Low outcomes for business courses blamed on recruitment pressures

Schools coming under ‘intense pressure’ to enrol students as universities become ever more reliant on cross-subsidy

Universities ‘far down the list’ as SNP eyes another election win

Mounting institutional deficits form backdrop to coming Holyrood campaign as nationalist party looks to extend grip on power

Why are universities still teaching referencing styles?

In the digital era, inserting a reference into a text is as easy as pressing control-K. So why do universities still insist on troubling students with the minutiae of traditional referencing styles...

Trump’s compact ‘nationalising universities’ as deadline looms

Civil liberties champion Nadine Strossen says US universities must unite to fight president’s ‘blatantly illegal’ plan to destroy institutional autonomy

AI threatens universities’ ability to bolster democracy

To protect critical, context-rich thinking in HE, knowledge agency must be quickly reclaimed from Big Edtech, say Dirk Lindebaum and Gazi Islam 

‘Academic cancel culture hurting scientific credibility’ – Pinker

Universities must show they are ‘capable of change’ to fend off Trump pressure, says Harvard professor

Australian review ‘fails to tackle basic research funding crisis’

‘Transformative’ change will not happen unless panel outlines ‘coherent’ vision for R&D, representative bodies warn

Nearly half of UK public say university participation is too high

YouGov survey finds big differences in support for universities across different political parties

Southern Queensland taps Canadian leader as next vice-chancellor

Homecoming of sorts for criminologist Paul Mazerolle, who faces challenge of returning institution to surplus

Australian focus on local skill needs ‘a disservice to neighbours’

The needs of students and their homelands – not their hosts – should govern international education offerings, policymakers told

Campuses split on whether syllabuses are public documents

Foreign graduates’ career outcomes ‘better than credited’

Alignment between study and work improving, particularly in health and education

Buckingham eyes investment after financial and leadership woes

Buyers likely to require drastic changes to move ahead with sale, experts say, as institution seeks to move on from torrid year

Accelerated graduate study in Japan raises quality concerns

Fast-track integrated programmes intended to address skills needs and boost postgraduate enrolments should not compromise research and curriculum design, say experts

Students caught spying should face ‘severe sanctions’, says Ahmed

Threat to academic freedom from secret recordings of seminars being passed to state governments must be taken seriously, says Office for Students free speech lead