North-east universities launch joint spin-out fund
Five institutions collaborate with regional mayor to support businesses built on university research
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OfS green-lights three-year student caps for TEF poor performers
Regulator scraps overall ratings after consultation on revamped exercise but commits to plans to limit growth at bronze providers
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Value-for-money ratings for university degrees hit 13-year high
Steep rise in UK students’ happiness with programmes despite job cuts, fee rises and negativity over student loans
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IELTS test provider fined £875,000 over marking failures
Nearly 100,000 tests incorrectly marked due to issues with automated system
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To maintain trust in open access, we must finally complete the transition
Hybrid journals’ double-dipping is causing funders to stop paying APCs. Pricing transparency and universal open access are urgently needed, says Fred Fenter
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Can Hong Kong make an academic pearl of China’s Greater Bay Area?
The manufacturing powerhouses of Guangdong sit just across the border from Hong Kong, but the region has traditionally lacked the academic prowess that the former British colony has in abundance. A...
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Wrong to compare student loans to PPI scandal, says Jacqui Smith
Labour politicians defend student finance system, including retrospective changes, as they suggest uplifting higher education funding is not a priority
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Levy puts participation in Erasmus in doubt, says Europe expert
Anand Menon criticises ‘absurdities’ of government policy, pointing to contradictions in UK’s efforts to rejoin flagship exchange scheme
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Barring universities from China trade mission ‘massive own goal’
Sector’s absence from Starmer’s trip to Beijing and Shanghai ‘wasn’t for lack of trying’, says Birmingham vice-chancellor
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Research funding to decline as New Zealand gets ‘smarter’
‘Science investment plan’ outlines cuts to ‘priority’ areas after government reveals successor to Performance-Based Research Fund
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Vice-chancellor quits abruptly as Deakin mulls cuts
Sudden departure revealed days after financially ‘strong’ university opened consultations over 140 proposed job losses
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Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026: methodology
The global Times Higher Education Sustainability Impact Ratings measure universities’ success in delivering the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we explain how we arrive at the...
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A ‘Herculean’ effort: first Saudi branch campus gears up to launch
New Haven leader sees country as ‘biggest coming story in global higher education’ despite nervousness around regulation and war impact
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Far-right radicalisation threat ‘only going to get worse’
Updates to UK counter-terror monitoring scheme incoming despite concern Prevent not built to deal with growing problem of extreme right-wing views