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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

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

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

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 – 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’

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

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

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

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 

Former minister says his government was right to focus on outcomes of degrees but disowns talk of ‘Mickey Mouse degrees’

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

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

Funders and prestigious universities ‘cannot compete’ as budgets stand still or go backwards

BBC presenter and physicist says ‘no one is clever enough’ to know which subjects to switch off

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

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

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

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 – 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’