By Chris Cobb. The Education-USA initiative to attract overseas students is a wake-up call for the UK, argues Chris Cobb.
I have just returned from a conference in Baltimore, where the talk was about the sleeping giant of US internationalisation stirring from its slumber. More...

By Chris Parr. Despite students reporting increasing levels of satisfaction with UK higher education, one area is bucking the trend: university accommodation.
According to 20,000 student university ratings, overall satisfaction is at an all-time high, increasing from an average of 3.98 to 4.15 out of five between 2014 and 2015. The results chime with the findings of the annual National Student Survey, which has consistently reported increasing satisfaction among students. More...

By John Morgan. Admissions procedures and student retention at St Patrick’s flagged, as well as ‘fighting in the classroom’, although other areas pass scrutiny.
The quality watchdog has upheld two concerns about standards at the UK’s biggest private college, St Patrick’s, finding drop-out rates of over 30 per cent and reports of fighting in the classroom. More...

By Jack Grove. One of the UK’s oldest higher education institutions has moved a step closer to a potential merger with a Catholic university.
Heythrop College, University of London, which celebrated its 400^th anniversary last year, says that it has agreed to continue discussions with St Mary’s University, Twickenham, over a possible “strategic partnership”. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. Private sector institutions in India will overtake more elite and traditional universities in world rankings “within a generation or two”, the chancellor of Amity University has predicted. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. A new network of young research institutions in Europe has been launched with the aim of increasing influence in education policy. More...

By Chris Havergal, John Morgan. Which institutions are building the reserves to cushion potential shocks from uncapped student recruitment and rocketing research costs?
Download full data on how institutions’ finances compare. More...

By Chris Havergal. Employers have called on unions to “consider carefully the real value” of a 0.9 per cent pay offer for university employees. More...