Wales rules out levy on international student fees Education secretary confirms devolved nation will not follow UK government in taking a cut of overseas tuition fee income By Helen Packer 9 October
‘Learn lessons from US’ and stop political interference, UK told OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable to meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence By Juliette Rowsell 9 October
Universities risk ‘creeping death’ from unsupervised mergers Specialist institutions could be subsumed without high-level oversight of sector consolidation, MPs warned By Helen Packer 9 October
World Academic Summit: free speech can be ‘kind’, says Oxford v-c Irene Tracey stresses importance of teaching students courtesy and respect to model what ‘good disagreement’ looks like By Jack Grove 8 October
Conservative conference: number caps plan to cut 100,000 places Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships By Patrick Jack 8 October
Expanding visa eligibility ‘can deepen UK-US research links’ Russell Group calls for long-term partnerships to be secured amid political uncertainty By Tash Mosheim 8 October
Oxford’s largest-ever project ‘shows what the humanities can do’ 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 By Tom Williams 8 October
Irish fee cut will ‘feel like increase’ as relief scheme ends Student fees to drop by €500 – but end of €1,000 government contribution means total payment will rise By Emily Dixon 7 October
Students defy Starmer’s call not to hold Gaza protests Hundreds gather in London despite the prime minister telling them to stay at home on the anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel By Juliette Rowsell 7 October
Conservative conference: Reform ‘sees HE as elitist conspiracy’ Tories should allow top institutions to increase tuition fees and encourage others to get off ‘mediocrity escalator’, says former science minister By Patrick Jack 7 October
Dundee, UWS and Nottingham latest to face further strikes UCU Scotland members back taking action over job cuts plans, while staff at Nottingham reject deal that would have postponed any compulsory redundancies By Juliette Rowsell 7 October
Focus on ‘national pride’ builds support for skilled immigration 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’ By Juliette Rowsell 7 October
