UK international recruitment model ‘heading for a crash’ – v-c
Plugging gaps with higher fees paid by students from overseas has allowed institutions to dodge political battles over funding, but it won’t last
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Joining Horizon Europe could take a year, says George Freeman
Science minister says Treasury should release Plan B funding to ensure UK science does not suffer if negotiations take months
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Navitas snaps up Australia and New Zealand pathway colleges
Buyer displays ‘confidence’ in Australasian student flows, as vendor exits region
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Nancy Rothwell to step down as Manchester vice-chancellor
Neuroscientist to leave post in summer 2024 after 14 years in charge
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Biden delays ban on US universities using foreign companies
After extensive complaints from sector groups, administration postpones but does not abandon prohibition against working with companies from abroad
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Supreme Court justices sceptical of Biden loan forgiveness plan
At hearing ahead of summer ruling, conservative-dominated top judicial body questions administration’s right to offer $400 billion in student debt relief
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Time to shut down Confucius Institutes, says City president
Sir Anthony Finkelstein told MPs that the language centres were an ‘explicit tool of Chinese influence’
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Florida law seeks to codify DeSantis attacks on higher education
Governor’s fellow Republicans consider bill to seize hiring and curriculum rights
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Leading US universities settle Covid online teaching lawsuits
Multiple universities pay multimillion-dollar settlements over spring 2020 tuition, as they reach deadline to finish spending federal pandemic relief aid
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UEL pledges review after settling with sacked union members
University settles or reinstates five scholars but insists union membership was not a factor in redundancy process
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‘Keep academics without people skills away’ from PhD supervision
European universities outline blueprint to improve doctoral training but acknowledge some professors can’t or won’t change their ways
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No ‘rush to India’ by top-ranked universities, academics say
Government more likely to attract branches that are ‘very small and focused’ than large landmark campuses, scholar predicts
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Should vice-chancellors’ pay be reduced if academics go on strike?
Mechanisms to determine university leaders’ salaries are opaque and unreliable. We need more meaningful metrics, says Adrian Furnham
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UCU calls another strike day after employers ‘impose pay offer’
Union announces plans to go ahead with walkouts across six days in March to ‘ramp up pressure’ as Acas talks near conclusion
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US struggle for equity in research grants linked to elite dominance
As NIH pushes for improvement on racial and gender measures, drag attributed to growing segment of non-diverse principal investigators