By Jack Grove. The universities and science minister's comments follow the publication of new sector-level data on university access, which shows that many of the UK’s most prestigious universities had failed to significantly improve the diversity of their student intake over the past five years. More...

By Jack Grove. A record 532,000 undergraduates were accepted into university last autumn, and applications to higher education are up once again, latest figures show. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. The body of a University of Cambridge PhD student who disappeared last week in Cairo has been found and shows signs of torture and a “slow death”, according to a senior Egyptian prosecutor.
Italian student Giulio Regeni disappeared on the evening of 25 January, the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring uprising in Egypt. His body was found half-naked beside a road in Cairo’s western outskirts on 3 February, according to the BBC.
Senior prosecutor Ahmad Nagi said that the cause of death had yet to be determined but Mr Regeni’s body had bruises, knife wounds and cigarette burns. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. Disadvantaged are under-represented in degree study because they are ‘simply not smart enough’, says researcher. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. Hong Kong scholar says students are embarking on postgraduate degrees to 'delay' unemployment. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. The three institutions aim to tackle sustainability and educational attainment in new partnership. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. Proportion of university staff training through Erasmus has more than doubled in six years, finds report. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. Come to our MENA Universities Summit from 2 to 4 February 2016 Egypt’s education system has “damaged a generation” of young people who are not able to compete in a global market. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. Saudi Arabia is the top performer in a snapshot ranking for universities in the Arab region, based on data from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016.
King Abdulaziz University is first place in the top 15 table, while its national rivals King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and King Saud University are third and fourth respectively. Lebanon’s American University of Beirut (second) and the United Arab Emirates University (fifth) make up the rest of the top five. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. Researcher argues that a sector-wide approach to supporting refugees would be more effective than individual schemes. More...