By Nicola Jenvey. The decision about which higher education institution to study at ranks among the more vital ones taken in life, but how those decisions are made – and the basis on which universities are ranked for their education – has now come under fire. Read more...

By Hans de Wit. Until recently the study of higher education and its international dimensions was the field of a small group of research centres and scholars, primarily in the developed world, and even there, funding and resources were scarce. Read more...

By Frans van Vught and Frank Ziegele. From its very beginning U-Multirank has tried to design and implement an approach to global university ranking that is radically different to existing international rankings. Read more...

By Robert Tijssen. February 2, 2016 saw the launch of the new Centre for Global Higher Education, the largest research centre in the world specifically focused on higher education and its future development. Read more...

By Zenobia Ismail. After the removal of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes, the former prime minister of the Cape Colony in South Africa (1890-96) and mining magnate, from the University of Cape Town in South Africa, the protest spread to the University of Oxford. Oriel College has been under pressure from the #rhodesmustfall movement to remove the statue of their alumnus and benefactor which adorns the front entrance of the college. Read more...

By John Gerritsen. New Zealand’s government is promising to reinvest in the country’s universities as they face a big drop in enrolments. Read more...