Internationalisation

If the government is serious about globalisation in higher education, it should do more to open up overseas study to UK students

Stanford University to assist in development of programmes to be introduced in January

President of US campus also seeks to aid the local economy and forge global partnerships

Universities UK meeting hopes to build further on existing initiatives

Labour’s Iain Wright says PM ‘needs to decide what’s best for Britain’

Number edges close to 1 million, driven by rise from India and China

However, success of Indian academics in the UK may be under threat as a result of universities’ focus on teaching excellence

Envy of Japan’s Nobel prize record is fuelling massive investment in sciences and higher education, including in international partnerships, says president of Ghent branch campus

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

But UK overseas STEM postgraduates less likely to say the country is the best destination for career opportunities

Funding, staffing and alternative providers among issues to be considered as part of £5 million initiative

Institution’s School of Media, Arts and Design is 25 this year. Its current dean takes Times Higher Education through the reasons behind its success

Efforts to reform universities in the face of shrinking student numbers may jeopardise departments with the best overseas links, says Japan-based UK professor

Researchers from 72 institutions say they will not visit Israeli higher education institutions, act as referees, or participate in conferences

Higher Education Regulatory Funding Authority set up with British support

Spanish scientist and politician Pablo Echenique on why he won’t be visiting the UK again after being thwarted from delivering a lecture by the UK visa regime

Jack Grove reports from official inauguration of campus that reflects Singapore’s growing demand for Western-style higher education

Are the continent’s for-profits exploiting students or have they helped to widen access?, asks Chris Havergal

As China's president visits the UK, heads of UCL, LSE and the Royal Society all warm to his slogan "the Chinese Dream"

It is no surprise that universities and science are high on the agenda for Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to the UK this week, says Alice Gast

Chris Parr writes from the Reinventing Higher Education conference in Madrid

Home Office policy viewed as ‘racial discrimination’ by applicants, conference told

Universities to reflect long and hard about their duty of care to those working or studying in foreign countries

Women with partners who have full-time jobs find it more difficult to get over ‘glass fence’ and move abroad, study suggests

As universities and academics strive to aid migrants and understand their plight, scholars offer personal experiences of the upheaval

In advance of a conference on ‘education without borders’, Anthony Redmond considers the ethical issues around sending medical students on elective courses in low-income countries

Department’s 250,000 ‘credibility interviews’ in two years questioned after ‘unjustified’ refusals to students

From accent intolerance to ‘bamboo ceilings’, Jack Grove examines the challenges of working in a university overseas

University of Liverpool vice-chancellor says remarks harm UK’s global reputation

Gene Grossman says restrictions on globalising the academy are ‘hugely damaging’

Deeper academic collaboration between Cuba and the United States has now been put on the agenda

Home secretary takes swipe at university ‘lobbyists’ but no mention about speculation that she has lost support of Cameron on students being included in net migration count

China’s long wait for a home-grown Nobel prize in science is now over, but concerns over its university culture remain, says David Matthews

Institutions signed up to IIE’s Generation Study Abroad initiative have pledged to create scholarships for under-represented students, says report

Academic ‘scallywags’ are gaining doctorates thanks to the circulation of dodgy theses within some universities, says the founder of plagiarism pressure group

Super-selective institutions do not always offer value in teaching and learning, THE World Academic Summit hears 

Two cohorts of managers, drawn from universities across the country, will study for doctorates in higher education management

UK institutions have triumphed in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016, but immigration policies and fees may threaten their status, says leading academic

Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016 will include 200 universities for the first time

Week of university visits may lead to a broader framework agreement

European Association for International Education conference hears crisis, coupled with domestic problems, threatens ‘jewel in the crown’ of US sector

Jack Grove surveys the exhibition hall in Glasgow, and finds institutions keen to impress

International students accounted for over two-thirds of the growth in enrolments in past decade, says study

Anxieties over overseas posts largely overlooked as academy highlights benefits of global mobility, researchers claim

Times Higher Education rankings almost the most used league table in India

Overseas applicants also cited the UK’s attitude to international students as a factor dissuading them from choosing a university in the country

Former business secretary’s book says PM cannot move Theresa May ‘an inch’ and reveals Lib Dems had plan to protect higher education and science budgets under new coalition

Report recommends that branch campuses are scrutinised within institutional reviews of UK awarding bodies

Brazil’s flagship scholarship programme likely to suffer as government looks for savings. Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro

Sir Adrian Smith on what he feels is the institution’s undeserved reputation for fustiness

Survey finds that students perceive similar benefits to overseas experience, regardless of duration

Kiron University looking to raise money to offer free education to refugees

Research reveals surprising impact of overseas study, says Ellie Bothwell

Scholar says ‘extraordinarily challenging’ task of running a university’s overseas outpost needs to be rethought

UKVI takes action against one of England’s largest private colleges

Government seeks to build on increasing numbers coming from abroad to study in the country

Australian delegation that includes former cricketer Adam Gilchrist aims to boost educational links with subcontinent

Currency devaluation and economic slowdown could stymie lucrative market

Maria Yudkevich, Philip Altbach and Laura Rumbley examine the parallels between the grading of global institutions and sport

Agency to design and conduct nationwide inspection regime