State lawmakers launch push to end legacy admissions in US
With little movement at federal level, local lawmakers test long-shot strategies to stop universities giving children of alumni a foot in the door
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UK universities’ Chinese student recruitment ‘getting harder’
Latest figures show Chinese application numbers back on trend, but caution sounded on headwinds and ‘super-dependence’
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Reducing research time is an attack on academic freedom
Requiring grants for research time previously given as standard will lend funders undue power over topics and methods, says Dennis Tourish
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What does a $710 visa application buy? A cut-and-paste rejection
Australian visa refusals strain credibility, as data suggest foreign students are shielding the country from recession
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Sector pushes back against Norway local language learning rule
Sector leaders warn that PhD students and academics could go elsewhere if requirement to gain proficiency in Norwegian goes ahead
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Charity cases: Why UK universities are really going broke
The redundancies and course closures proposed at many struggling UK universities follow a decades-long drift away from the idea of higher education institutions as charities whose non-commercial...
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Bolton seeks Greater Manchester name to ‘level the playing field’
Institution hopes to become the University of Greater Manchester to boost its graduates’ employment prospects
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Dutch universities blocked from using gender quotas in admissions
Education inspectorate says quotas are unlawful after TU Delft attempts to address gender imbalance in aerospace engineering
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US Republicans float free speech on campus bill
Lawmakers say legislation is needed to ensure students’ First Amendment rights are protected, with financial penalties for institutions that do not comply
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How Tertiary Education Commission could reshape Australian sector
Proposed commission has no shortage of work even if the Universities Accord’s other recommendations fail to materialise
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Canada to cut new international student visas by a third
Trudeau administration acts after long warning that it won’t tolerate abuses by private campuses and resulting housing shortages
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AI poses threats to education, ethics and eureka moments
The sudden rise of generative AI offers an opportunity for reflection and renewal of our scholarly values, say Ella McPherson and Matei Candea
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English regulator consults on tying funding to quality metrics
Office for Students insists it has ‘no recommendations of directions of travel’ as it seeks views on distribution of £1.5 billion annual budget
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Universities look for ways out of TPS as contribution rates soar
Institutions need more flexibility on whether to participate in mandatory government-run pensions scheme, Ucea and UUK argue
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US set to tighten university accreditation rules
As online delivery complicates quality assurance based on states and regions, Biden regulatory effort delves into difficulties of trade-offs