Levy criticism ‘makes me want to run screaming’, says Smith
No one has come up with a better way of convincing the Treasury to bring back maintenance grants, skills minister tells social mobility event
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Former Darpa official named new Aria chief executive
Appointment of Kathleen Fisher to lead UK ‘high-risk, high-reward’ funding body will raise questions on shift towards defence research
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First dip in Australian higher education attainment since 2016
Even though minor downswing could be no more than ‘statistical noise’, governance inquisitor chides sector for ‘stunning’ lack of curiosity
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Dodgy behaviour ‘still rife’ in international education
Assistant minister doubles down on integrity measures, saying those who doubt the government’s determination ‘have rocks in their heads’
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Is Canada still in the ‘big four’ overseas student recruiters?
End of ‘boom times’ for Canadian institutions could prompt them to be more adventurous, with ‘riskier’ recruitment and more branch campuses likely, say experts
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Graduates in vocational study a sign of ‘job matching’ failure
People climbing down the qualification ladder shows that higher education has not gone to plan, study suggests
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‘Cut red tape’ to unlock closer UK-Germany research ties
R&D funders urged to work together to boost global standing of both countries in wake of new treaty
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‘Landmark’ cross-border university partnership agreed in Ireland
Dundalk Institute of Technology to join forces with Queen’s University Belfast to create new opportunities for student mobility and skills development
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Student violence in South Africa is a symptom of systemic failure
As public attention focuses on unrest, South Africa’s universities are bearing the hidden costs of a broken system, says Pikolomzi Qaba
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Increase London PhD allowance by £2,500, UKRI urged
Decades-long freeze on London weighting is making PhD study unaffordable despite recent record stipend increase, student groups warn
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Australian national science agency to cut up to 350 more jobs
‘Profound sustainability challenge’ forces Csiro to ‘deprioritise’ research fields to focus on key areas
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HKUST approved to run Hong Kong’s new third medical school
University promises new school will produce graduates who are ‘ethically grounded, clinically outstanding and technologically adept’
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Libraries coordinate on book disposal to safeguard rare texts
As shelves fill up and costs mount, new scheme allows librarians to discard underused books if more than seven copies exist elsewhere