Universities commissioner needed ‘to oversee mergers and cuts’
Call for government to create new position mirrored on role that already exists in further education, to help steer sector while avoiding excessive regulation

Call for government to create new position mirrored on role that already exists in further education, to help steer sector while avoiding excessive regulation

Recommendations from strategic R&D review still unknown, but Australian representative groups want them funded anyway

Fresh models of university outposts emerging in regions without access to higher education as financial crisis sees shuttering of traditional campuses

A globally open Horizon Europe could play a key role in realising Mark Carney’s vision of an alliance of middle powers, says Jan Palmowski

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Head of UK’s flagship distance learning institution warns online provision alone doesn’t guarantee equal access to higher education

Ian Chapman tells MPs that some funding streams will be back online ‘in weeks’ amid uncertainty over impact of research changes



Fund underspent even as its value rises, as government curbs payouts and grant success rates head south

Blaming institutional equity demands for the lack of university spin-out success is misguided, says UKRI review

Response to Sullivan Review argues recommendations could hit quality of findings and impinge on academic freedom

Finance minister outlines real-terms funding increase and new ‘university township’ model, but scholars remain sceptical

University argues regulator’s record fine was ‘unfair’, in case being closely watched across the sector

If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj