Politics

The Industrial White Paper is welcome, says Andy Westwood, but does it also represent an opportunity missed?

UK government's White Paper offers commitments on HEIF funding and assigns role to OfS

Glyn Davis' book also advocates creation of new institutions

With part-time student numbers through the floor, the time has come for reform, says David Latchman

But sector calls for progress on plan to grow overseas student numbers and publication of immigration White Paper

Diana Beech on an HE-light Budget that nonetheless has some implications for university staff and students

The former higher education minister on why the English sector must keep growing, the ‘barbarism’ at the heart of the schools system and how to tackle negativity about universities

British universities face potential challenges if they are left outside the ‘Sorbonne process’, experts warn

If the Office for Students ever intervenes over freedom of speech, it will only be to widen it, says Michael Barber

Faith in private-sector innovation has driven Conservative reforms under both Willetts and Johnson – but is that really what universities need?

Australia’s new impact assessment exercise recognises cultural, social and environmental impacts, but there is a danger that economic impact will override everything, says David Lloyd

The TEF’s new name may be less misleading, but its incentives remain just as perverse, says Roger Brown

Agnieszka Piotrowska looks at the past, present and possible future of Zimbabwe’s universities, following the resignation of Robert Mugabe

Louise Richardson says universities must be fair in admissions and focus on inequality in response to populism

Stephanie Marshall looks at the common features exhibited by universities that successfully achieved a TEF rating upgrade

David Robinson looks at what Philip Hammond might have in store for universities

ANO, led by outspoken billionaire Andrej Babiš, hopes for a utilitarian, internationally focused higher education sector

Tax bills are ‘deeply worrying’ for universities, say higher education experts

Rising tuition fees and the marketisation of higher education mean the time is right to explore a new model, says Joss Winn

Berkeley chancellor issues warning at conference on New Nationalism and Universities

Statistics on dropouts prompt Simon Birmingham to make fresh calls on stalled package

IFS analysis says bringing back maintenance grants would also lead to little or no change for lowest-earning graduates across their lifetime 

Budget must address ‘scandal’ of debt burden faced by poorest students by linking fees to family income, says education charity

A single, comprehensive policy and funding infrastructure for UK tertiary education would empower learners and encourage innovation, say Paul Woodgates and Mike Boxall

Australia’s higher education policy is adrift, and could learn a thing or two from the UK, say Julie Hare and Stephen Parker

Isolation is the last thing Myanmar needs if it is to develop its higher education system and encourage critical thought, write Kyle Anderson and Kyaw Moe Tun

Universities cite concerns around US’ social and political climate in IIE study

European staff have helped make the UK higher education system a world leader, says Sarah Stevens, and we need to ensure that they continue to do so

Georgetown project shows that it’s not just students but also the ‘grown-ups’ in society who are struggling to find right balance, says director

Australian students in NZ may not benefit from Labour's fees-free policy

The apparent defeat of Australia’s latest attempt at higher education funding reform prolongs the agony for both universities and ministers, says Conor King

Hepi’s exposure of the degree to which teaching subsidises research should provoke a new approach to funding, says Phil Ward

The merry-go-round of senior figures and a lack of coordination among mission groups has weakened UK universities' influence, says Nick Hillman

Institutions are working to increase participation by native peoples and awareness of their scholarly contributions. Ellie Bothwell reports

The Royal College of Science for Ireland was a progressive experiment in technical education that ended abruptly in the messy wake of Irish independence. Shane McCorristine recounts a cautionary tale of how education and nationalist politics can come into conflict

King’s College London principal Ed Byrne on increasing participation in higher education while also driving improvements in quality

Home secretary said to be seeking to avoid government defeat on post-Brexit immigration bill

Chair of UK’s education committee calls for ‘radical look at what university is for’

Proposals would cut off key source of university borrowing and impose new taxes on wealthy institutions

In the wake of the shooting at Sutherland Springs in Texas, university staff and students have been sharing their concerns, writes Chris Parr

Shift to a political divide based on identity and values requires response from universities, experts suggest

Perhaps more could be done, but Oxbridge admissions data closely mirror applications, says Jonathan Leader Maynard

A growing sense of middle-class grievance in the UK would make a radical redistribution of top university places a very difficult political sell, says Sir Nigel Thrift

A recent wave of commentators have been disparaging universities and painting all who work in them as complicit in a fraud. Philip Cowan examines their case

The former chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley explains how he navigated protests from both the Left and Right, and threatening tweets from President Trump

Commission’s final report calls for an Office for Strategic Economic Management to ensure sound regional economic policy, writes Andy Westwood

Rob Johns offers advice on making sure your teaching is not all pro-remain, in the wake of the Heaton-Harris letter

Campus protests promoted by controversial speakers also viewed as very negative but relatively low impact, survey finds

Simon Birmingham suggests Productivity Commission report could change senators' minds

College of the Ozarks president says new course demonstrates importance of pride in your country

Sweeping away ‘leaves’, using the metric system and forcing students to speak ‘European’; the depth of universities’ EU ‘treachery’ is uncovered

Vice-chancellors say it is unclear whether the government will fully compensate universities after scrapping fees

Stuart McCutcheon, vice-chancellor of the University of Auckland, on the consequences of New Zealand’s recent election

Turkey’s president was unwise to evoke Animal Farm when his attack on academics has eerie echoes of George Orwell’s novel, says Umut Özkirımli

Plan explored to prevent ‘chasm’ opening up in enrolment from declining numbers of EU undergraduates

Trump has little in the way of strategy on higher education, but the sector could still suffer collateral damage in the president’s desperate search for a legislative win, says John Aubrey Douglass

Letter signed by 22 representative organisations calls on governments to speed up Brexit negotiations concerning higher education

CU Boulder president also urges expansion of student Pell Grants to middle class in future

Chris Heaton-Harris’ request for academics lecturing in field was research for book, says Jo Johnson