Scrap visa salary discounts for PhD holders, UK told
No evidence that people with a doctorate experience ‘significant wage penalties’, finds committee’s review of key visa route
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UKRI funding shake-up hands big rise to priority research areas
New targeted model will see funder split budget across four “buckets”, with money for curiosity-driven work remaining broadly flat
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UK aims to widen access to Erasmus after agreeing to join in 2027
Confirmed deal to cost UK £570 million in first year, with ministers targeting 100,000 participants including apprentices and adult learners
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Australasian universities strike deal with Elsevier
‘Significantly improved’ agreement with world’s biggest scholarly publisher averts new year shutdown
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Csiro funding lifeline ‘will not save researchers’ jobs’
Australian science lobbyists pin hopes on research and development review, saying ‘one-off’ mini-budget funding boost will not compensate for years of decline
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New bodies mooted as leadership appointments come under spotlight
Senator warns universities have ‘few levers’ to pull when things go badly – citing ‘havoc’ at the Australian National University under former vice-chancellor
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Elwen Evans: ex-lawyer on turning around Wales’ oldest university
Facing a £12 million deficit and a beloved but underutilised rural campus, former barrister who led murder cases says she took lessons from legal career when attempting to modernise an institution...
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Google Scholar’s citation errors skew h-index leaderboards
Thousands of mistakenly awarded citations left uncorrected highlight the perils of leaving profile curation to academics, say critics
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England’s free speech rules need a complaints scheme urgently
To give the law teeth, the government must commit to promptly implementing the promised mechanism for flagging breaches, says Abhishek Saha
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UK set to rejoin EU’s Erasmus+ student exchange scheme
Westminster government reportedly agrees reassociation to Europe’s flagship student exchange programme five years after departing under Brexit
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Coventry ‘on path to recovery’ despite £59 million deficit
Newcastle and Bradford also in the red as UK universities continue to publish their annual accounts
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Search data shows interest in studying in Western Europe surging
Spain, Italy, Germany and France rivalling traditional destinations such as Australia and Canada as recruitment patterns shift
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Exam board fined over issues with online English language tests
More than 9,000 results revoked after Pearson found students had been getting others to pass tests for them
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Course on K-pop star ‘signals rise of serious academic subject’
The University of Southern California launches module dedicated to Korean musician G-Dragon as academics report rising interest in non-Western cultures among students