Southampton Solent staff vote to strike over pensions dispute

Union members back industrial action in early 2026 as row over pensions continues while Essex employees also launch ballot

OfS refers more institutions to watchdog over strike response

English regulator warns multiple unnamed universities may have breached consumer protection legislation

Hard conversations needed after Bondi attack, universities told

Reconceive disagreement as an opportunity to engage rather than a problem to be solved or sidestepped, experts urge, following terrorist tragedy on iconic beach

Is DEI over on college campuses or just changing?

Faces of 2025: who shaped higher education headlines this year

Times Higher Education journalists name the change-makers at the heart of the sector’s biggest debates over the past 12 months

Colleges in limbo amid ‘two-year wait’ for degree-awarding powers

Institutions warn delays after reopening of English sector registrations are jeopardising their financial sustainability

Disadvantaged students ‘worst hit’ by humanities fee hike

Former administration’s tuition fee reforms undermining Albanese government mission to promote equitable enrolments

Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn

Universities ‘afraid to be trans inclusive’ after Supreme Court ruling and OfS Sussex fine, leaving staff fearing ‘hostile environment’

Zootopia 2 shows academia the way on combating harm

Disney’s latest film highlights that behind symbolic progress on ‘complex’ issues often lies a fear of genuine change, says Éile Rasmussen

UK universities report ongoing deficits after ‘difficult year’

Cambridge, Queen’s University Belfast and Leicester record shortfalls for the second year in a row as latest accounts highlight sector-wide financial challenges

UK universities strike deal with four major publishers

Universities can decide on publishing deals after terms agreed with Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis

UA92 to open campus at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium

Classes to be held at iconic venue on non-matchdays as footballers’ institution seeks to counter international student shortfall

Students lament possible closure of Cambridge veterinary courses

University leaders considering internal recommendation to cease veterinary education after regulators extended conditional accreditation of degrees

Purdue University accused of rejecting Chinese graduate students

‘Genie out the bottle’ on franchising despite new rules

Analysis shows that one provider has increased its number of subcontracted students by 500 per cent