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Former education secretary tells World Academic Summit that UK has ¡®deprioritised¡¯ equitable access

Manchester vice-chancellor says institutions must continue to work across borders in the face of political scepticism

Funding aims to ¡®educate people about antisemitism¡¯ and ¡®better equip¡¯ universities to tackle antisemitic abuse

Baroness Smith references October budget as she says government is ¡®working on a whole range of options¡¯

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun honoured for revealing new principle of gene regulation

Students attending colleges and university courses below degree level must have studied in one of five areas to be eligible

More than half of survey respondents say result won¡¯t impact study decision, but most would prefer Kamala Harris to win

New institution with power to appoint its own vice-chancellor seen as a possible model for improving struggling sector

Gender-critical professor says Dandridge report is another sign that campus free speech legislation is needed

Highly selective universities among those struggling as Indian and Nigerian learners stay away

Quantitative approach could help junior contributors ¡®raise their voice¡¯ and get due credit, researcher proposes

Film documenting students¡¯ efforts to stop university from destroying local monument wins top award as legal battle continues

Employers say they will work with union on issues including contracts, workload and pay gaps ¨C providing there is no ballot for industrial action

Shahd Abusalama claimed Sheffield Hallam breached a confidentiality agreement by disclosing details of her departure to The Jewish Chronicle in the wake of disproven antisemitism claims

Inquiry recommends unamended passage of Universities Accord reforms bill

Last-minute decision leaves some institutions safe and others stranded

Papyrologist Roberta Mazza faced intimidation and legal threats when she blew the whistle on the multimillion-pound trade in illicit papyri

Case which could have significant influence on sector response to industrial action ¡®jumps the first hurdle¡¯

New immigration policies introduced to attract foreign scientists as country struggles to compete in talent race

Booming business school that withheld 20 per cent of lecturers¡¯ pay unless they passed nearly all students is heavily criticised by watchdog

At least 50 job cuts proposed as university confronts A$200 million hole caused by ¡®external headwinds¡¯ and federal policy changes

Limit visitor numbers and access to study areas, some urge university, but others don¡¯t mind visitors so much

Rapid expansion of master¡¯s and PhD courses sparks concern over course quality for some

Labour has put skills front and centre of its plan for government but where does the omission of higher apprenticeships from the growth and skills levy leave universities ¨C and how will these skills be funded otherwise?

Christian Ehler insists that additional funding must not come with political strings attached

Disadvantaged students reported feeling under-supported in their transition to higher education

Leadership hopeful takes aim at universities in latest of series of controversial remarks at party¡¯s conference

But increases to PhD stipends are ¡®too little, too late¡¯, postgraduate union says

Reputable colleges stripped of students while thousands of places go to institutions focusing elsewhere or facing closure 

Survey of pro-growth economists by innovation thinktank UK Day One finds weak support among economists for extra higher education spending

Leadership recruits from outside academia bring new perspectives, and a few skeletons in the closet, to university administration

Universities¡¯ ¡®inadequate¡¯ responses ¡®just like their handling of sexual assault¡¯, says Australian parliamentary committee

Conservative Party conference divided on impact of Labour¡¯s rebalancing of skills funding

Party was ¡®irresponsible¡¯ to let per-student funding erode during last six years of governing, says ex-universities minister

Policies must protect gender-critical beliefs as well as trans and non-binary staff, former OfS head says in wake of tribunal judgment

Academics whose pay was deducted for taking part in marking and assessment boycott begin legal case

Leaders urged to be more ambitious in their proposals in order to secure long-term health of universities

A wave of US institutions say they will no longer take stances on political or societal issues, but some are critical that keeping quiet is ¡®tantamount to implicit support¡¯

Diplomat Luis Vassy will lead the grande ¨¦cole after resignation of Mathias Vicherat amid domestic violence allegations

UCU threatens strike action as university enacts second redundancy programme in less than six months

Science and gender equity advocate to become first female leader of Australia¡¯s top research institution

Very large research-intensive institutions performed best overall, THE analysis finds

Vision for future direction of English sector calls for fees to be indexed to inflation and an increase in teaching grants

All the key suggestions for reform as Universities UK outlines how the sector can be put back on a firm financial footing

Universities reconsider short-term programmes in China amid perceived rising hostility towards foreigners

Manchester Met named as top-performing institution for inclusion in new report

Report finds senior faculty who disagree with Beijing lose positions of authority while those who fall in line are rewarded

New Labour government wants an ¡®effective tool in increasing the value of education exports¡¯

Rather than railing at those who control the purse strings, help them solve their problems, says regulator

Geneticist Dennis Lo Yuk-ming confirmed as Rocky Tuan¡¯s successor at Chinese University of Hong Kong

Educators must take responsibility for their own contribution to the crisis, forum hears

Survey by Norwegian Association of Researchers finds many believe their institution does too little to safeguard them from harassment

Salamanca head Juan Manuel Corchado, accused of artificially inflating citations of his work, denies wrongdoing

Beijing¡¯s University of International Business and Economics closes Israeli outpost as faculty are unable to travel to the Middle East

Body proposed by former government was seen as a way of upskilling workforce and growing the economy

Theoretical physicist to succeed Sir Anton Muscatelli in September 2025

Canberra¡¯s international education crackdown is sapping sector of funds to diversify, forum hears

Professor Brian Cox and Sire Andre Geim to give keynote speeches at THE World Academic Summit 2024

The Newsnight producer who persuaded Prince Andrew to give that interview reflects on why her law degree helped to impress in the media, the Netflix film about her ¡®journalistic underdog¡¯ story and teaching at LSE

A ?14.5 million revamp of the unusual Bloomsbury library has also prompted a rethink about its mission, says director Bill Sherman