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Higher education institutions could be penalised if they offer courses deemed subpar as universities await Labour’s reform plans

Schools coming under ‘intense pressure’ to enrol students as universities become ever more reliant on cross-subsidy

Mounting institutional deficits form backdrop to coming Holyrood campaign as nationalist party looks to extend grip on power

Civil liberties champion Nadine Strossen says US universities must unite to fight president’s ‘blatantly illegal’ plan to destroy institutional autonomy

Universities must show they are ‘capable of change’ to fend off Trump pressure, says Harvard professor

‘Transformative’ change will not happen unless panel outlines ‘coherent’ vision for R&D, representative bodies warn

YouGov survey finds big differences in support for universities across different political parties

Homecoming of sorts for criminologist Paul Mazerolle, who faces challenge of returning institution to surplus

The needs of students and their homelands – not their hosts – should govern international education offerings, policymakers told

Fast-track integrated programmes intended to address skills needs and boost postgraduate enrolments should not compromise research and curriculum design, say experts

Threat to academic freedom from secret recordings of seminars being passed to state governments must be taken seriously, says Office for Students free speech lead

Alignment between study and work improving, particularly in health and education

Buyers likely to require drastic changes to move ahead with sale, experts say, as institution seeks to move on from torrid year

Institution latest to increase transnational presence by expanding long-running partnership with local provider

Anglophone destinations no longer rule the roost, but experts say composition and quality should matter more than volume

Survey of more than 3,000 researchers by Cambridge University Press reveals widespread concerns over the rise of ChatGPT-assisted papers

School-leavers incentivised to move away from local area to attend university, despite the benefits that staying put can bring, according to MillionPlus

Dean hopes new model for postgraduate study in Asia will influence education in the region more broadly

Institutions should retrain staff affected now rather than ‘sustain jobs which machines can do better and cheaper’, expert argues

UUK calls on government to hit pause on fee levy plans amid fears chancellor will progress policy next month

Universities’ manifesto ahead of 2026 Senedd poll also wants independent commission on participation

Regulator says universities should only enter partnerships when they are satisfied that teaching and support standards will be maintained

Potential language reforms part of a bigger ‘social licence’ project, assistant minister tells conference

Government ‘will not back off’ from managing size and shape of onshore international enrolments, assistant minister warns

Number of applications for every role reaches highest level in two decades, according to annual survey

Bosnian-born president of University of Connecticut says her unusual academic career shows how US promotes outsiders like no other country

Most prospective students have at least three countries in the frame, survey finds

Six-month cut in amount of time people can stay post-study has been fiercely opposed by universities

Tech tycoon agrees to fund big expansion of site now being overseen by former University of Michigan president Santa Ono

Success of two health spin-outs from UCL and Cambridge helps drive value of deals higher in 2024

Developers focus on ‘premium locations’ as pockets of underoccupancy emerge elsewhere

Universities cautiously welcome changes intended to cut down on bureaucracy, but are wary of narrowing focus

Knowledge transfer should include the university itself, says thinktank after identifying disconnect between managers and those who study them

Challenging economic conditions may have led to bump in student recruitment numbers this year but experts fear long-term damage after institutions pegged futures to employability agenda

Loss of EU students made recruitment more commercial and universities more insular, argues new book

Rare win for Europe-based economist sees Philippe Aghion rewarded for mathematical modelling of how ‘creative destruction’ underpins growth

Antisemitism and Indigenous voice campaigner Julian Leeser appointed Liberal education spokesman

Training sessions to be rolled out to educate university staff on identifying harassment and supporting students

Australian enrolments from eighth most populous country quadruple but some institutions in UK suspending ‘high risk’ ties

UK policymakers urged to replace ‘outdated’ system with nationwide digital programme for logging academic credentials

Attempts to quell universities’ fears about competition laws may actually be heightening anxiety over collaboration in cash-strapped sector

Proposal could help international students assimilate better into society but low pay and potential for abuse need to be addressed, say experts

University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences

Regulators should consider insisting that branch campuses offer scholarships to avoid ‘two-tier’ system, say experts

Minister Noha Kattan says Riyadh University of Arts will provide talent for a Saudi arts economy likely to employ 300,000 people by end of the decade

Other recent departures from Trump’s America include expert on anti-fascism who fled to Spain after receiving death threats

Former politician not for turning, amid denunciation of culture, oversight and spending at national university

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

‘Institutionalised’ targeting of universities has compromised academic freedom but remains ‘taboo’ subject on campuses, says intelligence expert

Transnational education mandate added to resurrected integrity proposals that also include power to suspend applications for new courses

‘Debt trap’ has replaced ‘Mickey Mouse’ courses but Badenoch still kicking universities after being ‘boxed in’ by Labour’s apprenticeship embrace and Reform attacks on elitism

New participation target represents ‘paradigm shift’ in country’s approach to education, but government needs to incentivise FE and HE working together, says report

Institutions must find new ways to respond to the agendas of the communities where they operate, leaders tell summit

UK bounces back in crucial month for enrolments, with policy uncertainty elsewhere helping fuel first rise in 12-month figures for nearly two years

Lancaster and Surrey latest to gain approval to set up Indian bases, with prime minister lauding £50 million boost to economy

Number of students studying UK courses abroad set to hit 1 million before end of the decade

Education secretary confirms devolved nation will not follow UK government in taking a cut of overseas tuition fee income

OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable to meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence

Nation’s high research quality score is in spite of second-lowest share of internationally co-authored papers  

Elite Asian universities stagnate and US declines in ‘moment of great flux’ for global higher education