Universities have been accused of "actively covering up sexual assaults" in a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission, which alleges there have been just six expulsions in the past five years despite more than 500 official complaints, writes Eryk Bagshaw for The Sydney Morning Herald. Read more...

The number of the so-called eternal students in Greek universities and technical colleges has doubled since 2003, while one in 10 graduates migrates, writes Philip Chrysopoulos for the Greek Reporter. Read more...

Statistics show that the population of women with college degrees for the first time surpassed that of women who only graduated high school, writes Park Hyong-ki for The Korea Times. Read more...

Singapore’s thrust on combining classroom learning with workplace experience has graduated to the next level, as two universities launch programmes allowing students to take on jobs and receive sponsorship to study their degrees at the same time, writes Sandra Davie for The Straits Times. Read more...

Central and state universities will have to compete with institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology, or IITs, and Indian Institutes of Management, or IIMs, in this year’s official rankings of higher education institutions, which will be released early in April, writes Vikas Pathak for The Hindu. Read more...

By Emma Sabzalieva. We occasionally hear about unscrupulous recruitment agents or differential treatment of domestic compared with international students , but, on the whole, universities and colleges are tightly regulated by states, thereby limiting the scope for things to go truly wrong. Read more...

By Petr Safronov. Most historical accounts put Peter the Great’s reign at the beginning of the 18th century as the primary driver of efforts to establish Russia as a global leader in knowledge as well as a military power. For the following 200 years Russian universities pushed forward an imperial agenda showcasing their scholarly achievements to the rest of the civilised world. Read more...

By Wagdy Sawahel. Students have raised concerns in a recent report about the lack of masters degree programmes being offered by universities, a situation they believe is thwarting their academic and professional aspirations. Read more...

By Vimal Pate The Chronicle of Higher Education. Uncertainty on campuses is rampant, as faculty, staff and students don’t know what Donald J Trump’s presidency means for higher education. Read more...

By Esther Nakkazi. The Uganda National Council of Higher Education says it is being frustrated by the tendency of some private universities to seek remedy from the courts rather than engage with the regulator in the interests of preserving quality. Read more...