Europe

SNP announces ‘real terms’ funding uplift pre-election but universities say extra money not enough to combat financial challenges

Bereaved families push politicians to make universities’ responsibilities toward their students clearer as suicide deaths continue

Syrian scholar stopped from seeing dying father among those affected by long waits for clearance, says MP Wendy Chamberlain

Former security adviser turned vice-chancellor calls out silence on controversial defence research, despite evolving threats to national security

Leaders of research-intensive universities see pay top £350,000 despite financial strife faced by institutions

Prospect of additional support being announced in last budget before polling day as review into higher education funding gets under way

Doctoral candidates offered hybrid ‘stipend and salary’ studentships with significant teaching hours will struggle to balance competing pressures, union fears

Big cut in enrolments seen as way of modernising country’s universities but some warn further changes are needed to stop students lingering for years

Students encouraged to study elsewhere owing to concerns about the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on UK campuses

Dramatically increasing private spending on research may be unrealistic given current economic conditions, funder warned

Financial and political pressures have prompted universities to siphon themselves off into various groupings. Can such bodies help secure a fair deal for the sector, or are they destined to end up as either winners or losers?

Union says reduction in staff numbers has led to increased pressure but university warns potential industrial action lacks justification