Employer levy funding plan ‘could stop graduates getting hired’
Sector should be wary of asking businesses to pay ‘additional tax’ and focus on tweaking current system instead, says Universities UK chief

Sector should be wary of asking businesses to pay ‘additional tax’ and focus on tweaking current system instead, says Universities UK chief

Signs that university leaders are more willing to stand up to president come as administration ‘walks back’ some of its extreme policies after facing political realities

Researchers seen as having ‘untapped potential’ to meet companies’ most pressing skills challenges

Buoyant figures reflect enrolment decisions made before politicians attempted to bring in restrictions, vice-chancellor says

It may be wise to agree to rolling at least part of Europe’s research funding programme into wider competitiveness funding, says Daniel Spichtinger

Skills minister urges universities to ‘rethink education’ ahead of roll-out of LLE, but plan for more modular learning still being ‘ignored’ by parts of the sector

University changes course on redundancies under pressure from unions and politicians, but says new proposal requires ‘significant public funding’

Dips in UK students studying abroad must be tackled to ‘add credibility’ to debates about internationalisation


Doubling of international fees, closing visa ‘loopholes’ and tying student debt to mortgages among the ideas proposed ahead of poll

Institutions advising on Armenia’s merger plans should consider how ‘academic city’ will make student protest impossible, warns Harvard professor

Amount paid out to English and Welsh students more than doubles in a year, driven by cases involving ‘serious disruption’ and ‘misleading information’

We finally have a mechanism to overthrow the UK’s neo-feudal system of academic gatekeeping, say Krzysztof Nawratek and Lakshmi Priya Rajendran

Unregistered providers account for more than half of franchised tuition fee money claimed in past three years, new figures show

More than 60 per cent increase in income over past two decades masks ‘stagnation’ in collaboration below high-performing institutions, report finds