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Complaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer from publishing giant, despite nationally negotiated agreement

Buyers remain keen on UK higher education despite financial turmoil – but bringing in private equity can create challenges for educators

Separate rules on pay and promotions, opaque evaluations and cultural barriers jar with country’s drive to internationalise universities, say scholars

Sharp increases in outlay in recent years along with changes to the English system put pressure on Wales to ensure student loans ‘remain sustainable’, says report

Institutions reliant on cross-subsidy model need to learn how to adapt to policy changes more quickly, says Universities UK chief

Half of Russell Group universities accept record number of undergraduates, according to end-of-cycle admissions figures

University claims staff are in breach of contract for failing to reorganise lectures lost during recent industrial action

Union leader says Southend campus closure will ‘take the heart out of the town’

Visa applications from the subcontinent go under the microscope, as Canberra finalises measures to combat onshore poaching

UK international education champion Steve Smith defends new strategy from criticism that it ‘lacks substance’

Fee freezes bring down spend per student, as overall funding for education in England reaches historic lows

Former University Alliance head returns to UK to lead research universities group after more than a decade in Australia

‘Do it properly or don’t bother,’ commission sceptic advises, as others argue for more chiefs

Director of Institute of Development Studies discusses stepping into the role after 25 years, impact of USAID cuts and benefits of Sussex collaboration

Reviewer bias and higher teaching workloads for women may explain why they have to wait much longer for accept or reject decisions, say study authors

Thailand and India each clock up double-figure haul of finalists as prestigious contest enters eighth year

Government renews drive to attract international academics with more recruits coming to UK under Global Talent Fund

Labour prioritises growth abroad over increasing international student numbers on home soil amid immigration concerns

More people sceptical that science makes life better compared with pre-pandemic, and public also doubting contribution to economic growth

Some of president’s most audacious cuts have been scaled back or suspended but a year of turmoil is beginning to show in institutions’ bottom lines

Institutions forced to take matters into their own hands as high employer contributions ‘increase likelihood of university closure’

Concerns persist despite eleventh-hour watering down of legislative response to Bondi massacre

Vast majority of parents in England having to support children at university, finds poll, with some sending more than £1,000 a month

Analysis suggests much of the sector remains mired in financial difficulty with total losses increasing, but rise in income brings hope

‘Trump effect’ drives surge in US HE workers looking to move abroad, with China, Australia and Ireland also big beneficiaries

Teaching and research central to any hopes of rebuilding country, according to academics, as pressure grows for political change

Large numbers of editors publishing in their own special issue attacked as ‘academic narcissism’ and ‘scientific misconduct’ in first-of-its-kind study

MP calls for institution to take steps to restore trust as concerns mount over how it has been run

Encouraged by surge in interest in learning Gaelic, Skye’s Sabhal Mòr Ostaig looks to branch out on its own despite pressures on language courses and specialist providers

Politicians target closer research collaboration between two countries but campuses unlikely to follow, given funding constraints

New Ucea chair warns ‘much is at stake’ if unions and employers don’t collaborate to tackle ‘negative’ sector image, as he promises action on the ‘employee experience’

Jordanian professor’s free-wheeling study is pulled and an editorial board member sacked after linguists criticised ‘extremely strange’ article

Regulator says proportion of top marks awarded by institutions still way above what might be expected