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Lord Robbins¡¯ review of British HE has had a 60-year legacy, but it ducked the question that looms largest over today¡¯s sector, says Nick Hillman 

The challenge for universities seeking greater openness, innovation and collaboration is they can¡¯t do it on their own, say Ian Matthias and Mike Boxall

Shadow education secretary avoids mention of the word ¡®fees¡¯ in conference speech comments

Beijing is ¡®actively seeking to deter many young people from pursuing a degree¡¯ to stem graduate unemployment, researcher says

Voters have little enthusiasm for paying higher taxes to fund universities, new polling finds

Matt Western calls sustainable sector funding ¡®a big ask¡¯ as two vice-chancellors back graduate tax

While universities bankroll more research from their own pockets they exercise less discretion about the things they study

With tuition fees no longer an issue of contention, higher education reverts to bit-part role in forthcoming election

Vice-chancellors express ¡®near unanimous¡¯ support for lowering costs and restoring benefits, and want it to happen more quickly than scheduled

With deadlines rushed and then missed, even the straightforward work of Australia¡¯s major higher education review is looking anything but

New Olympic Park campus will host one of UK¡¯s largest universities and add thousands more jobs and students. What can it achieve?

Sussex chief challenges ¡®uninspected belief¡¯ that additional cash for student learning ¨C including grants for Covid-hit generation ¨C is politically unthinkable

Accord panel should take note that fee changes ¡®don¡¯t change behaviour¡¯, researcher urges

Four years after massive budget cuts, enrolment starts perking up, but with doubts that it can help the remote state recover a dire exodus of talent

Folasade Ogunsola discusses her country¡¯s battle with brain drain and universities¡¯ search for ¡®creative¡¯ ways to combat funding shortfalls

Schumacher College, which is run by the Dartington Trust, delayed the start of several courses by one day

As arguments for cost sharing in England advance, questions linger over what September changes mean for government-graduate balance

Vassar College faces lawsuit brought by current and former faculty members as gender pay gap across US higher education widens

Review of Devon-based Schumacher College launched in drive to operate trust with ¡®more sustainable approach¡¯

The gulf is growing between self-perpetuating middle management and the people who ¡®produce the value¡¯, Australian symposium hears

If Australia proceeds with a levy on international students¡¯ fees, the money should only be used for students¡¯ benefit, representative body argues

While faculty, students and politicians protest, biggest US four-year system notes that it remains major bargain by nationwide measures

¡®New Conservatives¡¯ say young people ¡®do not have the right to study Mickey Mouse courses at the taxpayer¡¯s expense¡¯

Non-elite institutions have fuelled recent technological successes ¨C with IIT graduates ¡®few and far between¡¯ at India¡¯s space agency

¡®Punitive¡¯ requirements could make admissions from under-represented groups too risky, Australian university representatives warn

New research finds 20 per cent of universities still accepting cash for tuition fees and accommodation costs, despite risks posed by criminal gangs

As their flagship campus draws national alarm, professors protest Gordon Gee¡¯s move to slash positions and programmes

Labour should push for cross-party review but take lead if Tories unwilling to ¡®put needs of UK first¡¯, says former education secretary

Dame Sally Mapstone says universities ¡®must earn¡¯ increased public investment

For university students, living matters as much as learning. Piling pressure on local private rental markets helps no one, says Lorna Fox O¡¯Mahony

Report by London Economics finds sector supports more than 750,000 jobs across country

While inclusivity efforts have focused on boosting admissions from under-represented groups, targets could also be achieved by adjusting overall enrolments downwards

Russell Group study says average top-up of undergraduate education costs could reach ?5,000 per student per year by end of decade

Judges ask university to make changes to its proposal, including boosting international capacity and adjusting down expected growth figures

Things go from bad to worse for student-starved sector, with unexpended funds recycled one month and repossessed the next

Disappointment comes months after v-c told alumni that government funding was ¡®becoming extremely inadequate¡¯

Experts counter analysis suggesting that mismanagement, not declining government subsidies, is cause of financial woes

Canberra may have chosen the right time to revisit university funding, as institutional accounts suggest a widening divide between the haves and have-nots

US grant agency hopes to ensure a more scientific approach after years of political battles over risks of China collaborations

Changes aimed at protecting students and taxpayers adding uncertainties that could lead to institutions closing rather than joining forces, experts warn

Rampant discounting blunts income being made from steep increase in overseas students, as regulator plans action on recruitment

New models beckon after ¡®golden age¡¯, sociologist predicts, as source countries seek to plug skills haemorrhage

Transferable allowances could bring students clarity and flexibility as they become ¡®customers who can make demands¡¯, but some worry about workability and vesting unprecedented powers in landlord-presidents

Research funding needs attention in higher education review, representative body warns, as survey reveals upbeat Antipodean attitude to science

President believes that Waseda has already reformed in key ways, helping make its case for support under the country¡¯s excellence initiative

Jeopardising local universities with rhetoric about rip-off degrees is the last thing the UK needs. A new funding settlement is vital, says Martin Jones 

Revenue from Singapore venture crucial to ongoing sustainability, says Massey vice-chancellor

¡®Not in a million years¡¯ will English fee cap be raised during cost-of-living crisis, says minister, despite universities¡¯ warnings on falling funding

Academics voice concerns over ¡®short-sightedness¡¯ of programme envisaging opening of dozens of science departments

Employers opt to defer increases as finances squeezed but majority tell THE they are paying up

Ipsos polling shows lukewarm support for graduate tax, especially among younger respondents

Disparaged policies could take root as Australia¡¯s once-in-a-generation higher education review dawdles, critics warn

Biden's debt forgiveness plan may have been blocked but everyone will suffer if graduates can't afford to spend, says F. King Alexander

Landmark report has generated applause but could deny vice-chancellors a free hand

Once-in-a-generation review aims to massify a massified system, just as students question the cost-benefit equation

Despite increasing agitation over fee freeze, politics around student support seen as weighing against lifting of cap

Improving benefits and lowering contributions must not mitigate against the pension scheme¡¯s ability to better ride out future storms, says Kate Barker

Needs-based student funding and second national university also among accord panel¡¯s ¡®spiky ideas¡¯, aimed at improving equitable access

Canberra agrees to funding guarantee, governance reform, ditching of ¡®fail rule¡¯ and uncapped funding for all indigenous students, as it mulls ¡®wider change¡¯

As fund records ?60 million deficit ahead of disbursement, academics voice concern over ¡®strings-attached¡¯ model