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Policy has achieved political aims despite damage done to sector, say experts, after Auditor General report finds impact vastly underestimated by officials

Extending UK government technology funding to universities could save sector millions of pounds a year, argues new report

Universities prioritising ‘rapid expansion’ over sustainability threaten survival of the entire English sector, new report warns

Escalating conflict in the Middle East has seen institutions increasingly drawn into the fighting, with material and psychological damage leaving long tail

Conservative manifesto ahead of Holyrood poll promises to promote alternatives to higher education, but declines to row back on totemic fee policy

‘Focused interim action’ required on a sector that politicians say is ‘sacrificing fundamental social benefits in the pursuit of corporate outcomes’

Productivity gains from using technology to mark students’ work a ‘false economy’ given loss of skills and relationships, argues new paper

Notwithstanding other ‘unfinished business’ in international education, government maintains focus on integrity and numbers

New leader of top business school believes it has been ‘underselling’ itself and needs to show its worth in world buffeted by Trump, AI and continued questioning of MBAs

Cleaners, security guards and technicians to walk out after unions reject below-inflation pay rise

Maximum interest rate to be limited as Westminster government continues to look at wider reforms to controversial student finance system

‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’

Series of pressures sector faces could trigger a shift from ‘college for all’ toward ‘college for some’, according to futurist

Teacher-turned-sleuth Stephen Vainker warns rise of chatbot language in journals will further erode school confidence in education faculties

Unprecedented refusal rates raise fresh doubts over risk rating methodology as officials get tough on ‘non-genuine’ students

European destinations emerging as ‘legitimate rivals’ for international students because they are improving while US stagnates, argues paper

New right-wing president eyes reforms to student finance as part of wider austerity measures

Female early career scholars found to be ‘largely absent’ from higher-level governance structures in many European countries

‘Weekend-only’ learners signed contracts in good faith before being suddenly told to repay money through no fault of their own, says NUS head

Most students who work more than 23 hours a week report spending ‘zero minutes’ reading but scholars say time spent in employment not wholly bad academically

Universities set to miss out on promised funding after EU fraud office finds ‘irregularities’ at body that supports HE-business collaborations

Agricultural and environmental research lose out, as scientists criticise ‘dangerous confusion’ of government’s switch to ‘smarter investment’

Historians say their ability to study material held in ‘mother lode of all 20th-century archives’ diminished by long suspension of vetting requests

Employment increasingly elusive for foreigners blindsided by Australia’s steep cost of living

Increase in visa refusals expected to be used as primary method for addressing asylum concerns for politically important nations

Decades-old programmes among those being lost under new system that prioritises each institution’s traditional strengths

Union boss says British institutions should not be opening sites in Africa while UK continues to reject study visa applications at home

Cancer researcher to succeed businessman Andrew Mackenzie at time of major change for research funder

Face-to-face learners said to be more collaborative workers than online-only peers, survey suggests

One of the last members of Universities UK to share financial accounts for 2024-25 posts one of sector’s biggest shortfalls

Auckland survey finds 45 per cent of respondents are ‘food insecure’, while Otago study traces ‘persistent’ reliance on food banks

Vice-chancellor Wendy Thomson has been suspended for 10 months but institutions’ concerns stretch back much further than that

Appointment of philosopher who has refused to recognise viewpoint as legitimate could have ‘chilling effect’ on types of studies submitted to the exercise that distributes £2 billion in funding, says professor