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9 March

Shorten UK undergraduate degrees to just two years, says v-c

9 March

Scottish jobs ‘permacrisis’ transforming universities pre-review

9 March

US science budgets have been spared. So why is no one celebrating?

The Trump administration’s proposals to eviscerate the NIH and NSF have been overturned in Congress after a year of cancelled programmes and legal wrangling. Yet as funding continues only to dribble out of downsized and politicised agencies, few believe that US science is out of the woods yet

9 March

Montage of Donald Trump, prime minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán, and president of the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders.

Three brushes with populist power tell me no one in academia is safe

9 March

More UK PhD graduates looking overseas for jobs, study finds

7 March

Rankings

Women lead almost three in 10 of world’s best universities

Experts welcome milestone from THE analysis as ‘cause for cautious celebration’

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Events

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Campus

Why process mapping matters in higher education

By Helen Jones

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North America

US senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) questions director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Jayanta Bhattacharya during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. Bhattacharya testified on the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the NIH.

US science budgets have been spared. So why is no one celebrating?

9 March

Defence secretary’s targets ‘unclear’ amid partnership cull

By Ryan Quinn

6 March

In-person classes aren’t safe from the AI cheating boom

By Kathryn Palmer

5 March

Lawmakers and universities push back on loan caps

By Jessica Blake

4 March

Europe

Shorten UK undergraduate degrees to just two years, says v-c

9 March

Restricting student loan access ‘will worsen existing inequality’

9 March

Scottish jobs ‘permacrisis’ transforming universities pre-review

9 March

Shorter UK graduate visa ‘dampens international student interest’

9 March

Asia

A black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse at the industrial area of Sharjah City in the United Arab Emirates following reports of Iranian strikes in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, 1 March, 2026.

Middle East crisis could halt branch campus plans, experts warn

4 March

Iran’s recent student protests point to a monarchist post-war future

By Roohola Ramezani

2 March

Universities across Middle East shut down amid airstrikes

2 March

UK sector urged to approach Indian TNE ‘with sceptic’s hat on’

By Tash Mosheim

26 February

Australia & New Zealand

Parliament of Victoria state building in Melbourne, Australia

Maintain focus on governance reforms, urge staff and students

9 March

Loan forgiveness ‘terrible policy but probably good politics’

6 March

Report highlighting bias risk in campus racism survey suppressed

6 March

Male university staff out-earn women by 10 per cent

4 March

News

Restricting student loan access ‘will worsen existing inequality’

Birmingham vice-chancellor’s call to review loan eligibility for students with no A levels criticised by own staff members

9 March

Shorten UK undergraduate degrees to just two years, says v-c

Adopting a ‘two plus two’ system including longer integrated master’s would boost access, employment and the economy, argues Anthony Finkelstein

9 March

Edinburgh University staff and supporters at George Square strike and rally over funding cuts that are expected to result in redundancies, June 2025.

Scottish jobs ‘permacrisis’ transforming universities pre-review

Closure of low-enrolment courses, higher staff-student ratios and departmental mergers among measures being considered by institutions

9 March

Shorter UK graduate visa ‘dampens international student interest’

9 March

Maintain focus on governance reforms, urge staff and students

9 March

Haiti looks to restore universities amid instability

8 March

More UK PhD graduates looking overseas for jobs, study finds

7 March

Two-thirds of UK public ‘think student debt burden is unfair’

6 March

‘Passive suppression’ eroding academic freedom, ERC head warns

By Seher Asaf

6 March

Loan forgiveness ‘terrible policy but probably good politics’

6 March

Labour resists shift on student migration despite Green pressure

6 March

Report highlighting bias risk in campus racism survey suppressed

6 March

In-depth

US science budgets have been spared. So why is no one celebrating?

9 March

A tortoise hiding in its shell while being bombarded with lines of text. To illustrate publishers being inundated with requests which can lead to standards slipping.

Is authors’ treatment by publishers getting worse?

Complaints from authors abound about interminable delays, long silences, unfair rejections and shoddy copy-editing. But are standards really slipping? And, if so, where does the blame lie? Matthew Reisz reports

Crowd circling around the stars of the EU flag depicted as barbed wire. To illustrate whether the next Horizon Europe will be anything non-EU states want to join.

Will the next Horizon Europe be anything non-EU states want to join?

As the geopolitical order shifts, the case for greater collaboration among like-minded nations on research and innovation seems obvious. But will a greater European focus on its own industrial competitiveness dissuade the likes of Canada, Australia and Japan from signing up? Seher Asaf reports

Opinion

By Ferenc Laczó

Three brushes with populist power tell me no one in academia is safe

Experiences in Hungary, the US and the Netherlands make threats like autocratic legalism and oligarchic capture feel existential, says Ferenc Laczó

9 March

In post-colonial Africa, the ethical neutrality of AI is pure fantasy

If we treat AI as a purely rational evolution of human intelligence, we risk repeating colonial erasure on a digital scale, says Agnieszka Piotrowska

What Zohran Mamdani can teach us about changing the publishing system

His successful insurgent campaign for New York mayor was not driven primarily by moral appeal but by sustained fieldwork, says Mayank Chugh

Bureaucracy is putting universities on the wrong track to respond to AI

By Akhil Bhardwaj

4 March

Iran’s recent student protests point to a monarchist post-war future

By Roohola Ramezani

2 March

Hiring established scholars to junior Oxbridge roles imperils disciplines

2 March

Atec will fall short of ambition unless its independence is guaranteed

By Jesse Gardner-Russell

27 February

World policy

Protesters in Delhi on January 31, 2026 demand implementation of the new UGC regulations to end caste discrimination in universities

India’s new caste bias regulations have resulted in turmoil

The Supreme Court’s suspension of the regulations highlights contention about when equity efforts tip into reverse discrimination, says Mukhtar Ahmad

Editor’s pick

Pound coins falling like dominoes, illustrating funding precarity

The UKRI grants pause risks forcing out mid-career medical researchers

The fact that a mere few months’ hiatus imperils the futures of those without permanent posts underlines the fragility of UK biomedicine, says a researcher

Generative AI is not just a tool for learning. It shapes how students think

Framing this technology as a helpful ‘tool’ disguises how much it guides every element of critical thinking that academics seek to cultivate, says James Garvey

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Talking leadership

Toronto’s Woodin leans in to ‘middle powers’ fightback

New president of Canada’s largest university hails renewed sense of purpose as nation takes leading role on world stage

30 January

Open University vice-chancellor Dave Phoenix

OU to be ‘university without walls’ as Milton Keynes move dumped

Vice-chancellor Dave Phoenix tells THE that focus should be on using partnerships to deliver for city and UK, not switching to face-to-face education on new campus

By Chris Havergal

6 January

Rescuing arts institution ‘required a CEO, not a principal’

Lack of financial expertise at board level nearly toppled famed drama school, says leader who picked up the pieces