Cambridge bid to ban Senate House Palestine protests ‘shameful’
University seeks five-year year injunction against protests over Middle East conflict but faces opposition from union and civil liberties group
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Don’t lament the sunset of imperial language departments
Departments should refocus on brokering linguistic services to meet the needs of staff and students in a polyglot world, says Tomasz Kamusella
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‘Devastating’: jobs on the line as Edinburgh cuts £140 million
Principal warns of ‘radical university-wide actions, which will lead to a smaller staff base’
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OfS notified as Greater Manchester probes ‘concerning’ claims
Shadow minister urges government to investigate reports of attempts to pay money to relatives of university managers
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Trump ‘has public support’ to stamp out campus antisemitism
Universities must change their language to survive assault on DEI, says former Trump chief of staff
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Silver lining to international education crackdown
If doors to opportunity close, ‘it can become a potent political issue very quickly’
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O’Kane named interim head of Australian tertiary commission
Conference also hears that proposed streamline of ARC grant schemes will give early career researchers a ‘leg-up’
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Enrolment cliff ‘more fundamental’ threat to colleges than Trump
Fall in student numbers driven by lower birth rates, with smaller universities tipped to struggle
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Japan’s universities lean on venture capital as funding stagnates
Academic spin-outs have risen over the past decade, supported by a network of university-affiliated venture funds
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Dozens of providers seek extension to English accounts deadline
The deadline for most 2023-24 financial accounts was the end of December
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Nuclear fusion scientist Ian Chapman to be UKRI chief executive
UK Atomic Energy Authority boss will take over at £9 billion UK research funder in the summer, when Ottoline Leyser steps down
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Australia’s student participation targets risk being a lost cause
One year on from publication of the Universities Accord, Justin Bokor says the funding needed to support equity student success is simply not there
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Taiwan bans academic exchanges with group of Chinese universities
Beijing government body’s affiliation with some Chinese institutions seen as threat by Taiwanese leaders
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Union fears 400 jobs set to go at Sheffield in £23 million cuts
Strike ballot called at South Yorkshire university, with similar vote also under way at Durham University
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Miscommunication ‘part of universities’ perception problems’
Universities can win a rational argument but lose an emotional war, conference hears