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Governments and institutions launch schemes to attract US talent – but budget and anti-internationalisation policy could get in the way, some fear

Institutions reduce shares in companies after review highlights holding large amounts of equity can supress growth

American applicants help to drive growing international interest in Chinese partnership institutions

Seven-figure salaries needed to attract top talent, universities argue, but staff apprehend ballooning executive remuneration with ‘disbelief and anger’

Fees rising and scholarships disappearing as visa constraints reduce incentive to keep students’ costs low

Institutions still waiting for a budget to be set for financial year amid Javier Milei’s unprecedented austerity drive

High Court judgment preventing protesters from disrupting ceremonies sets ‘dangerous precedent’, say human rights groups

While institution has now implemented this year’s rise, UCU members want it backdated to August

International students drive growth in taught postgraduate qualifications at UK universities

Threats to US-funded research and infrastructure could mean ‘profound implications for Australians’, academy warns

Removal of researcher who had anti-Trump messages on phone prompts European academics to avoid travelling to the US

Cash recovered from alleged money-laundering pays for development of new institution in Islamabad that prime minister hopes will ‘rival Oxford’

Average losses on doctoral training of over 50 per cent seen as ‘underestimate’, with gaps plugged by overseas student fees and quality-related funding

Marketing highlighting exemptions to UK visa rules under scrutiny in Home Office amid warnings that regulations could be extended

Regulator says English sector finances ‘appear to be towards the most pessimistic end’ of predictions, with risks escalating

‘Cultural shift’ needed in universities to better recognise work academics do with local communities, Lords committee hears

Union branch at redundancy-hit institution to stage one-day walkout

Ten university cities expected to participate in strikes ahead of April Senate vote on budget

Government told it can ‘no longer ignore’ growing gender educational attainment gap

Vice-chancellors fear ‘incubator economy’ where innovative firms only scale up overseas

UK needs data on how ‘marginal’ graduates fare in workforce compared with if they didn’t have a degree, argues new report

‘Default target’ of sex questions should be sex at birth, with ‘male’ and ‘female’ the possible answers, says government-commissioned review

Institution would have run out of money by end of June without additional Holyrood support, leaders tell MSPs

University umbrella groups call on EU Global Gateway initiative to boost funding for international research collaborations

China’s neighbours benefit in list of the world’s most international universities, as giant expands its network

Loss of almost 8 per cent of mainstream quality-related funding feared amid concerns that Spring Statement will deepen sector funding crisis

Rules designed for adversaries do not help against friends, expert warns, as US grills Australian researchers on DEI, ‘environmental justice’, ‘gender ideology’ and China links

Tropical disease researcher and parliamentarian Lauren Sullivan talks about difficulties of returning to the lab after a career break, juggling family, science and politics, and why Dundee’s life science sector must be supported

Union members hold Parliament rally urging ministers to bail out sector

Staff in their late fifties offered voluntary severance may feel that they have no choice but to accept, but it could cost them thousands of pounds in pension payments

Teaching and nursing enrolments surge as students seek ‘safer’ career paths in an uncertain and expensive world

Students face more ‘formulaic’ and automated tests, as staff are left unable to cope with growing class sizes

Cash-strapped institution confirms it will not be investing upfront in new Central Asian outpost