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UK’s biggest academic union eyes showdown with Labour minister as it tries to respond to wave of university cuts

Firms promise technology can boost conversions and relieve pressure on overworked teams, but critics warn over impersonal processes and massive bottlenecks of ‘nonsensical’ applications

‘Valuing voices’ checklist hopes to help academics to design research projects with ‘principles of inclusiveness’ in mind

Everybody loses if first-world universities do not share the benefits with source countries of doctoral students, university leaders say

Trump’s latest escalation in battle with nation’s wealthiest university shows he is attempting a full-scale takeover, scholars say

HKUST offers unconditional acceptance to international students at Harvard in wake of US government crackdown

Universities asking candidates to prove support for equality policies may be unlawful, claims Alumni for Free Speech

Bloc seen as likely to insist on lower fees for its students in upcoming negotiations, putting UK in a difficult position, given its wider crackdown on migration

English regulator tells institution its checks and oversight were insufficient after subcontracted provision tripled in two years

Late move to try to pass no confidence vote in Jo Grady piles pressure on union leadership as they attempt to coordinate fight back against job losses

University proposes 39 job losses in latest sign new wave of cuts will be tougher on staff

Students criticise university for lack of transparency and wasting resources after thousands of books from shuttered college destined for recycling

Number of people coming to UK halves in a year partly because of steep drops in students bringing dependants

Hike in fees of up to 6 per cent unlikely to compensate for erosion of research funding and cuts to grant schemes and mobility scholarships

Universities urged to be ‘brave’ in hiring decisions despite ‘precarious’ times as study finds prioritising sector expertise doesn’t always pay off

Strong career outcomes of fellowship holders underlines importance of early career support, says academy

Doncaster focus groups find widespread scepticism that cost of a degree will be outweighed by career benefits

Threat of strike ballot still hanging over UK pay talks but expert says low offer will be greeted with ‘sullen resignation’

Redundancies blamed on ‘unprecedented financial challenges’ including ‘rising costs, flat or declining income and uncertainty in student recruitment’

Grief ‘compounded by a lack of transparency’, parents tell two-year investigation into student deaths at UK universities

UK foreign secretary hails partnership as way of strengthening scientific ties between the two countries

Increased staff and other operating costs blamed for â€˜significant deterioration’, with spending on restructuring ballooning

Hidden environmental impact of roll-out of AI bots and assistants not well understood, experts warn, with much of it outsourced to big technology companies

Problems arise when citizenship rather than pedagogy determines delivery mode, critics say

Surprise reduction in funding for specialist provision will spark ‘brand new financial crisis brewed entirely in Whitehall’, critics warn

Vocabulary driven by policymakers doesn’t work for sector where outputs are not always measurable, conference hears

Fears over cuts to university-based frontier science eased by European Commission president’s speech confirming independence of Framework Programme 10

Lowest offer since the pandemic reflects ‘severity of the financial pressures’ facing institutions, says employer body

Staff want additional funding allocated by the Welsh government to be used to remove threat of compulsory redundancies

Many institutions still ‘pretending not to see’ issue of food insecurity among students, new book claims

Thousands set to miss out on fund set up by UK government to support companies in traversing the ‘Valley of Death’ between research and commercialisation, universities fear

Doubling the length of time required for indefinite leave to remain in the UK will impose a considerable ‘financial and emotional toll’ on international researchers, warn experts

Ministers to seek to ensure money used to support high-cost subjects better aligns with priorities for growth

Royal Society announces government-backed fellowships as countries race to sign up scientific talent fleeing the US

Broad agreement offers little detail on HE priorities, with no mention of whether EU students will be able to pay UK fees

Other UK government departments outside science will be encouraged to allocate a proportion of their research budgets to long-term funding

Secretary of state promises to focus on building global partnerships in vital document that will shape approach to education exports

Minister says there will be no changes to visa processing regime that gives effect to government’s thwarted cap proposal

Current widening participation approach not working, say academics, as rural villages and coastal towns revealed as areas with lowest levels of progression to universities

While some see higher compliance thresholds as way to identify rogue operators, the threat of losing licences could push universities to withdraw from certain regions entirely

Using jokes where appropriate can build trust, diffuse anxiety and enhance learning, says doctoral supervision award winner

Science academy urges government to facilitate curiosity-driven research and protect researchers from intimidation

Latest cost-cutting drives to hit UK sector include planned compulsory redundancies at Bournemouth-based institution

Experience Down Under suggests universities should not be too quick to torpedo idea that overseas income should be redistributed

Internationalisation strategies will be damaged by heavy prioritisation of students from Europe and US, report authors warn

Increase in antisemitism probes targeting smaller colleges leaves institutions lacking the heft of Harvard exposed

Canadian prime minister creates two new ministries focused on industry and innovation, but critics fear stripping science from job titles signals wrong approach

Culture shocks experienced by international academics moving to Middle East put progress of universities at risk, study finds

All of university’s hourly paid lecturers in social sciences set to go under plans that will affect a quarter of academic workforce

Job cuts target drops from initial 400 after university accepts proposals put forward by staff which will see schools ‘teaching higher numbers of students’

Student-staff ratios climb to highest level in a decade as universities make cutbacks to avoid plunging into the red

English sector facing total bill of £620 million a year, if government goes ahead with plan to take cut of international earnings

University accused of ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to recent rulings, amid fears of more ‘massive fines’

Universities set to lose millions in income if government goes ahead with plan to take a cut of overseas earnings, and are unlikely to see much benefit from levy spending, critics say

Top universities still in robust financial health in year of visa hikes and last-minute withdrawal of proposed foreign enrolment caps

Early career researchers from non-EU countries describe major hurdles to Swedish residency under recent migration law changes

Science department will publish specific objectives with ‘corresponding key performance indicators’ for the £9.6 billion research funder this summer, reveals NAO report

Bentley-driving vice-chancellor George Holmes put on leave after PwC investigation into university payments

Growing cooperation between institutions to address area’s skills needs a ‘blueprint for rest of UK’, politicians say

Former Universities UK chief takes over higher education super-agency to oversee ‘next phase of development’