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BCU leader tells Conservative conference that high-ranking universities ought not to be treated as a ‘template for the rest’

Shorter courses and focus on AI help universities in Gulf increase admissions by 15 per cent in one year

Morten Axel Pedersen says challenge of adapting to new technologies on same scale as industrial revolution

Leader of strike-hit Scottish institution will not seek third term of office

Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans

Inquiry to examine how managers treat whistleblowers after damaging tribunal defeat

Reform vote growing even in areas where international students are proven boon for the local economy, former minister warns

CRANE says it will look again at all applications from recent cybersecurity research funding call after backlash against non-human review

US- and Germany-based researchers awarded prize for breakthroughs in emerging field of optogenetics

Unusual public rebuke from China comes amid questions about whether the country may take over the UK’s leadership role, relinquished earlier this year

Skimping on in-country representation and leadership experience on home campuses can lead to a lack of strategic direction

Marvin Rees says research-intensive universities must put professors to work on civic challenges caused by academic expansion

The self-defined ‘race realist’, the first person to publicly accuse Jason Arday of plagiarism, is alleged to have broken Belgium’s anti-discrimination law

University students have joined a massive revolt against the education system in the country, mounting blockades at dozens of institutions 

Employers’ body instructs members to implement final pay offer as further negotiations fail to resolve impasse with unions

Some hail preprint server’s two papers per month policy move for promoting ‘quality over quantity’, but others question cap’s scientific implications

Canberra accused of ‘policy whack-a-mole’ as it details latest rule changes to an industry already in ‘dire straits’

MI5 warning underlines need for ‘tougher’ research security measures and more resources to guard against espionage risks, MPs and research managers warn

UK students being told that modules are cancelled and recommended options outside their courses, union reports

‘Ambitious’ treaty also sparks concern about potential for ‘security vetting’ of Fijian research

University leaders say they are drawn to China’s research strength and fast-growing technology sector

It is unclear whether a previous invitation to 50,000 young Americans resulted in substantial academic exchange, experts say

European Commission report finds 45 per cent fewer researchers moved from the EU to the US in 2025 than in 2023

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

With record visa refusals and a metric-driven system, the rise in countries considered high risk was a foregone conclusion

The litmus test will be whether a more stratified system improves graduate employment, observers suggest

Applicants to UK and Australian universities generally have a better time dealing with ChatGPT, ‘mystery shopper’ 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

Leader of Malaysia’s Sunway University says institutions must push back on ‘political’ moves to stop academic collaboration

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