Workforce Pell grant expansion faces ‘aggressive’ timeline

Ukrainian rectors split on ‘challenging’ higher education reform

Fears recent tuition fee hike for ‘oversaturated’ subjects will limit access but improvements in autonomy and accreditation hailed

Sidelining universities ‘won’t tackle skills crisis’ – thinktank

Urgent reforms to funding and regulation needed or universities will struggle to support Labour’s economic ambitions, finds thinktank

‘Cut-throat’ recruitment round expected after record applications

Number of 18-year-olds applying to university reaches new high but anticipated drop in top A-level grades adds to uncertainty ahead of clearing period

Can educational developers resolve their identity crisis?

Caught between academic and service roles, educational developers have struggled to define their exact remit. As AI raises questions about the value of HE, they should focus on implementing leaders’...

India’s new push for research and innovation must bridge old divides

The government’s huge loan scheme for firms to collaborate with academia could be a game changer if the benefits are widely spread, says Eldho Mathews

Horizon Europe budget to be almost doubled under new proposals

FP10 will be ‘tightly connected’ to proposed European Competitiveness Fund in next long-term EU budget, commission says

‘Protection fund’ needed to help students hit by closures

Universities ‘still unprepared’ for market failure and should pay into scheme that can cover expenses, says OIA

Fee levy ‘an act of immense economic self-harm’, warns Khan

Labour Mayor of London to urge ministers not to ‘pull the drawbridge up’ on international students as he embarks on trade tour of Africa

Sally Mapstone: Labour’s short-termism ‘bad for universities’

Government yet to articulate its vision for the sector after a year in power as political threats – rather than long-term thinking – shape its agenda, says outgoing UUK president

Real-terms value of tuition fees down by a third – Russell Group

Research-intensive universities face £315 million bill for proposed fee levy, adding to pressures caused by massive erosion of fee value, says lobby group

Regional education partnerships ‘should embed credit recognition’

Single voice needed to coordinate work on local skills needs, argues new report, which says credit transfer easier to do at regional level

English universities are still enabling sexual misconduct

New regulations are due to take force next month but leaders are not doing enough on prevention and response, say Graham Towl and Clarissa DiSantis

National Student Survey 2025: which university performed best?

THE’s analysis reveals that a former Anglican teaching training college has again beaten the country’s elite universities for student satisfaction

New ARC grant proposals ‘still leave next generation behind’

Funder proposes to create stand-alone fellowship scheme for early-career researchers after criticism