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Grande école embarks on biggest redevelopment for more than 50 years amid changing enrolment patterns and disruptions to traditional teaching models

National funder commits to another above-inflation increase of almost 5 per cent

Sapienza University of Rome knocked offline for more than three days after suspected cyberattack

Outpouring of grief, love and laughs at commemoration ceremony for leader who was ‘still in the making’

Still unclear whether Scotland will meet fair access goals set for this year, as country prepares to adopt institution-level approach

After years of turbulence in the higher education sector, Dutch universities say the incoming government marks ‘change of direction’

York and Swansea latest to decline publisher’s offer, with latter also walking away from Springer Nature deal

English system that provides funding for less than cost of third of degrees, with repayment thresholds frozen below minimum wage, ‘no longer fit for purpose’

‘Frustrating’ changes to immigration rules affecting Scotland’s ability to be internationally competitive, says higher education minister

Court documents show Kathleen Stock feared ‘chilling effect’ of university trans policy as she was ‘never assured’ she would not face disciplinary action as a result of contravening it

OfS investigation finds students at provider delivering franchised degrees also told how to avoid detection by plagiarism software

Government faces horse-trading in the Senate, as shadow minister flags outright rejection of bill to establish commission

Former first minister advocates for progressive taxes as way of funding higher education as debates ramp up over who should pay for university

‘Flexibility’ on testing in UK system ‘may worry government’ after review finds large variety of methods used to examine language skills

Report flags how seven institutions that have achieved a coveted gold rating have black awarding gaps exceeding 25 percentage points

Drop in visa applications reflects the social and economic factors affecting the behaviour of the world’s most globally mobile students, analysts say

Candidates who stood in 2024 poll seek rerun of campaign after alleging incumbent broke rules by using internal resources – claims strongly denied by union

Cheap research round-ups by ‘hallucination-free’ OpenScholar model preferred by experts, says Nature study

Regulator finds university failed to ‘exercise proper control’ of one of its external assessment centres

Greenwich to change name to London and South East University Group before Kent joins as new ‘superuniversity’ takes shape

Fresh models of university outposts emerging in regions without access to higher education as financial crisis sees shuttering of traditional campuses

Recommendations from strategic R&D review still unknown, but Australian representative groups want them funded anyway

Call for government to create new position mirrored on role that already exists in further education, to help steer sector while avoiding excessive regulation

Having witnessed widespread death and destruction during brutal regime crackdown, students struggling to adjust describe feeling abandoned by their universities

Head of UK’s flagship distance learning institution warns online provision alone doesn’t guarantee equal access to higher education

Ian Chapman tells MPs that some funding streams will be back online ‘in weeks’ amid uncertainty over impact of research changes

University argues regulator’s record fine was ‘unfair’, in case being closely watched across the sector

Finance minister outlines real-terms funding increase and new ‘university township’ model, but scholars remain sceptical

Response to Sullivan Review argues recommendations could hit quality of findings and impinge on academic freedom

Blaming institutional equity demands for the lack of university spin-out success is misguided, says UKRI review

Fund underspent even as its value rises, as government curbs payouts and grant success rates head south

For-sale city-centre site not worth as much as thought, says university, after accounts reveal scale of financial challenge

Poll shows support for eliminating some or all of the money graduates owe the government, as calls grow for reform of the loan system