‘War against universities will stop’ under Labour, says Kyle
Shadow science secretary accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘talking down’ English higher education with attack on ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees
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More campus events and speakers barred by English universities
About 99 per cent of events and speakers were still approved last year, a similar proportion to previous years
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TU Dublin pauses intake on 14 courses amid financial struggles
Irish regulator expressed ‘serious concerns’ over university’s multimillion-euro deficit earlier this year
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Five ways business schools can pivot towards sustainability
Limiting sustainability courses to a subset of interested students will no longer work, warns Alison Taylor, as she shares how to prepare the next generation of business leaders
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UK R&D spend ‘should match countries that invest the most’
New research, endorsed by former prime minister Tony Blair, says UK needs to increase budget by a quarter to tackle ‘incoherent’ system
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Korean PhD overwork culture ‘getting worse’ as research cuts bite
Postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers say they are often subject to supervisors’ whims, leaving some feeling exploited
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Student vote ‘could be boosted’ by UK’s summer general election
Contrary to claims that holding vote out of term time will silence them, student voters may end up having more influence in rare July poll
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We need to talk about misogyny in the academy
Like any system, academia is filled with structures and hierarchies that impede action plans to create gender equality, says Caron Gentry
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Hallam faces strikes as Goldsmiths boycotted over cuts
Universities latest to see industrial disputes ramped up over plans to lose hundreds of jobs
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UKRI panel chair resigns over handling of Donelan accusations
Kamna Patel accuses Research England of ‘indulging’ science secretary’s ‘malevolent’ attack over Gaza comments
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US ends academic year with another wave of closures and cutbacks
Major losses for the sector include the end of storied Philadelphia arts institution and retrenchment at leading Jewish-focused campus
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Value of domestic students almost halves at some UK universities
Institutions see steep drops in proportion of fee income paid by UK students amid continued expansion into international markets
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Fears mount over detention of academics who travelled to China
Several Chinese academics working overseas have disappeared or been detained on return to homeland as leaders expand national security laws
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Most institutions lose out as US college sports professionalise
New agreement on salaries increases likelihood that high-profile campuses will create a small league of top-dollar programmes, cutting revenues for all others
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Universities are only as strong as the communities they serve
Local partnerships have been the key to our ability to deliver meaningful impact – as the THE Impact Rankings highlight, writes Clare Pollock