University mergers can work but aren’t a sure-fire way to save money
Vice-chancellors can often overestimate the savings from institutional mergers and underestimate their complex challenges, says Malcolm Prowle
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Fine print of Australian caps ‘a PR disaster in waiting’
Universities may be discouraged from taking on displaced students for fear of them counting towards their quota, policy expert warns
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Blocking Tories’ free speech law will not help to protect Jewish students
Labour sources have dismissed new legislation as a ‘hate speech charter’ for Holocaust deniers, but the law would have actually protected Jewish staff and students on campus, as well as pro-Israeli...
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Hull shelves solar plans with net zero goal seen as ‘impossible’
Nearly 100 academics placed at risk of redundancy, with union claiming staff are ‘paying the price for failed pet projects’
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More than 3,500 UK study visa applications withdrawn in 2024
Spike in applicants changing their minds after dependants ban shows UK has ‘demand, not quality’ issues, says report
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Trusting students the key to better teaching, says podcast host
Universities must rethink how they engage with students in era of major upheavals, according to Bonni Stachowiak as she reflects on 10 years of running Teaching in Higher Ed
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Afghans feel ‘abandoned’ by UK after scholarship closure
Previous awardees urge government to reopen Chevening Scholarship to applicants from Afghanistan
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Australian universities clash as caps thwart plans for growth
Top-tier institutions accused of not engaging with concerns about scale of overseas cohorts
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Master’s boom driven by overseas enrolments
More than half of those achieving postgraduate taught degrees registered overseas, delayed Hesa figures show
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Live or die? Other options must be available
Universities keep being told that the status quo is not sustainable. But the new Labour government also has a responsibility to act and change tack
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Academic bullying is hidden in plain sight
Tormented by playground thugs as a child, Jonathan Taylor reflects on why the insidious bullying found in universities is similar but much worse
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Goldsmiths students threaten legal action after modules axed
University accused of breaching contracts as redundancies of specialist staff restrict student choice
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Ecology college closes all degree courses after losses
Schumacher College in Devon shuts down programmes after more than 30 years of offering degrees in ecology
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Southampton gets go-ahead for first British campus in India
University to offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across range of subjects from outpost in Delhi
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Academics blame technology for increased burnout
Only half of US faculty members surveyed believe AI will enhance the student experience, as many report being left out of decisions on how technology is used