[2] It is published as a free weekly emailed newsletter and website with articles by correspondents from around the world and commentary articles by academics and professionals working or interested in higher education.
UWN comprises and is owned by a large network of education journalists from all regions of the world.
UWN also publishes a weekly Africa newsletter that has been supported by the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
[3] The publication has a close partnership with the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.
[4] It was an exclusive media partner to the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in 2022[5] and a media partner to the OECD's Institutional Management in Higher Education conference in Paris in September 2010.