Emerging sectors not immune to higher education doubts – minister
Demonstrating research impact more clearly will reverse falling public support for higher education, argues scholar turned education minister
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Students defy Starmer’s call not to hold Gaza protests
Hundreds gather in London despite the prime minister telling them to stay at home on the anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel
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Reform will paint universities as ‘elitist conspiracy’ – Freeman
Tories should allow top institutions to increase tuition fees and encourage others to get off ‘mediocrity escalator’, says former science minister
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Quantum physicists awarded Nobel for 80s breakthrough
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis share 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on quantum tunnelling
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Dundee, UWS and Nottingham latest to face further strikes
UCU Scotland members back taking action over job cuts plans, while staff at Nottingham reject deal that would have postponed any compulsory redundancies
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Ed Byrne: ‘Scholarly nirvana’ at KAUST offers lessons to the world
A year after joining the ‘MIT of the Middle East’, the former King’s College London president reflects on the need for scholars to align their research with national priorities and the joys of...
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Regulate ‘inflated’ v-c salaries, Australian senators told
Institutional autonomy ‘not threatened’ by proposal to more than halve executive pay, academics say, as universities insist councils should maintain control
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Focus on ‘national pride’ builds support for skilled immigration
Voters more likely to support pro-immigration messages for the R&D sector when they are ‘inspiring’ and don’t paint the UK as ‘passive’
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The UCL admissions chaos will damage UK HE’s global reputation
Future crises can be averted if government and universities share data and plans in a more timely and transparent fashion, says Doug Specht
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Support for technical education ‘not an attack on universities’
Andy Burnham says universities ‘at the heart’ of his plans for growth of Manchester’s economy
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Immune system researchers share 2025 medicine Nobel
Scientists who identified body’s ‘security guards’ that protect cells when others are being attacked first to be honoured in this season’s awards
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UKRI’s university funding to be ‘less tactical, more strategic’
New chief executive of UK Research and Innovation sets out how relationship with universities could change
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Belief in marketised HE went too far, says Tory policy tsar
Taxpayer and students losing out as a result of failure to tackle ‘low-quality’ higher education, according to Neil O’Brien
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Can work placements solve ‘question mark’ over higher education?
Two universities that have high shares of students taking internships explain how they prioritise sustainability while improving graduate employability
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Schooling disparity ‘threat to Universities Accord equity goals’
Policymakers need to understand inequity at primary and secondary level – and between genders – to make tertiary education genuinely inclusive, concludes study