Europe

Anand Menon criticises ‘absurdities’ of government policy, pointing to contradictions in UK’s efforts to rejoin flagship exchange scheme

Sector’s absence from Starmer’s trip to Beijing and Shanghai ‘wasn’t for lack of trying’, says Birmingham vice-chancellor

Coming reduction in funding for high-cost subjects and access programmes ‘extraordinarily frustrating’, says Universities UK leader

Updates to UK counter-terror monitoring scheme incoming despite concern Prevent not built to deal with growing problem of extreme right-wing views

University chancellor says both academic freedom and legitimate protest must be upheld on campus

Five-year tuition fee freeze, ban on franchising and introduction of new national entry test among other recommendations from Policy Exchange

UK can become ‘most attractive place in the world’ to invest in innovative companies, say v-cs

‘Time is right’ to lower tuition fees for some accelerated degrees, says UK’s oldest private institution

Proposed regulatory conditions are ‘too broad’, lack clear guidance and will increase burden on institutions, say sector groups

Academics welcome coalition’s commitment to expanding STEM places, but warn hard-hit humanities subjects have been ‘hardly’ mentioned

Rush to ‘get funding out of door’ after delayed budget settlement will harm quality of submissions and staff well-being, warns ex-UKRI director

Developers behind ‘university retirement communities’ believe the model can benefit pensioners, students and institutional finances