Scottish universities face enduring deficits – funding council

Worse is predicted in coming years, and hopes of an eventual reversal may be driven by excessive optimism about international enrolments, funding council warns

Cornell agrees to independent investigation of alleged rape case

Academics must stop trying to save struggling freshers

Well-meaning interventions to help students avoid struggle, emotional pain or failure have gone too far, says Jennifer DeBurro

China urges universities to differentiate in top-down reforms

The litmus test will be whether a more stratified system improves graduate employment, observers suggest

Indifferent responses to student enquiries ‘costing enrolments’

Applicants to UK and Australian universities generally have a better time dealing with ChatGPT, ‘mystery shopper’ study finds

Australia ramps up student visa immigration risk ratings

With record visa refusals and a metric-driven system, the rise in countries considered high risk was a foregone conclusion

STEM PhDs ‘inaccessible’ to disadvantaged students

UK ‘missing out’ on talent as fewer disadvantaged students complete STEM doctorates, major study finds

Mergers ‘not for the faint-hearted’, says Greenwich v-c

Jane Harrington describes her institution’s merger with Kent as ‘incredibly hard work’ and warns struggling institutions would need support to do the same

Bucks New University student visa sponsor licence suspended

Bucks New University has been suspended from issuing student visas, the Home Office has announced 

MI5 issues China espionage warning to UK universities

Universities have urgently been told to review their ties with Chinese research institute after spy warning

Research boycotts are bad for science, president says

Leader of Malaysia’s Sunway University says institutions must push back on ‘political’ moves to stop academic collaboration

Kyiv academy urges scientists to cut Russia ties after drone strike

There can be ‘no science above politics’ when science is ‘under attack’, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine says a day after it was struck by a Russian drone 

Russell Group’s higher fees call ‘parochial’, says SOAS v-c

Better to expand global partnerships to tap into huge demand for HE in the developing world, says SOAS University of London leader Adam Habib 

UK transnational student numbers overtake onshore internationals

Number of students taking UK courses abroad has surpassed international students studying in the UK for the first time, new figures show

World University Rankings 2027 digital edition

The data behind this year’s THE World University Rankings show the gathering strength of Asian institutions, as Europe begins to falter and margins between those in the top tier shrink further