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
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United Ivy League fightback can ‘slow down, but not derail Trump’
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
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Businesses look to universities to help train staff in AI use
Researchers seen as having ‘untapped potential’ to meet companies’ most pressing skills challenges
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Record Australian overseas education income ‘not the full story’
Buoyant figures reflect enrolment decisions made before politicians attempted to bring in restrictions, vice-chancellor says
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What if preserving independence diminishes FP10’s funding?
It may be wise to agree to rolling at least part of Europe’s research funding programme into wider competitiveness funding, says Daniel Spichtinger
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Doubts about demand for lifelong learning as Labour forges ahead
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
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Dundee job cuts more than halved as part of new ‘recovery plan’
University changes course on redundancies under pressure from unions and politicians, but says new proposal requires ‘significant public funding’
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International strategy must address outward mobility too – UUKi
Dips in UK students studying abroad must be tackled to ‘add credibility’ to debates about internationalisation
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Australian election: smaller parties target debt, visas and fees
Doubling of international fees, closing visa ‘loopholes’ and tying student debt to mortgages among the ideas proposed ahead of poll
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UK universities’ links to ‘repressive’ mega-campus condemned
Institutions advising on Armenia’s merger plans should consider how ‘academic city’ will make student protest impossible, warns Harvard professor
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Three providers fail to rectify complaints as compensation soars
Amount paid out to English and Welsh students more than doubles in a year, driven by cases involving ‘serious disruption’ and ‘misleading information’
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Let’s embrace the REF’s radical redefinition of academic excellence
We finally have a mechanism to overthrow the UK’s neo-feudal system of academic gatekeeping, say Krzysztof Nawratek and Lakshmi Priya Rajendran
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Student loans for franchised degrees worth nearly £2 billion
Unregistered providers account for more than half of franchised tuition fee money claimed in past three years, new figures show
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Rise in university-business collaboration ‘driven by elite few’
More than 60 per cent increase in income over past two decades masks ‘stagnation’ in collaboration below high-performing institutions, report finds