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Delays to vital UK sector data ‘unconscionable’
Student statistics due out in January now not expected until August, leaving universities ‘looking in the rear-view mirror’
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Mixed reaction to Australian research and development review
We should improve the system while we’re examining it, critics argue
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The last thing UK students need is a higher maintenance loan
Students already graduate with huge debts. Rather than accepting yet more easy credit, they should do more paid work, says Paul Wiltshire
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Oxford chancellor election rules redrawn over ‘vetting’ fear
Committee will have no role in selection of nominations to succeed Lord Patten, university insists
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Think local to win national funding argument, universities told
Amid a large number of competing priorities for the next government, focusing on skills and communities is probably the only way for institutions to secure the support they need, conference hears
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Ill Nigerian PhD student who complained faces losing UK visa
Home Office notification of Sue Agazie highlights ‘weaponisation of immigration status’ by universities when students complain, say critics
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Why has policing of US campus protests gone so wrong?
Ideal of student-oriented officers, arising from 1960s-era protests, appears to have lost ground to profession’s more enduring imperatives
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Overseas student complaints to England and Wales ombudsman surge
Tightening visa restrictions, language barriers and cultural misunderstanding have contributed to soaring numbers of complaints to OIA
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The MAC report must launch a debate on UK HE’s purpose and funding
Universities are crying out for consistency, something resembling certainty and a plan for the way forward, says Graham Galbraith
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Brussels wants one in four European students to study abroad
Twenty-three per cent target adopted by European Council despite calls for previous target to be lowered, not increased
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Decision on UK graduate visa expected ‘in weeks’, says MAC chair
Brian Bell tells reporters that scrapping visa would only have a modest effect on immigration numbers anyway, given large impact of changes already introduced
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University of Amsterdam closes for two days after Gaza protests
Teaching suspended and all campus buildings closed after riot police shut down pro-Palestinian demonstration
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Australian budget bankrolls first stage of accord reforms
Government embraces domestic growth, needs-based funding and a commission to drive it all, but firm commitments remain limited
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Promote ‘love’ for China, Beijing tells Hong Kong universities
Politicians promise to support Hong Kong’s international education goals, while reminding universities to foster patriotism towards China