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Worse is predicted in coming years, and hopes of an eventual reversal may be driven by excessive optimism about international enrolments, funding council warns

UK ‘missing out’ on talent as fewer disadvantaged students complete STEM doctorates, major study finds

Jane Harrington describes her institution’s merger with Kent as ‘incredibly hard work’ and warns struggling institutions would need support to do the same

Bucks New University has been suspended from issuing student visas, the Home Office has announced 

Universities have urgently been told to review their ties with Chinese research institute after spy warning

There can be ‘no science above politics’ when science is ‘under attack’, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine says a day after it was struck by a Russian drone 

Better to expand global partnerships to tap into huge demand for HE in the developing world, says SOAS University of London leader Adam Habib 

Number of students taking UK courses abroad has surpassed international students studying in the UK for the first time, new figures show

Study analysing grant application data from Danish funders suggests that requesting more funding could boost female academics’ careers

Fallout over differential university fees suggestion continues, amid suggestions that the Russell Group head is saying the quiet part out loud

Proposed loss of certain quality-related streams could undermine specialist institutions’ ability to build research capacity

The success of the West’s oldest university is down to its ability to adapt to the challenges of each era and a strong relationship with its city, Giovanni Molari tells Seher Asaf