Charting the battle lines between legacy and activism

Government reviews funding as debate grows over value of some higher education

Students love the classroom buzz and collaborative approach, but critics are circling

Competition from online courses and rising costs have seen applications in the US fall even as demand grows in Asia and Europe 

Astana 2018, Tedros interview, medicinal cannabis

Britain’s role in global research threatened by government proposal, heads of leading universities say

Ruben Vardanyan says he has made $300m in donations and social impact investments in recent years

A new funding model offers loans to business school students from emerging economies

Advances in treatment will be lost without changes to funding

High price of coming top of the class spurs more creative policies

Investment in schools is invisible and, unlike healthcare, takes years to show results

Courses on the country’s ambitious programme and its implications are springing up

The shift from sending students overseas to offering MBAs at home is speeding up

Many choose to return from overseas to take advantage of new courses and China’s dynamism

Innovation can improve healthcare but also widen inequalities

Despite huge scope globally, where and how to invest funds is often confused

Experts make the case for helping national school systems absorb the influx

Fighting high drug prices, ‘legal highs’ and psychedelic science

Regulator urged to probe Leadiant Biosciences’ alleged abuse of market power

The International Training Programme is an initiative to spread the institution’s know-how around the world

Deferral of rules to lift aid to pupils in poorest areas and rise in teacher pay pressure finances

Technology is helping to fight fraud, improve marking systems and support teachers

Paolo Bonanni on vaccination in Italy, Monsanto in the dock, ‘Snapchat dysmorphia’

Pizza and iPads on offer after rapid expansion breeds buyers’ market with places to fill