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Projects engaging with wider community ‘among the first to be cut’ despite growing recognition of importance of such work, report says

Refreshed system intended to address the ‘small’ proportion of ‘bad courses’ the Office for Students believes are ‘tarnishing the reputation’ of the HE sector

Providers awarded ‘requires improvement’ rating to have cohorts reduced by 10 per cent a year as new OfS chief executives get tough on poor-quality provision

Academics turn to private sector as research into machine learning fuels massive growth in computational needs

Korean speakers given preferential visa treatment, in move experts say shows ‘recalibration’ of internationalisation goals 

Number of people wanting to leave institution far outweighs expectations, signalling lack of confidence in future direction, says UCU

Free speech tsar says senior leaders taking a stance on certain issues could be seen as position of institution as a whole

Science minister sets out plan to create ‘internationally significant clusters’ with new innovation fund as concerns mount over cuts at existing facilities

Policy experts say sector can expect extra money for R&D aligned to defence, regions and economy but rest of university funding will receive little attention

UKRI should do more to recover public money invested in research that leads to spin-out companies, Public Accounts Committee says

R&D funding boosts and student loan repayment cuts floated as major and minor parties joust over tertiary education policy

New study charts how government has used political appointments to take greater control of its higher education sector

Report by thinktank Equi calls for alternative student finance system, as well as minimum requirement for ‘faith-based’ spaces on campuses

Sector must ask itself fundamental questions about cross-subsidy and funding concentration as it adjusts to new financial realities, argues British Academy

England can better address skills needs and NEET crisis by funding start-up institutions in left-behind places, argues Policy Exchange

Admissions survey finds top universities have an enrolment rate of just over 50 per cent for full-time MBA courses

Disappearing provision a ‘social justice issue’, says researcher after finding easier-to-access courses hit hard by cuts

Documents ‘altered, reused or repurposed’ to make them appear legitimate, immigration officials say

Human rights charity says actions taken to manage campus demonstrations have undermined universities’ role as ‘places of open enquiry’

In-depth analysis finds country’s success down to continuity of funding and investment in early careers, but collaborations and original scientific discoveries still proving challenging

Scholars of Chinese heritage in Australia agree with the rationale for research security measures but not how they are implemented, survey finds

Campaigners believe UK legislation could stop cover-ups around student deaths at university – but only if ministers insist it applies to sector

Economists whose policy recommendations have just been adopted by the Treasury say it took years’ worth of work

Some in union adamant that move is only way of fighting university cuts despite legal advice warning of risks of potential action

Background checks on undergraduates seen as way of reducing risk of accepting applicants who are being pressured by intelligence services

Committee for Academic Freedom says its inquiry will not be ‘prejudged’ as it criticises ‘material change in emphasis’ in Cambridge’s own probe

Critics slam consultant’s ‘flawed’ assumptions, ‘nice round numbers’ and reference errors ‘bearing the hallmarks of AI’

Students and staff to have more seats at the table, state government promises, ahead of fiercely contested election

Royal Holloway student threatens legal action over decision to involve anti-terror authorities in investigation of his social media posts

Exams going unmarked and temporary lecturers causing friction 130 days into industrial action but Joanna Newman believes she can end crisis loop at famed arts institution

Thousands of students calling for better university conditions and job prospects have taken to the streets of Albania’s capital in recent days

Union threatens potential strikes, saying scale of cuts will inevitably lead to job losses

Universities caution against reliance on AI detection tools after media probe alleges 20 per cent of recent master’s theses were mostly produced using chatbots