University funding and finances

Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates maintain dominance in Arab rankings. Experts consider how they can build from this success to achieve global impact

Voters left to choose between different models of debt relief, as key questions of research and funding are left out of party manifestos

Julian Hill outlines visa processing ‘triage’ system and possible changes to ‘genuine student’ assessments

Near 4 per cent increase in next year’s allocation a show of faith in new funding system, government says

The former universities minister says the sector’s financial crisis will worsen unless ministers get on with legislating for annual fee rises. But 10 years on from introducing the Higher Education and Research Act, he tells Jack Grove that it is right to put the student interest front and centre in a high-fees era

Updated government estimates suggest the tax will drain the sector of more income while generating less revenue for the Treasury

Globetrotting students looking at other options, including ditching international education altogether, according to survey conducted before latest visa overhaul

Students and rectors of public universities backed left-wing incumbent’s return to power – although hopes for more investment in research could be left unfulfilled

In some countries, students and university staff are leading the charge, while elsewhere they have joined much larger movements 

Nishan Canagarajah pledges support for students facing financial difficulty as university launches fundraising push

Murdoch flags ‘a number of change proposals’ to address ‘disproportionate’ impact of international education changes

Belgian liberal MEP says the UK should not consider participation as merely a ‘one-year experiment’ as Brussels debates what future scheme should look like

Government demands changes after internet sleuths identify errors, as analyses of past mergers cast doubt on benefits

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

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

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

Professors claim their pay cheques have decreased by more than 30 per cent, as public education workers embark on a historic march through Buenos Aires

Cutting research funding risks undermining Europe’s ability to compete with China and US, sector leaders warn 

While consultant’s report suggests benefits will massively outweigh costs, staff have joined administrators in vowing to ‘vehemently fight’ the proposal

Public universities raise fees by an average of 17 per cent, which observers fear could put off students from lower-income countries

Party’s higher education spokesperson calls for all university students to have at least English and maths GCSEs

Universities welcome budget measures to ease burden on students, but say financial problems left ‘essentially untouched’

UCU calls on institutions to rethink restructuring plans as industrial action affects large swathes of sector

Students left underoccupied and ‘kicking their heels’ at university, according to former Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman

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

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

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

Worse is predicted in coming years, and hopes of an eventual reversal may be driven by excessive optimism about international enrolments, funding council warns

Jane Harrington describes her institution’s merger with Kent as ‘incredibly hard work’ and warns struggling institutions would need support to do the same

With France’s universities under mounting pressure, academics are organising from the ground up to rethink the system

But university says one in five degrees going had no students on them, and researcher argues Gaelic studies can be foregrounded in broader programmes

Polling suggests sector is public’s lowest priority for education investment

Education minister Cefin Campbell admits review will not remove the need for tough decisions on how to support both students and universities

Machine-learning model predicts that applications from Hong Kong, China and EU will continue to fall over coming years

Mary Curnock Cook tells sector to reflect on how digital provision has transformed journalism amid a ‘nightmare scenario’ facing higher education

Passage of legislation appears assured after Greens ‘secured’ government’s agreement to a dozen amendments

Martin Lewis hopes autumn budget will address controversial threshold freeze, as MPs try to force total system review

The National Student Ombudsman will also introduce penalties for late payment and ‘enforcement action’ on refuseniks, minister says

‘None’ of universities’ arguments about the economic values of overseas students ‘make it into the public domain’, says Jamie Arrowsmith

Australian universities will struggle to provide the information policymakers need to replace the unpopular fee regime, conference hears

Teaching union leading day-long industrial action as disagreement rumbles on over blocked funding for higher education

Opposition calls on Labor to reconsider over-enrolment caps with bill facing rocky passage through Senate

University told to show it can balance new commercial pressures with retaining its academic ethos to prove new model is ‘credible’

Estates teams already facing large backlog of maintenance issues will struggle to retrofit campuses to cope with rising temperatures, experts say

Bristol v-c and new chair of Russell Group discusses rogue agents, what minimum entry standards could look like and whether the sector can continue to present a united front

Higher education dominates post-Covid recovery, as vocational enrolments remain suppressed

Paris-based higher education group eyeing more UK investment says it won’t rule out any category of institution

Just a quarter of those earning average UK salary 10 years after repayments kick in predicted to pay off their Plan 2 loans in full

Public institution to become autonomous company within wider private education group

Long-delayed financial statement shows institution cut staff expenditure and brought in more grants to offset recruitment woes

Any concessions made by new prime minister likely to be fiercely opposed by universities fearful of losing millions of pounds in income

No signs Flávio Bolsonaro would depart from jailed father’s anti-science legacy, experts say, but Lula has also struggled to relieve pressure on higher education

New £500 million development built on site once compared to a war zone gears up for autumn launch

Recovery rate of research improves slightly in latest Trac figures, but remains well below historic highs

A distressed institution is unlikely to have the cash, management bandwidth and capacity to absorb disruption required by a merger, says David Lloyd

Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and Green politicians urge new chancellor to make system more ‘supportive of aspiration’

Proposed penalties most disadvantageous to the universities already struggling with volatile enrolments, submissions say

Eagerly anticipated higher education review set to focus on student support funding, dismantling Seren and ‘bold reforms’, but recommendations must be ‘fiscally neutral’

Top university told it must clamp down on salaries and spending to manage ‘downside risks’ of government international education policies

Serial deficits plague universities that have failed to recover their pre-pandemic international revenue, analysis finds