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Introduction of temporary graduate visa produced ‘significant increase’ in international enrolments but declines in students’ average earnings and migration prospects

Growing numbers of higher education leaders believe their institutions need to change, but only a minority are confident that they can

Universities warned against restricting lawful speech as one in three academics claim they are scared of discussing controversial subjects

Four in five tertiary education students globally to be in developing world by 2040, World Bank research predicts

AI expert Tshilidzi Marwala calls for closer collaboration between universities and companies and rebalancing of AI power divide away from US and China

Regulator to reopen to new applications after heavily criticised eight-month pause

Turkish academic says women who ‘share their core values visibly’ face ‘invisible barriers’, as she recounts experience of studying in both Istanbul and London

Universities Down Under punch above their weight in global assessment of sustainable development efforts

Ex-partner demands reimbursement for £42 million investment in now-defunct branch campus

Uptick in ‘unprecedented’, ‘exceptional’ and other grandiose terms within scientific papers can be traced to launch of ChatGPT, say scholars

Foreign student numbers rebound despite fee increases as other anglophone countries impose immigration restrictions

Dawn Freshwater says universities must reclaim social licence to operate to help push for more sustainable planet

Top-down approach may be needed to coordinate university research as funding cuts bite, departing science chief tells MPs 

Climate expert Mike Berners-Lee says major global crises can only be tackled by return to simple values of truth and respect

More English institutions escalating cases to counter-terrorism organisation Prevent, driven by concerns related to radical Islam

Success from social sciences and humanities scholars helps end slump in advanced grant winners

The Encampments documentary explores how pro-Palestinian student protests spread across campuses in the US and worldwide

Institution falling back on reserve cash to pursue growth through major transformation, including a new teaching model, overseas expansion and controversial staff redundancies

Sutton Trust finds level 7 apprenticeships ‘displace’ funding for lower levels and people from disadvantaged backgrounds

Research finds few universities have support tailored towards complex needs of refugee students

THE research finds large gap between global institutions’ mental health provision for staff and students

Genetics expert and failed union presidential aspirant removed from sessional academic duties over call for ‘Zionists’ to be ‘executed’

Australian employee representatives say universities are too ready to surveil workers, while higher education regulator suggests additional methods

Universities call for more support as government rhetoric suggests policy focus shifting to wider tertiary sector

National Collegiate Athletics Association settlement could force reckoning on role of athletic teams in smaller institutions facing funding cuts

Honours also bestowed on Oxford emeritus professor Ursula Martin and Science Committee chair Chi Onwurah

Calls for funders to launch ‘random draws’ and offer mentorship to promising applicants who fail to receive grants

Self-funded sector swells as government offers institutions more flexibility to recruit internationally

Home Office data shows rising demand among international students, with policy changes in the US thought to be driving interest

Lower-tariff institutions could face another difficult recruitment season as number of offers made by universities rises

Welsh university leader warns of further job losses for professional services staff as politicians probe scale of original cuts

Politician and podcaster says countries like Singapore and Hong Kong stand to benefit more from Trump’s attacks on higher education than the UK

Data showing more UK students from all backgrounds opting for term-time employment could be sign of decreasing graduate premium, say analysts

Controversial rules on uncapping output numbers for researchers and preventing research ‘portability’ confirmed

Education committee announces inquiry into higher education funding as financial position of sector worsens

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