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Redundancies blamed on ‘unprecedented financial challenges’ including ‘rising costs, flat or declining income and uncertainty in student recruitment’

Grief ‘compounded by a lack of transparency’, parents tell two-year investigation into student deaths at UK universities

UK foreign secretary hails partnership as way of strengthening scientific ties between the two countries

Increased staff and other operating costs blamed for ‘significant deterioration’, with spending on restructuring ballooning

Surprise reduction in funding for specialist provision will spark ‘brand new financial crisis brewed entirely in Whitehall’, critics warn

Problems arise when citizenship rather than pedagogy determines delivery mode, critics say

Hidden environmental impact of roll-out of AI bots and assistants not well understood, experts warn, with much of it outsourced to big technology companies

Vocabulary driven by policymakers doesn’t work for sector where outputs are not always measurable, conference hears

Fears over cuts to university-based frontier science eased by European Commission president’s speech confirming independence of Framework Programme 10

Lowest offer since the pandemic reflects ‘severity of the financial pressures’ facing institutions, says employer body

Staff want additional funding allocated by the Welsh government to be used to remove threat of compulsory redundancies

Thousands set to miss out on fund set up by UK government to support companies in traversing the ‘Valley of Death’ between research and commercialisation, universities fear

Many institutions still ‘pretending not to see’ issue of food insecurity among students, new book claims

Doubling the length of time required for indefinite leave to remain in the UK will impose a considerable ‘financial and emotional toll’ on international researchers, warn experts

Ministers to seek to ensure money used to support high-cost subjects better aligns with priorities for growth

Royal Society announces government-backed fellowships as countries race to sign up scientific talent fleeing the US

Broad agreement offers little detail on HE priorities, with no mention of whether EU students will be able to pay UK fees

Other UK government departments outside science will be encouraged to allocate a proportion of their research budgets to long-term funding

Secretary of state promises to focus on building global partnerships in vital document that will shape approach to education exports

While some see higher compliance thresholds as way to identify rogue operators, the threat of losing licences could push universities to withdraw from certain regions entirely

Current widening participation approach not working, say academics, as rural villages and coastal towns revealed as areas with lowest levels of progression to universities

Minister says there will be no changes to visa processing regime that gives effect to government’s thwarted cap proposal

Using jokes where appropriate can build trust, diffuse anxiety and enhance learning, says doctoral supervision award winner

Science academy urges government to facilitate curiosity-driven research and protect researchers from intimidation

Latest cost-cutting drives to hit UK sector include planned compulsory redundancies at Bournemouth-based institution

Canadian prime minister creates two new ministries focused on industry and innovation, but critics fear stripping science from job titles signals wrong approach

Increase in antisemitism probes targeting smaller colleges leaves institutions lacking the heft of Harvard exposed

Internationalisation strategies will be damaged by heavy prioritisation of students from Europe and US, report authors warn

Experience Down Under suggests universities should not be too quick to torpedo idea that overseas income should be redistributed

Culture shocks experienced by international academics moving to Middle East put progress of universities at risk, study finds

All of university’s hourly paid lecturers in social sciences set to go under plans that will affect a quarter of academic workforce

Job cuts target drops from initial 400 after university accepts proposals put forward by staff which will see schools ‘teaching higher numbers of students’

English sector facing total bill of £620 million a year, if government goes ahead with plan to take cut of international earnings