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Higher education union members demand fresh discussions on national vote over pay, as local disputes over job cuts pile up

ÌÇÐÄVlog Office data shows a 13 per cent increase in sponsored study visa applications for January

Repeat of UK debate looms, as parliamentary committee urges Australian universities to ‘align’ with IHRA definition, and opposition members say it should be mandatory

School pupils need better information on their post-16 options to avoid the risk of narrowing their university and career choices, says Hepi report

OIA says sexual misconduct investigations too often marred by delays and poor communication

Ucas figures show that a record proportion of students applied to higher-tariff institutions

Capital comfortably outperforms rest of England on higher education access, but progress is stalling and there are significant intra-regional differences, warns report

Long-awaited expansion of medical places seen as threatening future of Korean science sector

Brunel joins staff members at East Anglia, Newcastle and Dundee to vote for strike action in the past week

Head of Scotland’s biggest university warns it may need to shutter departments and degree courses to close ‘urgent’ financial gap

Research funders and universities condemn planned yearly reductions of more than 460 million Swiss francs 

Failure to improve translation of ‘laudable’ research output will see country ‘slide into mediocrity’, reviewers warn

Cuts seen as inevitable but academics urge restraint in upcoming budget

Amid financial pressures, experts warn that the practice is likely to continue for some time

Collating information from LinkedIn, ORCID profiles, Hesa and HMRC could solve data black hole over PhD careers, says research director

Anti-Jewish hatred more likely to be ‘overtly related’ to criticism of Israel on campuses compared with in wider society, says report

Former Warwick v-c warns ‘industrialisation’ of universities risks turning academics into ‘drones’, and says fellow leaders have done little to help

Government drive to cut international recruitment appears to pay dividends, but universities condemn ‘outdated’ approach

Science minister tells Commons committee that he is more interested in maximising impact of science spending than increasing total outlay, as he emphasises need to get visa policies ‘right’

US colleges and universities that predominantly serve underrepresented students don’t know where they stand amid new president’s sweeping executive orders

Some institutions still making thousands of unconditional offers every year, using ‘one of the few recruitment levers still left to pull’

Private member’s bill the latest slap in the face to a sector struggling for social licence as election looms

Government expected to review future of Institutes of Eminence programme, which is yet to deliver on ambitious goals

With success rates below 10 per cent in a recent funding round, pressure on scholars to secure grants may not be realistic, warns leading economist

Newcastle University votes in favour of industrial action, joining Dundee and East Anglia in achieving successful ballots

Regular increases in what students in England pay should be accompanied by more public money for â€˜strategic priorities’, Universities UK tells ministers ahead of spending review

UK society for American studies has funding removed for not complying with US Embassy request on new president’s diversity policies

Year-long succession process and budget delays have prompted speculation over possible reforms to £1 billion UK innovation research agency

New national body takes shape, as troubled centenarian predecessor faces curtain

Distinguished scientists who left Greece’s National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation criticise fragmented oversight and excess bureaucracy

Better collaboration needed between industry and universities to develop the sector, says report

A union has warned that John Latham’s position is ‘incompatible’ with his responsibilities at the crisis-hit institution

Fortnightly leave pass to ‘provide leadership’ to consultants helped Wollongong’s interim boss ‘stay in touch with colleagues’

Financial benefits of increasing domestic recruitment ‘now negligible’, according to leaked document

Even if the department lives to fight another day, putting it under threat will have helped Republicans to ‘flood the zone’ and disorientate opponents, academics say

Long caught up in debates about academic freedom and internationalisation, liberal arts may not survive in city state beyond closure of pioneering partnership

Two dozen academics join ‘mainstream’ call for a health check on youth gender treatment

Hugh Brady warns 16 per cent fall in real-terms value of recurrent grant funding ‘threatens the very foundations of British science’

Over 80 per cent of union members vote for strike action after successive years or job cuts at University of East Anglia

Skills minister says upcoming White Paper will seek to address ‘fragmentation’ between further and higher education

Political pressures and legislative haziness leave institutions ‘on a hiding to nothing’

Union describes results of THE analysis as ‘sickening’ amid spate of redundancies and course closures in crisis-hit universities

Visa challenges and changing immigration policies in traditional student destinations are driving Indians to consider emerging locations

Consultation launched during pause in new registrations, with pent-up demand at end of hiatus likely to be joined by franchisees affected by government reforms

Under-representation of women probably a key factor in country’s underperformance versus rest of Europe

Higher education in Gaza will continue to feel the hit from infrastructure damage and diminished student intake for years to come, experts warn

Scouring funded grant applications for ‘woke’ terminology is ‘chilling’, say top US researchers alarmed by defunding threats

Humanities courses are often forced to ‘justify their relevance’ in ways STEM subjects are not, TV historian says

Proliferation of for-profit providers sparks concerns of ‘abusive practices’ including misrepresentation and tuition fee fraud

Individual campus listening services to remain operational after umbrella body folds

Chinese students are crucial to Thailand’s international education ambitions, but quality concerns pose a risk

Expenses spike despite dwindling student numbers, with signs the gap could widen

Academics warn of ‘culture of fear’ at pre-eminent Welsh institution amid plans to axe courses and hundreds of jobs

More than half of PhD graduates find jobs outside universities after graduating but students complain programmes are still only set up to help create new professors

Data centre mogul Robin Khuda seeks ‘cohort effect’ with largest-ever gift to Australia’s oldest university

Social sciences ‘the proverbial canary in the coalmine’ for restrictions in other areas of research, dean warns

Pressure mounts on Welsh government to intervene as Cardiff posts UK sector’s biggest deficit yet

Survey finds NHS bursary is not sufficient to cover living costs, with many trainee medics forced to cut back or take on additional work

European Commission-published Competitiveness Compass raises fears of political interference

Legal and regulatory issues push some English institutions into taking financial hit of not increasing fees