Should universities take polluters’ money for climate research?
New role backed by cement company at Trinity College Dublin has prompted protests, but can institutions – and the planet – realistically afford to spurn such funding?
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‘Scary’ cash crisis looms at record pay university
Institution that dispensed the highest vice-chancellor remuneration in sector’s history looking at course and job cuts
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Academic research has ‘bigger role to play in new UK government’
Author of report seeking to shape spending priorities says MPs should spend more time consulting the ‘people who know most about a subject’
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Israeli universities close down amid nationwide strike
Disruption on campuses as large protests put pressure on Netanyahu’s government after six hostages found dead
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No education ‘better than oppressive one’ for Myanmar students
Announcement of new universities likely an empty promise as military junta loses grip on control
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University mergers can work but aren’t a sure-fire way to save money
Vice-chancellors can often overestimate the savings from institutional mergers and underestimate their complex challenges, says Malcolm Prowle
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Embedded inside Parliament, influence of academics grows
Scheme that places researchers at heart of policymaking set to be expanded, but can evidence-based advice really make a difference in heat of politics?
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Top-class degree awards drop at two-thirds of UK universities
Grade deflation hits institutions but Imperial tops THE analysis of universities where students receive the highest marks
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Fine print of Australian caps ‘a PR disaster in waiting’
Universities may be discouraged from taking on displaced students for fear of them counting towards their quota, policy expert warns
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Blocking Tories’ free speech law will not help to protect Jewish students
Labour sources have dismissed new legislation as a ‘hate speech charter’ for Holocaust deniers, but the law would have actually protected Jewish staff and students on campus, as well as pro-Israeli...
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Hull shelves solar plans with net zero goal seen as ‘impossible’
Nearly 100 academics placed at risk of redundancy, with union claiming staff are ‘paying the price for failed pet projects’
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More than 3,500 UK study visa applications withdrawn in 2024
Spike in applicants changing their minds after dependants ban shows UK has ‘demand, not quality’ issues, says report
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Trusting students the key to better teaching, says podcast host
Universities must rethink how they engage with students in era of major upheavals, according to Bonni Stachowiak as she reflects on 10 years of running Teaching in Higher Ed
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Afghans feel ‘abandoned’ by UK after scholarship closure
Previous awardees urge government to reopen Chevening Scholarship to applicants from Afghanistan
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Australian universities clash as caps thwart plans for growth
Top-tier institutions accused of not engaging with concerns about scale of overseas cohorts