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Union leader denies all allegations of wrongdoing at watchdog hearing, as former campaign rivals look to overturn election result

Only 9.6 per cent of applicants awarded coveted Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowships, with many postdoctoral researchers saying the programme has become too competitive

Right-wing party leaders criticise students and suggest public funding should be revoked after Welsh university society snubs members

Legislation to create Australia’s tertiary education steward has passed the lower house of federal parliament ahead of a looming Senate showdown

Highly restrictive policies introduced after launch of ChatGPT being eased in favour of more nuanced responses, finds study of thousands of course materials

In election year, Scotland’s higher education minister says fees policy non-negotiable, as newly formed review group looks for new models to heal nation’s ailing sector

Institutional blind spots around part-time Australian students seen as making life unnecessarily difficult ‘for people on the breadline’

Sociologist accuses LSE of lack of support after tight thesis deadlines contributed to him overstaying his visa, potentially jeopardising future in UK

UUK announces new business engagement initiative as data suggests most young people see apprenticeships as viable alternative to higher education

Staff at Strathclyde and Durham vote to walk out in disputes over job losses and workloads, while Northumbria to be hit with disruption in row over pensions

Modest ‘Trump surge’ will not last, says leader, with regulation, demographics and parental preferences all posing issues for institutions hoping to recruit

Under pressure from students to speak out but wary of angering the White House, institutions are trying to find ways to help while avoiding ‘pageantry’

Quarter of UK universities changing vice-chancellors after several retire and some forced out, with experts predicting continuing challenges mean churn at the top will only continue

Grande école embarks on biggest redevelopment for more than 50 years amid changing enrolment patterns and disruptions to traditional teaching models

National funder commits to another above-inflation increase of almost 5 per cent

Sapienza University of Rome knocked offline for more than three days after suspected cyberattack

Outpouring of grief, love and laughs at commemoration ceremony for leader who was ‘still in the making’

Still unclear whether Scotland will meet fair access goals set for this year, as country prepares to adopt institution-level approach

After years of turbulence in the higher education sector, Dutch universities say the incoming government marks ‘change of direction’

York and Swansea latest to decline publisher’s offer, with latter also walking away from Springer Nature deal

English system that provides funding for less than cost of third of degrees, with repayment thresholds frozen below minimum wage, ‘no longer fit for purpose’

‘Frustrating’ changes to immigration rules affecting Scotland’s ability to be internationally competitive, says higher education minister

Court documents show Kathleen Stock feared ‘chilling effect’ of university trans policy as she was ‘never assured’ she would not face disciplinary action as a result of contravening it

OfS investigation finds students at provider delivering franchised degrees also told how to avoid detection by plagiarism software

Government faces horse-trading in the Senate, as shadow minister flags outright rejection of bill to establish commission

Former first minister advocates for progressive taxes as way of funding higher education as debates ramp up over who should pay for university

‘Flexibility’ on testing in UK system ‘may worry government’ after review finds large variety of methods used to examine language skills

Report flags how seven institutions that have achieved a coveted gold rating have black awarding gaps exceeding 25 percentage points

Drop in visa applications reflects the social and economic factors affecting the behaviour of the world’s most globally mobile students, analysts say

Candidates who stood in 2024 poll seek rerun of campaign after alleging incumbent broke rules by using internal resources – claims strongly denied by union

Cheap research round-ups by ‘hallucination-free’ OpenScholar model preferred by experts, says Nature study

Regulator finds university failed to ‘exercise proper control’ of one of its external assessment centres

Greenwich to change name to London and South East University Group before Kent joins as new ‘superuniversity’ takes shape