UK academia faces ‘pivotal moment’ as deadline approaches for cash-strapped universities to negotiate deals with leading publishers

Central European University president Shalini Randeria believes universities must improve public outreach to fend off rising impact of populism

The former home secretary said restrictions announced in the recent White Paper will ‘put a squeeze’ on some universities

June spending review reveals real-terms increase in science department’s budget as student levy remains on the table for universities 

Judge rules against Adult Human Female filmmakers who sued union over harassment claims

University of Edinburgh to house new national supercomputer as government reverses spending decision

Adelaide University names incoming vice-chancellor as Auckland’s Dawn Freshwater announces her departure

Increasing focus on sustainable development agenda must be matched by evaluation of student learning, says expert

University workers warn forcing staff to leave could become the new normal for institutions looking to save money

Surveyed Australians expect their universities to supply AI support despite concerns about its ‘veneer of learning’

International student mobility has increasingly been ‘outsourced’ to private providers since the Turing scheme replaced Erasmus+

MPs grill science minister on significance of new scheme that puts innovation spending in hands of mayors

Annual data shows universities in England and Northern Ireland face growing losses on research and teaching domestic students 

Courses at Brit College de-designated as investigation into quality concerns continues

The only way to prevent AI from undermining assessments is to design them that way, Australian researchers argue

Fewer new companies being created by UK universities following spin-out peak during pandemic

University finances and ‘painfully slow’ accreditation processes contributing to UK lagging behind neighbours on AI training, experts warn

UK institutions urged to go beyond their legal responsibilities to help staff with caring commitments

University employees back industrial action, accusing leaders of poor financial management

East-West partnerships playing an ‘increasingly substantial role’ in development of critical technologies but geopolitics puts trend under threat, finds British Council

University ‘unlikely to be able to award degrees’, union says, as it holds walkouts over 100 job cuts - but institution insists it has a contingency plan

With spending review expected to leave little room to manoeuvre, focus on post-16 agenda worries universities

Politicised appointment processes threaten to leave key university positions in red states only open to ‘ideologues’

Pledging to invest ?86 billion over the rest of the decade, Labour promises local input into decisions over how to spend some of the fund

Historian Karol Nawrocki could use veto to block changes, adding to academics’ frustration over slow progress

Involvement in giant research collaboration scheme would provide ‘a seat at the table’ as US partnership frays

Buckinghamshire New University ends partnership ties with three institutions as it attempts to ‘remove its reliance’ on subcontracting

Doctoral schools, quality assurance and supervision guidelines all on the rise but question of staff or student status still not resolved, survey finds 

With EU reviewing Israel’s Horizon Europe participation, some believe research boycott should form part of Keir Starmer’s potential ‘targeted sanctions’

As international education crackdown continues, new figures reveal scale of potential impact on some institutions’ finances

Leading private university pivots to graduate and international students as entire sector threatened by low birth rate

Medr’s chief operating officer to step up at time of financial hardship for Welsh sector

Regulator exploring how to integrate exercise into wider quality assessments

Fairness, social justice and town planning must be part of template for innovation-led growth in UK university cities, according to Irene Tracey

Falling employment among those who don’t have degrees drives up jobs gap but annual figures to be stopped amid questions over their quality

Internationalisation and increased research funding could help country replicate success in primary education but neighbour’s long-running war is leaving its mark, says minister

Risk of ‘progressively more destructive patterns of behaviour’ as UK institutions find themselves increasingly ‘boxed in’

Programmes at risk at a time when more employers want to train their staff at higher level, say leaders

Satisfaction with pay and benefits lags well behind other sectors but career development improving, survey finds

Activities such as marketing MRes courses to circumvent dependants ban will only prompt tougher rules, according to Adam Tickell

Pilot exercise will gather information on how quality-related funding is used to address EDI, according to new action plan

Number of Russians coming to the UK for study has ‘collapsed’ during war in Ukraine, with visa policy, links to Kyiv and feelings of not being welcome adding up to ‘unofficial ban’

Research intensive universities to adopt ‘consistent’ language to help applicants ‘make better informed decisions’ as part of new plan to tackle education inequality

Universities should not overlook artificial intelligence for student support purposes, says machine learning expert

Repeated efforts to bring about ‘high-level systematic reform’ in English higher education flounder without buy-in from those doing the doing, says access tsar

Conservatives squeezed by ‘full-fat Farage’ on the right and an increasingly graduate-heavy electorate on the left, says leading political scientist

Politician calls on businesses to bear more of the costs of upskilling the workforce as universities wait for lifelong learning policy details

Savings only part of the motivation for university’s ‘realignment’ to ‘remain relevant’, but union says management wants the humanities ‘burned’

Universities eye ‘block teaching’ as way of attracting more students but staff at places that have made the switch warn it is having the opposite effect

Spending money on ‘hugely expensive Americans’ not a good use of limited resources when talent development structures at risk, warns report author

Government targets ‘resuscitation’ of technical institutions and closer private sector ties as youth unemployment soars

Future growth of UK higher education should not just expand graduate numbers but be tied to regional economic strategies, argues new book

Students given wrong question and others left without supporting documents, but institution denies impact of voluntary severance programme was to blame

Difficult to get new models of collaboration off the ground without ‘transformation funding’, finds efficiencies review

Sydney doubles down on rules about indoor demonstrations, lecture announcements and graffiti after review sparked by pro-Palestinian encampments

Proposal to increase money paid by top US institutions fifteenfold could prove to have deeper impact than more headline-grabbing Trump policies

Fierce competition to provide lifelong learning means UK universities require significant investment and national strategy, report finds

Attempt to harmonise tests across country seen as way of mitigating unfair advantages but critics argue more systemic changes are needed

Chinese students begin to make alternative plans after Trump targets visas, but anglophone destinations not guaranteed to benefit

Incoming deputy prime minister casts doubt on plans to boost domestic medical training, saying he is ‘standing up for careful use of taxpayer money’