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Formalising process around market exit would make it impossible for institution to come back from the brink, fears UUK chief

Tertiary harmonisation agreement in Canberra sees students guaranteed direct university entry and up to a year’s credit if they want to progress

Parliamentary probe will focus on staff and student representation on university councils

Researcher says course at Sorbonne did not require clearance, but university decided to conduct screening anyway

Course completion rate restrictions seen as way to tackle issue as peers mull whether new law is needed to stop student claimants

New principles that would require universities to publish executive salaries and conduct v-c performance reviews ‘should be mandatory’

Government commits to raising tuition fees and maintenance loans, with universities expected to deliver higher-quality teaching and more specialised research in return

Bridget Phillipson says fees to rise with inflation for next two academic years with automatic annual increases then set to be introduced

Higher education institutions could be penalised if they offer courses deemed subpar as universities await Labour’s reform plans

Schools coming under ‘intense pressure’ to enrol students as universities become ever more reliant on cross-subsidy

Mounting institutional deficits form backdrop to coming Holyrood campaign as nationalist party looks to extend grip on power

Civil liberties champion Nadine Strossen says US universities must unite to fight president’s ‘blatantly illegal’ plan to destroy institutional autonomy

Universities must show they are ‘capable of change’ to fend off Trump pressure, says Harvard professor

‘Transformative’ change will not happen unless panel outlines ‘coherent’ vision for R&D, representative bodies warn

YouGov survey finds big differences in support for universities across different political parties

����Vlogcoming of sorts for criminologist Paul Mazerolle, who faces challenge of returning institution to surplus

The needs of students and their homelands – not their hosts – should govern international education offerings, policymakers told

Alignment between study and work improving, particularly in health and education

Buyers likely to require drastic changes to move ahead with sale, experts say, as institution seeks to move on from torrid year

Fast-track integrated programmes intended to address skills needs and boost postgraduate enrolments should not compromise research and curriculum design, say experts

Threat to academic freedom from secret recordings of seminars being passed to state governments must be taken seriously, says Office for Students free speech lead

Institution latest to increase transnational presence by expanding long-running partnership with local provider

Anglophone destinations no longer rule the roost, but experts say composition and quality should matter more than volume

Survey of more than 3,000 researchers by Cambridge University Press reveals widespread concerns over the rise of ChatGPT-assisted papers

School-leavers incentivised to move away from local area to attend university, despite the benefits that staying put can bring, according to MillionPlus

Dean hopes new model for postgraduate study in Asia will influence education in the region more broadly

Institutions should retrain staff affected now rather than ‘sustain jobs which machines can do better and cheaper’, expert argues

UUK calls on government to hit pause on fee levy plans amid fears chancellor will progress policy next month

Universities’ manifesto ahead of 2026 Senedd poll also wants independent commission on participation

Regulator says universities should only enter partnerships when they are satisfied that teaching and support standards will be maintained

Potential language reforms part of a bigger ‘social licence’ project, assistant minister tells conference

Government ‘will not back off’ from managing size and shape of onshore international enrolments, assistant minister warns

Bosnian-born president of University of Connecticut says her unusual academic career shows how US promotes outsiders like no other country

Most prospective students have at least three countries in the frame, survey finds

Number of applications for every role reaches highest level in two decades, according to annual survey

Six-month cut in amount of time people can stay post-study has been fiercely opposed by universities

Tech tycoon agrees to fund big expansion of site now being overseen by former University of Michigan president Santa Ono

Success of two health spin-outs from UCL and Cambridge helps drive value of deals higher in 2024

Developers focus on ‘premium locations’ as pockets of underoccupancy emerge elsewhere

Universities cautiously welcome changes intended to cut down on bureaucracy, but are wary of narrowing focus

Knowledge transfer should include the university itself, says thinktank after identifying disconnect between managers and those who study them

Challenging economic conditions may have led to bump in student recruitment numbers this year but experts fear long-term damage after institutions pegged futures to employability agenda

Loss of EU students made recruitment more commercial and universities more insular, argues new book

Rare win for Europe-based economist sees Philippe Aghion rewarded for mathematical modelling of how ‘creative destruction’ underpins growth

Antisemitism and Indigenous voice campaigner Julian Leeser appointed Liberal education spokesman

Training sessions to be rolled out to educate university staff on identifying harassment and supporting students

Attempts to quell universities’ fears about competition laws may actually be heightening anxiety over collaboration in cash-strapped sector

Australian enrolments from eighth most populous country quadruple but some institutions in UK suspending ‘high risk’ ties

UK policymakers urged to replace ‘outdated’ system with nationwide digital programme for logging academic credentials

Proposal could help international students assimilate better into society but low pay and potential for abuse need to be addressed, say experts

University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences

Regulators should consider insisting that branch campuses offer scholarships to avoid ‘two-tier’ system, say experts

Minister Noha Kattan says Riyadh University of Arts will provide talent for a Saudi arts economy likely to employ 300,000 people by end of the decade

Other recent departures from Trump’s America include expert on anti-fascism who fled to Spain after receiving death threats

Former politician not for turning, amid denunciation of culture, oversight and spending at national university

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

‘Institutionalised’ targeting of universities has compromised academic freedom but remains ‘taboo’ subject on campuses, says intelligence expert

Transnational education mandate added to resurrected integrity proposals that also include power to suspend applications for new courses

‘Debt trap’ has replaced ‘Mickey Mouse’ courses but Badenoch still kicking universities after being ‘boxed in’ by Labour’s apprenticeship embrace and Reform attacks on elitism

New participation target represents ‘paradigm shift’ in country’s approach to education, but government needs to incentivise FE and HE working together, says report