Sheffield threatened with further strikes over staffing review

Chemistry and engineering among latest subject areas at risk at south Yorkshire university, as Liverpool settles hybrid working dispute

Student visa refusals hit record levels in Canada

Immigration officers concerned applicants would not leave country at the end of their stay, according to new report

Retaining breadth of subjects ‘beyond universities’ means’: UA

Universities need extra funding for ‘important’ but unfancied subjects, and permission to collude without contravening competition law, says Evans

Visa delays persist, causing some students to defer to the spring

More Indonesian scholarships will ‘drive growth in TNE’

Government’s budget also aims to boost welfare of academics but scholars note lack of action on ‘mushrooming’ private sector

Don’t ‘faff’ in wrongful imprisonment cases, says former detainee

With academics at ‘increasing risk’ of arbitrary detention, governments and universities must tackle cases in a ‘proactive’ way

My Oxford Year is wrong to normalise staff-student romances

Netflix’s university-set romcom is strangely silent about the ethics of college tutors sleeping with their students, says Robert Dingwall

Trim top tier of fees, Universities Australia tells Canberra

A$770m measure would be a ‘serious downpayment’ on reversal of Job-ready Graduates ‘excesses’, representative group says

International student growth plans hit by new UK visa metrics

Universities set to take more cautious approach to student recruitment in countries once seen as key to boosting international income

Imperial and Cumbria open new joint medical school

Institution aims to train doctors equipped to deal with region’s ‘critical health inequalities’

Gazan students ‘need clarity’ as some set to be allowed into UK

Government plans to evacuate those on fully funded scholarships, but campaigners say eligibility criteria uncertain

Hispanic-serving institutions face uncertain future

PhD students are let down by sector’s silence on ChatGPT misuse

Failure to explain how AI-aided academic writing is a form of plagiarism leaves graduate students horribly compromised, says E.M. Wolkovich

‘Long-term commitment’ needed for refugee university initiative

Global University Academy aims to find ways of bridging different countries’ funding and regulations to provide ‘stackable’ courses for displaced people

Plans to grow UK chip industry threatened by lack of courses

Decline in degree programmes, student interest and graduate jobs likely to hold back development of UK’s semiconductor industry as government looks to boost economy