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Student-staff ratios climb to highest level in a decade as universities make cutbacks to avoid plunging into the red

University accused of ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to recent rulings, amid fears of more ‘massive fines’

Universities set to lose millions in income if government goes ahead with plan to take a cut of overseas earnings, and are unlikely to see much benefit from levy spending, critics say

Science department will publish specific objectives with ‘corresponding key performance indicators’ for the £9.6 billion research funder this summer, reveals NAO report

Early career researchers from non-EU countries describe major hurdles to Swedish residency under recent migration law changes

Top universities still in robust financial health in year of visa hikes and last-minute withdrawal of proposed foreign enrolment caps

Bentley-driving vice-chancellor George Holmes put on leave after PwC investigation into university payments

Growing cooperation between institutions to address area’s skills needs a ‘blueprint for rest of UK’, politicians say

Former Universities UK chief takes over higher education super-agency to oversee ‘next phase of development’

Despite widespread misgivings about productivity gains, digital transformations are considered a safer bet than campus investment, survey suggests

Government proposal to take a cut of English universities’ overseas income to pay for higher education dismissed as ‘finger in the air’ policymaking

Renewed interest in expanding abroad could prove lucrative but is not immune to scrutiny from the White House, scholars say

Academic and professional services posts to go, with university blaming ‘unprecedented financial challenges’

Multiannual funding programme will ‘retain spirit’ of much-applauded previous scheme, considered ‘step-change’ in Irish research investment

Labour proposes graduate visa reduction, new fee levy and stricter compliance rules in long-awaited policy document

Two-year visa will cover alumni at other high-ranking institutions, as study highlights challenges related to ‘ridiculously expensive’ route

Universities praise continuity of reappointments in era of reform, as post-election reshuffle ushers in new assistant ministry in international education

New levy on income from international students proposed as government outlines wide-ranging changes to immigration system

Wave of ‘low-quality’ papers threatening to overwhelm journals and peer reviewers, preventing them from assessing more meaningful research

Macron criticised over €100 million package while ‘underfunding’ higher education at home

New era of collaboration will benefit both sectors, according to leader who hopes to put ‘efficiency’ skills to good use at one of England’s smallest universities

‘Third way’ approach to international students would see country strengthen educational offer but also send more of its own citizens abroad

Universities hope to build for the future by attracting students disaffected by Trump regime

Country bucks trend of declining enrolments, suggesting policy headaches Down Under matter little compared with what is going on elsewhere, analysis suggests

Critical thinking becoming ever more important in age of AI, but departments not good at showing their worth, summit hears

Yet more universities announce job cuts amid ‘financially challenging environment’

Universities mount fightback against further restrictions on international students, emphasising their role in growing the economy and lack of public support for new measures

University groups urge more flexibility and funding for ‘crucial’ cross-border education in next long-term budget

Religious institutions’ governing documents incompatible with OfS rules, says secular society

Whole role of science in societies ‘being threatened’ by period of great turbulence, says scholar who chaired Ireland’s Covid vaccination drive

Higher education and business leaders write to Stormont over the sector’s ‘real and current jeopardy’

Office for Students warns providers against being overly ambitious in their forecasting after financial performance declines for third year running

Brigid Heywood told a court she reflects ‘every day’ on ‘momentary aberration’ that ended 40-year academic career