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Scotland manages to slightly increase number heading into higher education, and international enrolments rise 3 per cent on last year

Drop follows small rise in the equivalent month last year and is likely to sound alarm bells around cash-strapped sector

Chris McDonald backs UK Research and Innovation’s demand management push with dig at ‘value-destroying’ peer review

Bold plan to support graduate employment would require placements for 1.4 million students annually

Opposition amendments would curtail ministerial powers and penalties for over-enrolment, while imposing controversial definition of antisemitism

Scholars face jail terms for up to 30 years for contact with foreign universities that has not been approved by the Ministry of Intelligence

New appointee Alyn Smith acknowledges ‘very sharp’ divide on student migration between Westminster and Holyrood

Study finds thousands of papers reference songs by the Fab Four, suggesting scholars under pressure to stand out have leant on ‘one of the most globally recognised cultural phenomena’

Taith by no means extinct, minister says, admitting ‘fear’ smaller organisations will struggle to compete in Erasmus+

Australian universities will struggle to provide the information policymakers need to replace the unpopular fee regime, conference hears

Toppling of a building in Delhi intensifies discussions around university infrastructure and student safety

King’s College London vice-president says she was told event was called off over ‘institutional concerns about the participation of international academics’, but institution puts it down to scheduling

New survey finds high public trust in science, but warns political polarisation could erode confidence

US universities embrace laptop and phone bans, but professor suggests policies may be more about political positioning than pedagogy

Teaching union leading day-long industrial action as disagreement rumbles on over blocked funding for higher education

Staff offered £8,000 to give up Local Government Pension Scheme membership, but those who do not agree could have their contracts terminated, union says

Kathleen Fisher says keeping science firms in the UK is ‘not only Aria’s responsibility’, following Lords pressure

Proposal reflects trade-off between making benefits reasonably accessible and spreading them too thin

Students continue to suffer long after their degree providers or courses suddenly disappear, says report by England’s student complaints handler

Universities are ‘underestimating’ the challenges caused by outsourcing services amid major professional services staff redundancies, report warns

Institutions will be unable to play full role in advancing local economic growth without more stable support, report says

Legal centre says Israeli universities have suspended students for simply ‘liking’ Palestinian flags

‘Engagement should not be confused with endorsement,’ says Malcolm Press after speaking on a panel alongside Suella Braverman

Longer path to residency brings country into line with rest of Europe, but may not be welcomed by Indian learners

‘Questions remain’ over conflict of interest concerns, says select committee chair

‘Dubious distinction’ for national university, as regulator raises question marks over licence to operate

Education spokesperson vows to lift medical school numbers and ‘remove the rubbish from our university sector’ by defunding 20 per cent of degrees

‘False dichotomy’ between technical and higher education and waves of policy changes spook employers and threaten investment in system, sector leaders warn

Institutions raise admission requirements, or consider doing so, amid jockeying to prepare for funding overhaul

Funding uncertainty and heightened scrutiny of China are some of the factors prompting Chinese researchers to leave the US in their thousands

Economics Job Market Rumors resurfaces after three-week outage, reviving debate over whether forum still matters to the profession

New Zealand case ‘the tip of the iceberg’, and banning the technology will not solve the assessment problem, expert warns

Former prosecutor appointed as university confirms more details of investigation in wake of professor’s death