ahead of US visit by country’s president

Konstantin Krotov also speaks of ‘full support’ for Turkish academic in light of Russian-Turkish diplomatic tension

Street mime artist-turned-professor Gilberto Scaramuzzo explains to Jack Grove how the wordless theatre form can enrich university teaching

New rules enabling higher education board to shut down private universities seen as a threat to the government amount to ‘banditry’

Unexpected creation of a ‘Global Challenges Research Fund’ means that if they want more money, academics may have to contribute to international development

Involvement in global quality assurance is crucial to signing up more overseas students, says Fiona Crozier