‘Existential crisis’: Welsh universities face £70 million deficit
Pressure mounts on Welsh government to intervene as Cardiff posts UK sector’s biggest deficit yet
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Reform ‘broken’ medical student support funding, urges BMA
Survey finds NHS bursary is not sufficient to cover living costs, with many trainee medics forced to cut back or take on additional work
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Sector fears ‘attack’ on European Research Council autonomy
European Commission-published Competitiveness Compass raises fears of political interference
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For concord on US campuses, bad protest behaviour must be punished
Individuals and groups must be convinced to strive for common educational purpose in an atmosphere of mutual respect, says Neil Rudenstine
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Union says 270 jobs to go as Queen’s seeks voluntary redundancies
Russell Group member says number of roles going yet to be determined, with compulsory departures not on agenda
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Consider exempting STEM students from dependants ban, UK told
Peers urge rethink as they brand UK’s high visa and healthcare costs ‘act of national self-harm’
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IITs and expanding medical training prioritised in Indian budget
Tax-cutting budget sees modest increases for higher education as India’s growth expected to slow
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Plan S dumps journal cost comparison tool after publisher boycott
Lack of cooperation from publishers blamed for failure of transparency service that many hoped could drive down prices
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‘Positive signals’ for UK international recruitment in September
Early data from UniQuest shows a 38 per cent increase in firm acceptances for autumn intake
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Lecturers fear impact of DeepSeek ‘censorship’ on students’ work
Rapidly growing AI tool brushes off questions about Tiananmen Square and spouts Communist Party line on sensitive topics like Taiwan
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Serbia protests ‘about protecting present and future’, students say
Prompted by deadly train station collapse, thousands of students are calling for government accountability
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It took a collapse on a bus to show me how wrong our work-life balance is
Can it be our responsibility as employees to better prioritise our well-being when the workload imposed on us goes so far beyond what can be done in a 35-hour week, asks Joan Taylor
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Striking over pay amid the UK’s financial crisis is misguided at best
The work of lobbying policymakers to make HE a higher priority is undermined by the endless pantomime of UCU’s internal politics, says Dyfrig Jones
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French scholars decry ‘appalling’ cuts to ‘starving’ universities
Draft 2025 budget could be devastating for research, universities and students, academics warn
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Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ executive orders wreak havoc on science
From cancelled guest lectures to disrupted clinical trials, the damage to US science caused by a grant approval freeze is mounting, but further problems lie ahead