Canadian universities blast international student visa cap
Requirement for new applications to be accompanied by letters of attestation means limits are effective immediately, universities say
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Most overseas graduates switching visas are working in care
Oxford researchers say more international students are staying in UK beyond two-year period allowed by post-study work visa, but many of them are not going into graduate-level jobs
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Nottingham introduces ‘reduced offers’ for international students
Russell Group university follows York in dropping entry bar, but sector is warned of hit to reputation
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Teaching caps at risk as Brighton redraws academics’ contracts
Time reserved for research ‘being eroded’, says UCU, as university insists it is seeking to create ‘more flexible workforce’
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Offer pregnant applicants more flexibility, research funders told
Pregnant researchers and new parents describe how they were hindered by inflexible interview process
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Irish postgraduate researchers set to strike for staff status
Other universities could follow Trinity and announce action, says union president
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Widening access ‘not at expense’ of more privileged Scots
Commissioner for fair access warns that rate of progress may be slowing as he sets range of recommendations for government
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University hiring must be centrally organised around interdisciplinarity
Allowing a thousand flowers to bloom is no longer practical for universities aspiring to be better known for their research, says Robert Brown
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Ex-science minister says he quit over mortgage bill increase
George Freeman says he could not cope with doubling of monthly bill on annual salary of £118,000
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France axes immigration law’s international student restrictions
Plans to charge overseas students ‘return deposit’ must be tossed out, Constitutional Council rules
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Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings 2024: time to submit your data
Universities are invited to participate in the second edition of the regional ranking
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Universities deny international students buy ‘back door’ places
Report in The Sunday Times conflated international foundation years with full degrees, say Russell Group and Universities UK
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Academia in Gaza ‘has been destroyed’ by Israeli ‘educide’
Palestinian scholars mourn ‘deliberate targeting’ of higher education but pledge to rebuild once war is over