Focus on physical fitness and psychological support for staff and students, with universities also urged to provide more training

Internet blackout amid conflict with US and Israel leaves applicants in the dark over study abroad opportunities

Knock-on impact of spike in oil prices disrupts learning in Pakistan and Bangladesh

Growing industry of companies offering students help in navigating misconduct proceedings operates in ‘regulatory and ethical grey zone’

Universities told to temper ambitions in ‘highly competitive market’ with automatic growth far from guaranteed

Universities encouraged to develop new sites in flagship Northern Metropolis development, backed by increased government funding

Partnership with ETS will replace 20-year-old traditional entry exam with modular, skills-based assessment as part of bid to modernise national system

Three national universities cleared to exceed limits by up to 5 per cent as Tokyo pushes to compete for global talent

Conservatoire accepts academic’s beliefs protected after he faced student boycotts due to email questioning structural racism

Researcher finds no preference for sending sons over daughters to Western universities, but argues gender still shapes decisions in more subtle ways

Decision comes as country looks to expand overseas admissions in bid to counter declining domestic enrolments

Drop in outbound numbers coincides with tightening restrictions in popular destination countries, and efforts to boost country’s own HE system