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Proposal could help international students assimilate better into society but low pay and potential for abuse need to be addressed, say experts

University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences

Regulators should consider insisting that branch campuses offer scholarships to avoid ‘two-tier’ system, say experts

Minister Noha Kattan says Riyadh University of Arts will provide talent for a Saudi arts economy likely to employ 300,000 people by end of the decade

Other recent departures from Trump’s America include expert on anti-fascism who fled to Spain after receiving death threats

Former politician not for turning, amid denunciation of culture, oversight and spending at national university

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

Transnational education mandate added to resurrected integrity proposals that also include power to suspend applications for new courses

‘Debt trap’ has replaced ‘Mickey Mouse’ courses but Badenoch still kicking universities after being ‘boxed in’ by Labour’s apprenticeship embrace and Reform attacks on elitism

New participation target represents ‘paradigm shift’ in country’s approach to education, but government needs to incentivise FE and HE working together, says report

‘Institutionalised’ targeting of universities has compromised academic freedom but remains ‘taboo’ subject on campuses, says intelligence expert

Institutions must find new ways to respond to the agendas of the communities where they operate, leaders tell summit

UK bounces back in crucial month for enrolments, with policy uncertainty elsewhere helping fuel first rise in 12-month figures for nearly two years

Lancaster and Surrey latest to gain approval to set up Indian bases, with prime minister lauding £50 million boost to economy

Number of students studying UK courses abroad set to hit 1 million before end of the decade

Education secretary confirms devolved nation will not follow UK government in taking a cut of overseas tuition fee income

Specialist institutions could be subsumed without high-level oversight of sector consolidation, MPs warned

Nation’s high research quality score is in spite of second-lowest share of internationally co-authored papers  

UK offers reassuring familiarity for Charles Darwin’s TNE ‘push’ but vice-chancellor says its MBA courses will be unlike anything already available

Lingering financial pressures mean country is ‘not out of the woods’ despite strong showing this year, expert warns

Elite Asian universities stagnate and US declines in ‘moment of great flux’ for global higher education   

OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable to meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence

Female researchers need ‘action’, not just ‘advice’, says high-flying scientist

Irene Tracey stresses importance of teaching students courtesy and respect to model what ‘good disagreement’ looks like

Curtailing competition, reducing waste and drawing more on industry and philanthropic sources seen as ways to fill gaps left by NIH retreat

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi honoured for development of metal-organic frameworks

Russell Group calls for long-term partnerships to be secured amid political uncertainty

Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

New building that brings together disciplines for the first time will also open its doors to the public to engage with big questions facing the world

Rapid increase in institutions allowing time off welcomed as a vital step toward supporting well-being, although academics warn it also raises questions about staffing, implementation and potential misuse

Sethuraman Panchanathan says research funder and scientists must improve ‘storytelling’ as agency faces $5 billion cuts

Student fees to drop by €500 – but end of €1,000 government contribution means total payment will rise

Demonstrating research impact more clearly will reverse falling public support for higher education, argues scholar turned education minister

Hundreds gather in London despite the prime minister telling them to stay at home on the anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel

Tories should allow top institutions to increase tuition fees and encourage others to get off ‘mediocrity escalator’, says former science minister

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis share 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on quantum tunnelling

UCU Scotland members back taking action over job cuts plans, while staff at Nottingham reject deal that would have postponed any compulsory redundancies

A year after joining the ‘MIT of the Middle East’, the former King’s College London president reflects on the need for scholars to align their research with national priorities and the joys of leading a ‘city community of scholars’

Voters more likely to support pro-immigration messages for the R&D sector when they are ‘inspiring’ and don’t paint the UK as ‘passive’

Institutional autonomy ‘not threatened’ by proposal to more than halve executive pay, academics say, as universities insist councils should maintain control

Andy Burnham says universities ‘at the heart’ of his plans for growth of Manchester’s economy

Scientists who identified body’s ‘security guards’ that protect cells when others are being attacked first to be honoured in this season’s awards

New chief executive of UK Research and Innovation sets out how relationship with universities could change

Taxpayer and students losing out as a result of failure to tackle ‘low-quality’ higher education, according to Neil O’Brien

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

Sudden cancellation ‘devastating’ as financial pressures force universities across the country to close programmes

Policymakers need to understand inequity at primary and secondary level – and between genders – to make tertiary education genuinely inclusive, concludes study

Both internal and external board members agree on priorities for institutions, countering view that outsiders favour different approach

Promise of preferential treatment in return for fee freeze and student cap latest salvo in president’s ‘ideological’ battle to reshape HE

National University of Singapore scraps policy that allowed one work from home day because of the ‘value of in-person interactions’

Universities have turned to offshore educational pacts amid a global crackdown on international students, but critics say they require conditions that would never be tolerated at home

With levy-funded maintenance grants and 50 per cent target scrapped again, government’s vision for universities becomes clearer. But while rhetoric appears tough, experts see opportunities as education takes centre stage

Gazan students due to begin studies in Ireland and Italy but efforts in other countries remain blocked

Almost 40 principal lecturer posts affected and 14 jobs lost in planned restructure, while staff at Imperial College London strike over ‘below inflation’ pay offer

Fifteen universities and two significant source countries move up the ladder, but China bucks the trend

Not our role to ‘police the personal political opinions of individual fellows,’ says president

City told to resist ‘mainlandisation’ amid fears that expansion is placing growing strain on staff and resources

‘Irreversible damage’ being done to higher education as government removes the ‘last lifelines to learning’ for many

Flexibility of hours and drive to do meaningful research among the things workers prize most highly, but could also be driving them to quit

WhatsApp a winner, ‘mystery shopping’ study reveals, as universities ‘sharpen their interactions’ with would-be students