Kent faces £31 million deficit as cost of living drives dropouts
University cites fall in returning students amid cost-of-living crisis for current year’s shortfall, while warning of sector funding crisis impact

University cites fall in returning students amid cost-of-living crisis for current year’s shortfall, while warning of sector funding crisis impact

Proposed commission has no shortage of work even if the Universities Accord’s other recommendations fail to materialise

Codifications of how university missions preclude institutional positions would guide expectations and responses, says Paul Gooch

European Commission announces launch of EU-Switzerland negotiations with Horizon Europe association on the table

Swift clarification of exemption for mass-market books follows claims that REF open access requirements would destroy publishing opportunities for scholars

Minister calls on universities to learn lessons from last year’s disruption at Commons hearing

Universities struggling to balance need to enrol more overseas students with strict visa compliance requirements

Cameroonian historian and philosopher Achille Mbembe says continent’s universities need more funding, and better global partnerships

Outgoing Oxford chancellor, ‘chairman of the Tory party when there was one’, advocates cross-party consensus on state investment, not higher fees

New legislation will allow private universities to issue degrees and international institutes to open Greek branches

The sudden rise of generative AI offers an opportunity for reflection and renewal of our scholarly values, say Ella McPherson and Matei Candea

Institutions need more flexibility on whether to participate in mandatory government-run pensions scheme, Ucea and UUK argue

Crucial crossbench senators signal support, amid opposition tirades against renunciation of ministerial oversight

In long-running battle, nation’s top court allows West Texas A&M University to block LGBTQ student performance while lower courts decide its ultimate legality

National Education Policy prioritises institutional autonomy but controls remain tight despite attempts to decentralise