Maintenance loan freeze limiting social mobility, peers say
Cross-party committee calls for higher household income threshold for maximum student support loans as more struggle to afford university
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Back to campus drive encounters limited resistance in Asia
While staff protest efforts to cut hybrid working arrangements at Western institutions, university employees in Asia have long been back in the office full-time
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When Adelaide University takes off in January, we’ll proudly walk away
A successful merger requires leaders to be mission-grounded and brave enough to move on, say David Lloyd and Peter Høj, in the final instalment of their series on the largest merger in Australian...
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Universities fear £50 million hit from budget ‘pensions tax’
Cost to sector ‘significant’ as reports say chancellor planning to limit tax-free contributions
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New study route for successful asylum claimants in UK
Labour to encourage people granted asylum to better assimilate and support themselves by introducing pathway to enrol in university
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Risk rating improvement ‘misrepresented’ by ‘dodgy’ elements
Evidence level system encourages scams while making little difference to institutional obligations, critic says
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Visa concerns blamed as overseas student numbers fall by fifth in US
Snapshot figures from more than 800 institutions show more than half suffering from declining enrolments
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Students finding ever more creative ways to use AI – Google VP
Conversations around cheating ‘misguided’ because students want technology to assist learning, not give them the answers, education lead at tech giant says
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Scholars urge ‘proportionate’ response to China research risks
‘Little universities can do’ to stop Beijing interference as politicians on both sides of the Atlantic mull enhanced restrictions
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Can academic freedom survive in the new age of hard power?
While submitting to authority comes naturally to Asian universities, their Western counterparts have traditionally resisted coercion. But Donald Trump’s compact could change the game with the...
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It’s time to recalibrate post-pandemic norms in college classrooms
Today’s graduates have grown used to relaxed standards. But their employers will not give them rolling deadlines, say Natalie Schoettler and Kailea Manning
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Georgian universities ‘may collapse’ under reforms, scholars fear
Proposed ‘one city, one faculty’ approach, reduced degree length and hostility towards international students prompt alarm
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Increase in mature students ‘sign of sluggish UK economy’
First post-Covid increase in early undergraduate applications among mature students shows adults are rethinking their options in times of economic crisis
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‘Trust’ essential to overcome competition law constraints
Legal restrictions prevented Australian universities from sharing financial documents despite completing merger, former deputy vice-chancellor reveals