By Chris Havergal. Profit-making providers are best placed to meet growing demand for higher education around the world, Lord Willetts said as he opened the Times Higher Education MENA Universities Summit. More...

By Chris Havergal. Poor advice from teachers on how to write a personal statement is harming disadvantaged students’ hopes of winning a place at a highly selective university, a study suggests. More...

By Chris Havergal. Admissions service says institutions should do more to accommodate growing numbers of students from a vocational background. More...

By Chris Havergal. The introduction of £9,000 tuition fees means that universities no longer have a “reasonable alibi” for complaints about teaching quality. More...

By Chris Havergal. Students who are taught by black or ethnic minority academics are less likely to rate their courses positively in the National Student Survey, according to a study. More...

By Chris Havergal. Shake-up at teaching organisation will also see academics charged a membership fee and required to complete CPD if they want to remain fellows. More...

By Chris Havergal. Many university music departments may retain a composer-in-residence. But how many science faculties can say the same thing. More...

By John Morgan. As EU referendum looms, institutions step up recruitment following scrapping of student number controls. More...

By John Morgan. The Green Paper assumes that higher education “works like other markets”, failing to appreciate the risks of taking a consumer-focused approach and letting a university fail. More...

By John Morgan. The government’s plans for higher education in its Green Paper could cause “considerable damage to the sector and its international reputation”, the University of Cambridge has warned. More...