Universities lucky to avoid graduate visa ‘red card’, says v-c
Activities such as marketing MRes courses to circumvent dependants ban will only prompt tougher rules, according to Adam Tickell
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Research England to track how REF funding improves EDI outcomes
Pilot exercise will gather information on how quality-related funding is used to address EDI, according to new action plan
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Russian students ‘told not to consider UK’ amid ‘hostile climate’
Number of Russians coming to the UK for study has ‘collapsed’ during war in Ukraine, with visa policy, links to Kyiv and feelings of not being welcome adding up to ‘unofficial ban’
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Russell Group aims for ‘transparency’ in contextual admissions
Research intensive universities to adopt ‘consistent’ language to help applicants ‘make better informed decisions’ as part of new plan to tackle education inequality
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AI tool uses enrolment information to pinpoint disengagement
Universities should not overlook artificial intelligence for student support purposes, says machine learning expert
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If Horizon Europe’s brand is so valuable, let’s work to protect it
Now that the framework programme’s integrity appears assured, it’s time to address the details – together, says Jan Palmowski
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Attempts at change frustrated in implementation stage, says Blake
Repeated efforts to bring about ‘high-level systematic reform’ in English higher education flounder without buy-in from those doing the doing, says access tsar
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Graduate divide among UK voters adds to Tory ‘extinction’ threat
Conservatives squeezed by ‘full-fat Farage’ on the right and an increasingly graduate-heavy electorate on the left, says leading political scientist
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Increasing employer training spend ‘urgent’, says Labour MP
Politician calls on businesses to bear more of the costs of upskilling the workforce as universities wait for lifelong learning policy details
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Academic jobs on the line in Macquarie restructure
Savings only part of the motivation for university’s ‘realignment’ to ‘remain relevant’, but union says management wants the humanities ‘burned’
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Inner skills are the missing link when it comes to SDG progress
University staff are well positioned to lead by example as they engage with global challenges, say María Florencia Amigó, Sarah Lisle and Ruby Campbell
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Beware ‘rushed’ teaching changes amid financial crisis, staff say
Universities eye ‘block teaching’ as way of attracting more students but staff at places that have made the switch warn it is having the opposite effect