By Chris Havergal. The higher education governance (Scotland) bill, published on 17 June, would require governing bodies to include at least two members directly elected by staff, and two members each nominated by trade unions, students’ unions and alumni associations. More...
Working-class graduates ‘locked out’ of top careers
By Chris Havergal. Applications from Russell Group graduates – who are more likely to be from wealthy backgrounds – have a better chance of success, commission says. More...
Paper disputes causes of research misconduct
By Holly Else. Instead productive researchers with high-impact papers and those working in countries were the pressure to publish is intense are less likely to produce retracted papers and are more likely to correct them. More...
NZ: Int’l students up by 13% with India leading growth
By Natalie Marsh. The number of international students studying in New Zealand is back on an incline and in fact, 2014 full year figures hit a 10-year high, according to newly released statistics. More...
UK government aims to restrict non-EU workers
By Natalie Marsh. The UK government has announced it will be looking into cutting the number of migrant workers entering the UK from outside of the EU. More...
UK: QAA publishes student experience guide
By Natalie Marsh. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education has published a guide for UK higher education providers to support and enhance the experience of international students studying at their institutions. More...
Africa: balance between HE and TVET needed to meet upskill demand
By Natalie Marsh. A balance is needed between higher education and vocational training in Africa if it is to face the task of upskilling its enormous youth population, education leaders from across the continent have urged. More...
StudyPortals expands further into Asian market
By Natalie Marsh. StudyPortals is taking a step towards its goal of global transparency in study choice after announcing this week that it will be taking over study search platform, StudentOrient.org. More...
New service to further clamp down on UKHE fraud
By Natalie Marsh. The UK’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will target fake university websites in its latest efforts to clamp down on higher education fraud. More...
CEO of STB urges language schools to innovate
By Beckie Smith. The CEO of one of Brazil’s largest study travel agencies says that language schools have failed to spot a new niche in the study travel sector for global citizenship and aspirational learning programmes, equipping students with life skills beyond language acquisition. More...