Healey predicted to support ‘pro-growth research’ in first Budget

Policy experts say sector can expect extra money for R&D aligned to defence, regions and economy but rest of university funding will receive little attention

HE socialises women to avoid leading difficult classroom debates

Our study on religious pluralism highlights the need for specific faculty development, say Matthew J. Mayhew, Christa Winkler and Musbah Shaheen

Loans debate spotlights Muslim students’ ‘need for alternative’

Report by thinktank Equi calls for alternative student finance system, as well as minimum requirement for ‘faith-based’ spaces on campuses

Sustaining UK’s dual-support research system ‘requires trade-offs’

Sector must ask itself fundamental questions about cross-subsidy and funding concentration as it adjusts to new financial realities, argues British Academy

UNC settles with Trump to resolve civil rights investigations

Language courses missing from most lower-tariff universities

Disappearing provision a ‘social justice issue’, says researcher after finding easier-to-access courses hit hard by cuts

Open engineering specialists in university ‘deserts’ – thinktank

England can better address skills needs and NEET crisis by funding start-up institutions in left-behind places, argues Policy Exchange

Student visa refusals surge in New Zealand

Documents ‘altered, reused or repurposed’ to make them appear legitimate, immigration officials say

Charging course application fee ‘increases enrolments’

Admissions survey finds top universities have an enrolment rate of just over 50 per cent for full-time MBA courses

Universities ‘worked together’ to repress Gaza protests – Amnesty

Human rights charity says actions taken to manage campus demonstrations have undermined universities’ role as ‘places of open enquiry’

Who is to blame for a journal’s recent glut of retractions?

The Elsevier journal Stoten has recently retracted 161 papers, many of them over concerns about conflicts of interest and the addition of authors late in the review stage. But can editors who are...

What if AI could strengthen academic integrity?

Traditional assessment is an imperfect test of understanding. We’re using AI to improve it – and eliminate cheating worries, say Baba Sheba and Mike Bond

We have to thrash out the free speech v harm prevention issue

All lawful speech must be permitted on English campuses, but some still worry about the effect on minorities. We need to talk, says Simon Fanshawe