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Government strategy to prioritise value over volume appears to be working as commencements and enrolments trend down

Education secretary when Plan 2 loans were introduced tells THE that universities ‘would be in even shakier position’ without his changes

Campaigners call for ‘more structured’ approach to helping students in crisis zones after shock visa block leaves applicants in limbo

Pushing doctoral students to credit more senior academics on early publications has contributed to ‘ethical scandal hiding in plain sight’, says education professor

Broad support for Serd proposals to reorganise A$4.6bn tax break scheme as current iteration struggles to ignite business investment

Union urges Canterbury Christ Church University to promise staff won’t face any disciplinary action if they stay away from campus as more cases confirmed

UK universities tell students flying home for Easter to be aware of risk of breaching restrictions if they get stranded

Staff and students protest after controversial scholar Nathan Cofnas moves to Ghent following free speech row at Cambridge

New figures show efforts to address issues with repayments faltering as critics say system in ‘dire need of an overhaul’

Sector will face heightened questions about role and purpose unless it engages with new political forces, report warns

Leaders more qualified now than decade ago, with many boasting international experience, study finds

Headline enrolment growth masks weaknesses in educational exchange and country’s standing as a TNE player

Canterbury Christ Church confirms one of its students also affected as academics describe ‘shock’ at dealing with major outbreak

Private provider withdraws from OfS registration process as regulator criticises its plans to offer ‘master’s degrees’

Female scientists less likely to use comedy in conference presentations, finds study that highlights ‘absence of humour’ the norm

Students face online learning and evacuation orders, and being unable to return home for Eid, head of international campus hub tells Times Higher Education

Majority of institutions in Australia, Canada and the Netherlands fall in ranking of the world’s most international universities

Ministers increasingly saw education as an ‘export’ after exiting the EU, prioritising economic gain over other benefits, argue authors of new book

Chancellor says government wants to make improvements but insists other priorities will take precedence

UK science minister says missed deadline for postdoctoral grants was ‘mistake’ unrelated to funding shake-up as he defends reform agenda

Focus on physical fitness and psychological support for staff and students, with universities also urged to provide more training

Largest provider of English language testing says online assessments favoured by government could undermine academic integrity

Newly crowned winner of Holberg Prize raises alarm over job losses and shuttering of courses across UK

Secrecy rules tacked on to complaints processes leave students ‘disempowered’ and unable to access social or professional help, ombudsman finds

Drop in institutional autonomy of 50 per cent since 2015 means country is now only rated as ‘moderate’ by experts

Closer links between universities and industry would help to fix 120,000 shortfall in required technical staff by 2035, says study

Several leading institutions have gifted millions of dollars to their local areas of late, but scholars say efforts must be seen as more than a ‘PR drive’

Government urged to accept proposed reforms after panel recommends measures to protect work across broad range of disciplines

House of Lords debates new report that found fifth of students reluctant to share house with Jewish person

Government pulls money as part of efforts to prioritise funding for young people but universities say move ‘not in interests of economy’

Two draft parliamentary reports seek to protect independence of key bodies but universities say more clarity is needed on directionality and defence research

University works with authorities to contain deadly disease, with 11 young people taken to hospital and others being told to get antibiotics

Increase in PhD stipends, efforts to estimate true cost of research and reforms to key grant schemes included in long-awaited recommendations from review panel