Dutch declines in academic freedom a ‘multi-dimensional problem’

Science academy urges government to facilitate curiosity-driven research and protect researchers from intimidation

Arts university confirms job cuts as 200 staff depart Durham

Latest cost-cutting drives to hit UK sector include planned compulsory redundancies at Bournemouth-based institution

Levy better than alternatives, Australian advocates warn UK

Experience Down Under suggests universities should not be too quick to torpedo idea that overseas income should be redistributed

White students ‘over-represented’ on Japanese university websites

Internationalisation strategies will be damaged by heavy prioritisation of students from Europe and US, report authors warn

Smaller colleges ‘more at risk’ as Trump’s investigations expand

Increase in antisemitism probes targeting smaller colleges leaves institutions lacking the heft of Harvard exposed

Carney told to prioritise science after splitting Cabinet role

Canadian prime minister creates two new ministries focused on industry and innovation, but critics fear stripping science from job titles signals wrong approach

English HE can meet Jacqui Smith’s challenge by embracing devolution

If universities must boost opportunity and growth to unlock financial relief, partnering with strategic authorities makes perfect sense, say Chris Cunningham, Jo Davies, Michael Donnelly and Nadia...

McMahon says ‘monopoly’ of accreditors is ‘stifling innovation’

Moving to UAE ‘like being dropped on Mars’, say émigré faculty

Culture shocks experienced by international academics moving to Middle East put progress of universities at risk, study finds

UCU calls Greenwich a ‘rogue employer’ as 300 job cuts revealed

All of university’s hourly paid lecturers in social sciences set to go under plans that will affect a quarter of academic workforce

Cardiff scales back redundancies again with 138 jobs now at risk

Job cuts target drops from initial 400 after university accepts proposals put forward by staff which will see schools ‘teaching higher numbers of students’

How house lawmakers could reshape higher education

NZ v-cs brace for ‘messy’ budget after filing hard-won surpluses

Student-staff ratios climb to highest level in a decade as universities make cutbacks to avoid plunging into the red

Big universities ‘face £20 million bill’ from foreign student tax

English sector facing total bill of £620 million a year, if government goes ahead with plan to take cut of international earnings

Will funding cuts devalue arts and humanities PhDs in the UK?

From next year, the AHRC will fund vastly fewer student-initiated PhDs, focusing more of its reduced funding on specific challenges. Critics say this will undo a decade of improvements in PhD...