Manchester shows the possibilities and limitations of devolution
Devolved powers can better integrate the post-16 system but England’s national architecture pulls in the other direction, say Nic Beech, Fran Darlington-Pollock and John Blake
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Australia must enshrine university autonomy in law – UA chair
Democratic role needs protection from ‘creeping regulation’ and ‘populist backlashes’, says legal scholar
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Scotland’s HE minister resigns to focus on his health
Ben Macpherson leaves government after serving just three months in newly expanded role
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Burnham in EU fees balancing act as crunch talks loom
Any concessions made by new prime minister likely to be fiercely opposed by universities fearful of losing millions of pounds in income
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‘Islands of internationalisation’ risk as central Asian hubs grow
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan urged to ensure domestic universities and research systems benefit from branch campus push
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Shape up or lose funding, territory university told
Threat highlights uncertainty for dual-sector universities, with twice as many masters holding the purse strings
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‘Mismatched ambitions’: Stanford exits South Korean global campus
Elite US institution pulls plug on research centre in troubled internationalisation hub
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To improve female representation in STEM, active allyship is vital
Policy does not by itself reshape the informal norms, expectations and networks that govern opportunity, say Saismit Naik and Satavisha De
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Arday’s memoir to be published as planned to ‘honour his wishes’
Book charting ascent to Cambridge professorship to be released posthumously, family confirms
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Risks to universities clear as Bolsonaro’s son runs for presidency
No signs Flávio Bolsonaro would depart from jailed father’s anti-science legacy, experts say, but Lula has also struggled to relieve pressure on higher education
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PhDs in limbo amid vague national security warnings
Several Australian universities pause applications from Iran but say government unclear over whether students from sanctioned countries banned
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‘Nightmare’ for Manchester students as course ‘ends early’
Erasmus-supported cohort ‘shocked’ to learn they had been reported to the Home Office for completing studies midway through final projects
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Has Ireland’s research prioritisation agenda gone too far again?
As Western nations desperately seek meaningful economic growth, many are pondering whether to direct more of their research budgets towards industrial priorities. That is a policy Ireland has pursued...