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New rules mandating higher tuition fees for non-EU students have sparked debate on whether France’s universities have abandoned their egalitarian principles and may soon charge far heftier fees for all, writes Seher Asaf

UK universities urged to diversify recruitment methods after steep drops in master’s enrolments

Immigration, transgender issues and race among the topics many students avoid talking about on campus, OfS survey suggests

One in 10 out-of-work young people have a degree, major review finds, as UK prime minister warns too many are missing out on â€˜high quality alternatives’ to university

National Wealth Fund and Lloyds pledge to back environmental projects that tackle challenges universities face in retrofitting campuses

‘Catch-all’ responses risk driving out high-quality provision, report warns

‘Perfectly good’ institutions ‘may fail’ without curbs on recruitment being reintroduced, report argues, ahead of expected dip in youth population

The availability of ERC grants falls off a cliff in your 40s, and in most countries there are few comparable alternatives, says Cristina Muñoz Pinedo 

Findings strengthen case that UK should agree early access to next framework programme as soon as possible, say v-cs

UCU leader tells annual congress that sector faces threats like never before and issues cannot be fixed under current model

With King’s College London and Cranfield University planning to join forces, we discuss whether mergers are a sensible way forward for UK universities beset by financial challenges

Union fears remaining staff will face even heavier workloads as 500 jobs have already been lost over past two years