More jobs at risk as universities gear up to fight student levy

Domestic student places and essential courses face axe as plan to tax international tuition fees could prove to be ‘final nail in a coffin’ for some institutions

Technology ‘more important than location’ for business schools

Leader of management school with bases around the world says technological advances make opening more campuses unnecessary

‘Much more funding’ needed for UK to attract US science talent

Leading light of Cambridge biotech industry Greg Winter says country should seize ‘once in a lifetime’ chance to poach American scientists fleeing Trump cuts

The humanities must have a role in overseeing AI ‘censorship’

Restrictions on what models will discuss are necessary, but ill-informed blocks distort inquiry, say Lorna Waddington and Richard de Blacquiere-Clarkson

AHRC names winners of new PhD funding awards

Around 200 doctorates funded across 10 university consortia in new model for arts and humanities postgraduate research funding

Dutch government U-turns on controversial ‘foreign language test’

Strict conditions aimed at preventing bulk of teaching in a language other than Dutch removed for existing programmes

‘Dramatic’ shift in medical school access key to NHS 10-year plan

Institutions with track record of widening participation to be prioritised for expansion while those not moving fast enough face being struck off

Treat student complaints as learning opportunities – ombudsman

Suspensions and expulsions are signs of ‘institutional failure’ to appreciate students’ ‘challenging life circumstances’, Australia’s new welfare arbiter says

Reliance on international enrolment poses credit risk - Moody’s

MRC unit closures a ‘disaster’ for curiosity-led research

New funding model an example of ‘top-down’ research planning that will harm scientists’ careers, fears Nobelist

Murdoch ‘turning the corner’ on domestic enrolments

Getting the student profile right is a tricky business, university admits, after international student numbers rise high above 40 per cent target

Student cost of living crisis ‘not over’ as Irish fee relief ends

Students having to come up with extra €1,000 ‘hurts those with the least the most’, representatives say

‘Risks attached’ to giving control of research funds to mayors

Universities warned against alienating local communities as government emphasises civic mission

Are UK universities overselling graduate earnings data?

The overhauling of two major graduate earnings surveys has highlighted that existing figures are an uncertain measure of a degree’s value even in narrow economic terms. But by talking up the graduate...

We must change the mindset that degrees are all or nothing

Instead of treating certificates and diplomas as afterthoughts, most universities could offer and market them as stand-alone achievements, says Vivek Pundir