Canberra migration duel a ‘potential nightmare’ for universities
Tough talk on both sides of Australian politics ‘risks further pain’ for international students and the universities that depend…
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Oxford immigration chief loses bid to win council seat for Reform
Head of team that supports staff with visa issues accused of conflict of interest after standing for party that wishes to abolish…
De Montfort pins hopes on ‘agile education’ at new London site
Vice-chancellor promises ‘firewall’ between capital campus and Leicestershire base as university becomes latest to try hand…
Labor minister vetoes research grants on national security grounds
Intervention comes two years after law change to prevent political interference, amid resurgent delays in grant processing
First universities to offer LLE short courses announced
Under half of Universities UK members sign up to take part in scheme that intends to foster more flexible, lifelong study
‘Open season’ on scholars’ rights if Elsevier loses Meta fight
Loss for the publishing giant in its legal action over AI crawling will make it much harder for scholars to assert control on how…
Record international enrolments at New Zealand universities
Higher education claims an ever-increasing share as country numbers grow beyond pre-Covid figures
Sweden’s relaxed visa rules for foreign PhDs ‘don’t go far enough’
Researchers fear wider changes to country’s immigration system will put off international talent
Cash-strapped Welsh universities look to Plaid Cymru for ‘reset’
Change of government sparks optimism, but some warn plans to keep students in Wales must be ‘carefully handled’
Two-fifths of universities expect deficits amid student downturn
Latest regulator analysis shows sector financial health slightly up on expectations, but performance expected to deteriorate this…
Resubmit antisemitism report cards, universities told
‘Independent assessor’ says Australian universities’ failure to embrace a definition of antisemitism has robbed him of a means of…
Students missing twice as much teaching time as 20 years ago
Drop in campus attendance a key trend identified in student experience over period that spanned fee rises, marketisation and…
Give us ‘day one’ access to next Horizon, non-EU universities urge
Research-intensive universities in associated countries say delays would risk collaboration in ‘strategically important’ science
Canvas hack highlights need for ‘data sovereignty’, says v-c
Homegrown data storage could hamper ‘global cybergangs’ and boost productivity as well as security, according to former cabinet…
‘Academic diplomacy’ can bridge political divides, says EUA head
Universities should be able to continue working with one another even when governments fall out, according to the president of…
Megacompanies fuel Vietnam’s new wave of ambitious universities
Innovative models of higher education, unimaginable in the West, are emerging in a big, youthful country confronting a…
Degree-holders have better well-being than non-graduates
Sutton Trust says findings support argument that value of higher education should be judged on more than post-university salaries…
Researchers ‘much more likely to leave UK’ than other professions
Academics who relocate to country among the most likely to only stay short term because of precarious contracts and global…
Staff demand ‘Cambridge weighting’ as strike action extended
University urged to follow Oxford’s lead and give staff extra allowance to cope with city’s high living costs
Australian budget bankrolls R&D overhaul by ‘moving funding’
Treasury also implements A$11 million levy to fund National Student Ombudsman, and ‘enhanced security’ of student visa…
DfE unveils £6 million centres in ‘deliberate shift’ on research
New flagship university-based research centres may signal end of intentional sidelining of pedagogy academics
Victorian universities boost annual earnings by A$1bn
Latest tranche of financial accounts depicts a sector in hearty financial health, despite policy volatility
VUW anoints provost Bryony James as incoming v-c
Cornish engineer specialising in the properties of food bites off leadership role at capital city university
Non-Anglo countries ‘increasingly favoured’ for study abroad
Visa cost and ‘complexity’ among the factors pushing students away from traditional education destinations, survey finds
Black studies master’s course to close at Birmingham City
University to shutter course less than a year after it launched, despite vice-chancellor’s commitment to training next generation…
Overseas student numbers to reach 9 million but ‘elitism remains’
‘Stark’ regional inequalities persist despite massive expansion of higher education globally, finds Unesco
No plan to stop ‘disorderly exit’ if university goes bust, say MPs
Uncertainty remains on whether students would be locked out of classrooms mid-semester if a university folded, education…
Nottingham ‘would run out of money’ by 2031 without further cuts
Vice-chancellor defends deep job losses at embattled institution, insisting restructure will help it adapt to changed environment…
Northampton says OfS ‘not serving sector’ after courses criticised
Regulator imposes extra conditions on institution following probe into computing courses that Northampton says was based on…
AI risk to university jobs despite staff believing roles are safe
Automation may be used as an excuse to cut further posts, experts warn, even if it isn’t capable of replacing academics
‘Watered-down’ equality policies revisited after Sussex ruling
Case against university being thrown out ‘swings pendulum’ back towards harassment protections, says legal expert
Australian R&D spending rebounds but cross-subsidy still key
New figures highlight contribution of international education – and danger of shutting it down
New Zealand to scrap fee-free university scheme
Students will no longer be given money off in final year as coalition minister calls policy ‘wasteful spending’
Sexual harassment worse at more elite universities
Students on languages, medicine and veterinary sciences courses also report far higher incidents of harassment than sector average
Labour ‘may back down’ on migration curbs after election losses
Party predicted to abandon efforts to ‘out-Reform Reform’ despite losing half of seats, potentially easing pressure on…