Starmer: 50 per cent university target ‘not right for our times’
Prime minister scraps Tony Blair’s long-held target to get half of young people into higher education, instead aiming for two-thirds accessing university or apprenticeships
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Academic freedom defence not helping in ‘war on tenure’
Long-term employment contract better explained as form of worker protection, says author of new book
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‘Ultra-volatile’ enrolments cause ‘turbulence’ in student housing
Developers fear ‘glory days’ of non-stop building over as some areas face over-supply problems while city centre overcrowding intensifies
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Policy uncertainty ‘leaves little choice’ about job cuts
Possibility of even slower visa processing ranks among the factors fuelling ‘pessimism’ about Australian university finances
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Information abundance only makes scholarly relevance more elusive
Academic life was a lot simpler in the humanities and social sciences when simply finding a document guaranteed originality, says Disha
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Universities victims of ‘relentless negativity campaign’
Sussex v-c says media attacks motivated by view that fewer people should obtain a degree
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Labour promises new maintenance grants ‘funded by fee levy’
Means-tested support only to be offered to those studying courses aligned to party’s priority areas
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New Zealand education ratings improve as foreign enrolments grow
Overseas students offer their judgement: excellent education, increasingly affordable, warm people – but out of the way and lacking work experience opportunities
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‘Stupid’ fee levy plan ‘opposed by Labour backbenchers’
Leeds MP tells party’s conference that he hopes government ‘moves away’ from planned tax on overseas earnings
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Research not just ‘instrument of industrial policy’, EU warned
Successor to Horizon Europe still at risk of being overly influenced by political priorities including defence, say leading university groups
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Collapse in Chinese student numbers ‘highly likely’ by 2040
Long-term trends including declining birth rate mean number of students looking to study abroad set to be much lower in only 10 years’ time
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University harassment responses ‘putting students off reporting’
Women’s negative experiences of reporting reflective of wider barriers, with problems likely to be exacerbated by funding crisis