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Welsh higher education minister rows back on Senedd remarks after acknowledging bailouts across the border are a Westminster matter

New restructure proposals, ¡®the last of the year¡¯, would claim more than 100 positions

Higher education climate action event in Azerbaijan convenes global sustainability leaders

Suggested exemptions to ethical approval welcomed, but more progress needed, experts say

Record increases scheduled as caps proposal leaves universities ¡®singing different songs¡¯

New Manchester vice-chancellor on why universities need to collaborate more closely, how to turn research into impact, and the ¡®opportunity¡¯ for the UK on international students

The Institute of Student Employers¡¯ (ISE) annual survey records the highest number of applications per job since it first started collecting data in 1991

Group of experts advises European Union to embark on huge new investment in research

Island¡¯s leaders unveil new policies to attract international talent and grow foreign student base

Controversial Pakistani politician disqualified, but those making the cut include William Hague, Peter Mandelson, David Willetts and Elish Angiolini

Universities are expanding their offerings in urban design courses as megalopolises experience rapid growth

Unprecedented investment is one of the largest UK university building projects in recent years

Institutions in six continents plan fightback against creeping denigration of the social sciences

Lord Vallance says UK must not ¡®rest on its laurels¡¯, but signals that new Labour government will not interfere with direction of blue-sky science

Laurent Vinatier, an adviser at the non-profit Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, sentenced to three years in prison

Waiving pay during Covid did not prevent redundancies, union warns members

James Tooley vows to contest ¡®serious¡¯ claims as he faces inquiry at UK¡¯s oldest private university 

Conversations between Scottish and Soviet researchers during the 1980s show academia¡¯s potential to provide ideological safe space ¡®outside of the state and its institutional needs¡¯

Struggling universities unlikely to see greater support as warring parties focus on political reform

Charge students to retake passed exams, Norwegian government tells universities

Capital seen as being able to absorb ramifications of a market exit, while regional towns and cities would feel much greater impact

British-Turkish team behind the 2012 book Why Nations Fail awarded Nobel prize in economics

Experts weight in on how Supreme Court¡¯s national prohibition on affirmative action has affected diversity of this year¡¯s intake

Number of higher education institutions applying to take part in UK student mobility programme fell this year

Personal touch the magic ingredient in a programme credited with keeping research hotshots on home base

Campaigners think some groups of students, particularly those from overseas, are much less likely to report disabilities and mental health conditions

New partnership with armed forces could lead to further harassment of students and staff, activists claim

Report comes after former student convicted of 2023 attempted murder of academic

Interest from Nigeria and India falls sharply, with challenging picture set to continue across courses with January start dates

Pandemic-style redundancies feared as universities count their losses

Regulator will ask students about their experience of sexual misconduct within higher education institutions following a pilot survey in July

Parliamentarians dismiss warnings about workload and academic freedom infringements 

Dozens of faculty members at US institutions were rebuked for their actions after the 7 October Hamas attacks ¨C some have now returned to work while others still face criminal charges

Flagship higher education event on 7-9 October 2025 to focus on ¡®Universities as agents of change¡¯

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world¡¯s media

Alumni of American institutions now lead 70 countries globally after largest yearly increase

Kalwant Bhopal claims senior academics of colour succeed by ¡®performing whiteness¡¯

Microbiologist on her latest breakthrough and why we should care more about our guts

Unfazed by unemployment, and resigned about home ownership, learners are taking their feet off the pedal

United Nations expert says higher education is vital for supporting displaced peoples, but should be channelled through humanitarian agencies

Biochemistry professor David Baker and Google DeepMind scientists Sir Demis Hassabis and John Jumper awarded the 2024 prize

Under more favourable policies, ¡®I could spin out probably four or five companies for every one I can¡¯ currently, says Oxford vice-chancellor

With major parties backing the legislation, controversial enrolment quotas appear a done deal

Former minister says his government was right to focus on outcomes of degrees but disowns talk of ¡®Mickey Mouse degrees¡¯

Open access champions make ¡®the perfect the enemy of the good¡¯ by opposing chief scientist¡¯s plan

Half of sector goes backwards in this year¡¯s table, as international student caps threaten more damage

Irene Tracey says policymakers and universities need to work together to tackle funding crisis

Oxford breaks record at number one spot, defying trend of declining UK reputation 

University of Manchester physicist hits out at critics who claim Nobel-winning discovery has not yet delivered

British and Canadian vice-chancellors warn their financial models have never faced greater threats, but do not want to further deter international students

Two-year waits for visa interviews have made it impossible to organise visits to America, says University of Ghana dean

¡®Godfather of AI¡¯ Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield share prize for ¡®foundational discoveries and inventions¡¯

Newcastle vice-chancellor says shared approach needed to prevent ¡®bad practices¡¯

US-based education support site taken to court by regulator, in first test of nascent legislation

Abandoning ¡®bureaucratic¡¯ exercise now would save universities ?430 million, according to UK Day One

Increasing trend for policies that attempt to undermine or overhaul higher education in US and Europe being exported worldwide, Scholars at Risk warns

Funders and prestigious universities ¡®cannot compete¡¯ as budgets stand still or go backwards

Experts fear ¡®high-risk strategy¡¯ as universities urged to double down on existing strengths and retrench from other areas

Releasing details of Paddy Nixon¡¯s final-year earnings of $A1.8 million would be ¡®contrary to the public interest¡¯, Canberra insists

BBC presenter and physicist says ¡®no one is clever enough¡¯ to know which subjects to switch off