Biden names top consumer advocate to manage student loans
Choice of Cordray affirms high-profile focus on problem of college affordability
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Ireland launches post-Brexit push to recruit Chinese students
Country pushes overseas marketing in light of fallout from Brexit and Covid
‘The whole system has collapsed’: Covid ravages Indian campuses
Public universities could be ‘hit beyond repair’ in fallout from pandemic catastrophe, experts warn
Biden free college plan hits reality of divided Congress
With a $300 billion price tag, campaign promise met with scepticism – and long-term optimism
Australia ‘should pre-empt Chinese education boycott’
Researchers advocate realignment of international agencies, saying sector cannot wait for the next instalment of China’s trade war
Retractions of popular papers ‘often go unnoticed’
Analysis argues that science has a ‘critical problem’ because its self-correction process is slow and ineffective
Lost ground on international recruitment ‘may never be made up’
Covid is compounding other major shifts in international flows to leave a permanent realignment, experts suggest
Cambridge signals major shift towards online learning
New short courses aimed at professionals come with £2,000 price tag
Recruitment agents ‘closing Australia desks’ in China
Resurgent student flows set to bypass Australia and New Zealand as education agents in most regions usher clients to more welcoming countries
Scrapping foundation year funding ‘would end vital second chance’
English universities argue foundation years diversify STEM intake, as Augar call to scrap funding comes back on agenda
