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

‘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

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

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

Lancaster and Surrey latest to gain approval to set up Indian bases, with prime minister lauding £50 million boost to economy

Education secretary confirms devolved nation will not follow UK government in taking a cut of overseas tuition fee income

UK offers reassuring familiarity for Charles Darwin’s TNE ‘push’ but vice-chancellor says its MBA courses will be unlike anything already available

Lingering financial pressures mean country is ‘not out of the woods’ despite strong showing this year, expert warns

Specialist institutions could be subsumed without high-level oversight of sector consolidation, MPs warned

OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable to meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence

Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

Russell Group calls for long-term partnerships to be secured amid political uncertainty

Student fees to drop by €500 – but end of €1,000 government contribution means total payment will rise

Tories should allow top institutions to increase tuition fees and encourage others to get off ‘mediocrity escalator’, says former science minister

Andy Burnham says universities ‘at the heart’ of his plans for growth of Manchester’s economy

Taxpayer and students losing out as a result of failure to tackle ‘low-quality’ higher education, according to Neil O’Brien

Both internal and external board members agree on priorities for institutions, countering view that outsiders favour different approach

Promise of preferential treatment in return for fee freeze and student cap latest salvo in president’s ‘ideological’ battle to reshape HE

With levy-funded maintenance grants and 50 per cent target scrapped again, government’s vision for universities becomes clearer. But while rhetoric appears tough, experts see opportunities as education takes centre stage

Gazan students due to begin studies in Ireland and Italy but efforts in other countries remain blocked

‘Irreversible damage’ being done to higher education as government removes the ‘last lifelines to learning’ for many

City told to resist ‘mainlandisation’ amid fears that expansion is placing growing strain on staff and resources

Using financial incentives to influence student choice risk undermining Labour’s widening access goals, critics fear

Coming together of 10 research-led universities not a ‘self-serving’ mission group, say vice-chancellors

Move into DWP opens up opportunities for ‘tailored learning’, says minister, as some express unease over disjointed approach

Prime minister scraps Tony Blair’s long-held target to get half of young people into higher education, instead aiming for two-thirds accessing university or apprenticeships

Long-term employment contract better explained as form of worker protection, says author of new book

Sussex v-c says media attacks motivated by view that fewer people should obtain a degree

Means-tested support only to be offered to those studying courses aligned to party’s priority areas

Leeds MP tells party’s conference that he hopes government ‘moves away’ from planned tax on overseas earnings

White House cuts $350 million in grants for minority-serving institutions only to announce $500 million in funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Universities projected to dip into the red next year due to falling fee income and rising staff costs, with any long-term recovery likely to be uneven

Cost to UK economy of £1.8 billion a year once ‘gross value added’ by international students factored in, new analysis shows

Government ambition to quickly develop up to five elite institutions could end up taking decades, warn experts

New chief executive of Advance HE discusses university finances, EDI pressures and plans to pivot body from ‘development to transformation’ agency

Manufactured scarcity will undermine MSIs’ solidarity and risks reopening opportunity gaps in minority communities, says Marybeth Gasman

New modelling estimates that controversial proposals could wipe about £2.2 billion from the UK economy in just five years

Breaking the link between researchers and their outputs harms academic mobility and disciplinary excellence, argue professors

Education committee says exemption to defunding plans for healthcare courses should be extended to include ‘growth-driving’ industries

Ben Macpherson returns to government in mini reshuffle triggered by Jamie Hepburn’s resignation

Former science secretary accused British students of lacking ‘vigour’ 

Warnings revised TEF rules could damage universities with a widening participation agenda and fail to weed out bad actors

Government told to incorporate higher education institutions into emergency planning frameworks as the UK attempts to bolster its defences

Revamped version of quality benchmark scheme will force more higher education providers to participate and punish those with lower ratings

Policymakers allow universities to accept more international students as island seeks to capitalise on US crackdown

Berkeley academic claims higher education is being used as a weapon to bolster geopolitical rivalries, rather than a force for cooperation

Scholarship students begin to receive information about transfer to UK but timelines remain uncertain

Russell Group institution will offer five courses in partnership with Zhejiang University of Technology

Donna Whitehead warns university leaders must be candid with staff as sector’s financial crisis endures

Incoming leader of new entity says course sharing on the cards ‘where it makes sense’ as unions fear merger will result in more job cuts

Good progress has been made on implementing the Universities Accord but much more is needed to achieve parity, say five deputy vice-chancellors

A sector described by a leading party figure as a ‘conveyor belt for communism’ is understandably wary of Nigel Farage’s latest right-wing populist project. But Reform UK persistently tops opinion polls. And the party’s annual conference suggests universities have a lot of ground to make up with it. Patrick Jack reports

Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns

More support needed for disadvantaged students during medical studies to compensate for lack of ‘insider knowledge’, researchers say

Legal protections and sustainable funding key for Europe to be ‘beacon of open and free science’, guild says

A ‘disconnect’ between aspirational rhetoric and the realities of ‘live’ admissions risks undermining Australia’s inclusion goals

UK’s high attainment and completion rates tempered by rising costs and inequalities, according to latest Education at a Glance report

Lack of clarity over how brief held by Jacqui Smith will be carved up risks delaying crucial policy interventions, critics fear

New action plan lets universities launch AI- and tech-focused majors within months in response to changing labour market demands