Legislate to protect academics from trade rules, Australia told
Care needed to avoid scaring off doctoral students and burying officials in paperwork, senators hear
Care needed to avoid scaring off doctoral students and burying officials in paperwork, senators hear
‘The real world doesn’t come neatly compartmentalised,’ summit hears, in exploration of the ‘unique’ strengths of multidisciplinary research
Best way to stop proposed oversight body going rogue is to avoid setting it up in the first place, conference hears
Institutions confident that international students still respect them, but worry about underlying message of visa limits, tuition fee hikes and coarsening exchanges
Rectors call for budget increases and wage rises for staff or institutions will soon be unable to function
University of Oxford professor Simon Marginson says populist targeting of higher education by Trump, DeSantis and others is finding favour with both graduates and non-graduates alike
Heriot-Watt researcher Kate Sang says Michelle Donelan ‘made a cheap political point at my expense and caused serious damage to my reputation’
Universities UK chief executive says funding crisis facing English universities means it is not impossible that an institution will ‘shut its doors overnight’
James Cleverly becomes home secretary as former prime minister David Cameron replaces him as foreign secretary
Some of the country’s biggest institutions have suffered bruising defeats of late despite the justice system generally favouring the powerful. What explains this losing streak and will it change...
Rectors question how Macron can live up to promise to end underfunding of science
Falling birth rate poses ‘challenge’ for higher education sector, as focus shifts to quality and international recruitment
New body will have investigative powers and ability to settle complaints when universities behave ‘unreasonably’ – including recommending fee refunds
Education minister has an ‘open mind’, amid debate over adapted plan for levy on international students’ fees
Long-term reform blueprint prescribes teaching, research, student support and infrastructure funding overhauls