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Union opposes new savings target and questions plans for online courses

New vision for higher education in Hungary needed after defeat of populist leader, says head of Central European University

Cost-benefit analysis ‘broadly supportive’ of amalgamation of up to three Perth universities

Institutions capitalise on local interest in research to drive philanthropy, with Griffith University doubling donations over six years

Congress likely to once more block plans to cut billions from agency budgets, but experts fear they will have long-term impact anyway

Treasury to generate £679 million in surplus from last Plan 2 cohort, analysis shows, with graduates paying thousands more than under original system

Australian government declines to follow parliamentary recommendation that rural institutions’ city outposts be investigated

Higher education not the only sector facing a crisis of faith, with lack of confidence most pronounced among non-graduates

Big providers hit with falling occupancy levels and affordability concerns amid changing enrolment patterns

Institution spread across 12 island nations steps up support, as Persian Gulf shockwaves reach Polynesia

Professor who set up publisher four years ago to redirect revenue to those doing quality control says it has been an ‘uphill battle’

Scientists celebrate impact of pioneering space flight, with data and samples gathered predicted to shape studies for decades to come

Representative body for country’s eight institutions loses staff and has functions scaled back with policy work being taken on by in-house teams

New Home Office data shows a continued slide in demand for UK study visas, adding to universities’ financial worries

Academics demand that prestigious gathering is held elsewhere because of attacks on Iran and immigration crackdown

Universities in UK and Ireland encouraged to submit entries across 20 categories as annual showcase revisits Birmingham

Policy has achieved political aims despite damage done to sector, say experts, after Auditor General report finds impact vastly underestimated by officials

Extending UK government technology funding to universities could save sector millions of pounds a year, argues new report

Universities prioritising ‘rapid expansion’ over sustainability threaten survival of the entire English sector, new report warns

Escalating conflict in the Middle East has seen institutions increasingly drawn into the fighting, with material and psychological damage leaving long tail

Conservative manifesto ahead of Holyrood poll promises to promote alternatives to higher education, but declines to row back on totemic fee policy

‘Focused interim action’ required on a sector that politicians say is ‘sacrificing fundamental social benefits in the pursuit of corporate outcomes’

Productivity gains from using technology to mark students’ work a ‘false economy’ given loss of skills and relationships, argues new paper

Notwithstanding other ‘unfinished business’ in international education, government maintains focus on integrity and numbers

New leader of top business school believes it has been ‘underselling’ itself and needs to show its worth in world buffeted by Trump, AI and continued questioning of MBAs

Cleaners, security guards and technicians to walk out after unions reject below-inflation pay rise

Maximum interest rate to be limited as Westminster government continues to look at wider reforms to controversial student finance system

‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’

Series of pressures sector faces could trigger a shift from ‘college for all’ toward ‘college for some’, according to futurist

Teacher-turned-sleuth Stephen Vainker warns rise of chatbot language in journals will further erode school confidence in education faculties

Unprecedented refusal rates raise fresh doubts over risk rating methodology as officials get tough on ‘non-genuine’ students

European destinations emerging as ‘legitimate rivals’ for international students because they are improving while US stagnates, argues paper

New right-wing president eyes reforms to student finance as part of wider austerity measures