Government resists calls to raise student loan income threshold Household earnings marker to remain stuck at £25,000 after ministers reject Lords recommendation By Juliette Rowsell 24 July
Fields Medal event heads to Glasgow and Dublin after US boycott Scotland and Ireland first co-hosts of prestigious gathering in 2030 after controversy surrounding this year’s event By Seher Asaf 24 July
McDonald seen as likely science minister amid reshuffle confusion Labour announces Stockton North MP will fill role in newly merged department but officials say nothing has been decided By Tom Williams 24 July
Staff-student relationships still permitted, despite guidance English universities still resisting introducing bans on relationships say they risk putting students in a more vulnerable position By Juliette Rowsell 24 July
‘Nuclear’ restructure at London South Bank seen as ‘test bed’ University claims its changes will protect academic jobs and strengthen teaching but striking staff say reforms pose an ‘existential’ threat By Juliette Rowsell 24 July
UK devolution must extend to its authoritarian universities Institutions whose managers are unaccountable to their staff can never be truly civic universities, says Krzysztof Nawratek By Krzysztof Nawratek 24 July
Latchman made University of London v-c after leadership turmoil Former Birkbeck leader handed role until 2028 after resignation of Wendy Thomson By Seher Asaf 23 July
News Talks podcast: What impact will binning DSIT have on UK R&D? With Andy Burnham’s new government announcing plans to scrap the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, we discuss what this could mean for UK research By Miranda Prynne 23 July
Glasgow School of Art ‘can’t afford’ £265m Mackintosh repairs Institution appeals for donors to help turn burned-down building into creative district, as it says site no longer needed for day-to-day operations By Georgia Luckhurst 23 July
Worsening finances push English HE into ‘future nobody planned’ With financial pressures intensifying and income sources drying up, new report argues for more differentiated sector to avert worst-case scenario By Georgia Luckhurst 23 July
Medical students ‘silenced’ by professionalism rules, BMA finds Minor infractions being labelled as a breach of standards, potentially harming future careers By Helen Packer 23 July
Ucas launches budget calculator amid cost-of-living concerns New tool allows prospective students to compare transport, food and accommodation costs in more than 100 cities and towns across the UK By Seher Asaf 23 July
