Scottish universities have hit out at plans to allow four English institutions – Imperial College London, Oxford, Cambridge and Bath – to evade controversial immigration restrictions on graduates looking for work following their degrees, writes Paris Gourtsoyannis for The Scotsman. Read more...

The Council for Higher Education unveiled its new multi-year plan last week, allocating an additional NIS6.8 billion (US$1.8 billion) to the higher education system over the course of the next six years, reports The Jerusalem Post. Read more...

Australia's largest online education provider, Open Universities Australia, continues to shed students as it struggles to adapt its business model to the highly competitive environment in higher education, writes Tim Dodd for Australian Financial Review. Read more...

Four British universities – located in Exeter, Huddersfield, Liverpool and Winchester – have launched an experiment to try out ‘name blind’ applications in an effort to tackle ethnic, religious or gender discrimination. It is the first such effort at British higher education institutions although similar procedures are already in place at multiple private and public enterprises, writes Rick Noack for The Washington Post. Read more...

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union doesn’t appear to have dented the number of EU students planning to start degrees in the United Kingdom in the coming weeks, though senior figures warn the vote could take a more serious toll next academic year, writes Denise Roland for The Wall Street Journal. Read more...