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Policy expert says agreement between EU and UK is ¡®not at all geared to separate treatment for regions¡¯

¡®No-cost¡¯ administrative changes would save money and heartache, Australian researchers tell new minister

Delay in naming top higher education official taken as inauspicious

International student flows kept on drip feed as politics, fear and logistics trump large-scale influxes

Devolved nations say they should be given any replacement funding for scheme from UK government ¡®in the first instance¡¯

LSE research head says academia should work with other service sectors to enable free movement for a fixed period of time

New position of White House social sciences adviser may raise priority of social response to coronavirus and consideration of race-related factors

Sector leaders say government proposal amounts to ¡®a sudden multimillion-pound hit¡¯ for some institutions and criticise decision not to phase changes

Revival of plan to restrict numbers via minimum grade requirement raises concerns over impact on poorest

Option is put forward alongside post-qualification offers as one of two potential reforms

Teaching excellence framework will also no longer be an annual exercise, with next assessment due to be published next year

Government¡¯s ¡®interim response¡¯ to Augar review puts off big decisions but signals drive to lower costs of system

New president welcomed by higher education groups, but faces tough legislative hurdles

¡®Final conclusion¡¯ to review of post-18 education to come at spending review, as DfE heralds skills white paper, TEF review and admissions consultation

Initial estimates indicate jump in applications for coming year in excess of 10 per cent

Outgoing Office for Students chair defends university expansion before taking up government role

Hepi paper by former Uclan deputy v-c calls for new funding system in which richest graduates pay more

Outgoing US president cites USC trustee in rationale for helping fellow Florida developer

Freshly inaugurated US president Joe Biden owes his election victory to swing states in America¡¯s Rust Belt. But is his plan to revitalise them by creating ¡®millions of new manufacturing and innovation¡¯ jobs realistic? And how best can universities play their part? John Morgan reports

Higher education finance expert weighs up costs of options for government, amid calls for loan discounts and cash grants

Incoming president names advisory team while pushing social sciences and battle against cancer

University president claims peers are so captured by need to cultivate politicians and donors that they fail to publicly challenge anything but the most egregious behaviour

African American studies chair says tackling inequality is ¡®on a knife-edge¡¯ and urges institutions to stop ¡®tinkering around the edges¡¯

While arresting scientists, US slides on funding and misses commitment on rules consistency

Delayed government verdict on post-18 education review seen as unlikely to address concerns on rising system costs or HE economic role

HBCUs want a chance after decades of federal aid for poorer white-majority institutions

Elise Stefanik, backer of claims that fuelled Capitol riot, evicted from government school

The president-elect may have academic connections, but the path from campus to cabinet is rarely travelled successfully, say three political scientists

Institutions with overseas links seen to be acting ¡®on behalf of¡¯ foreign interests

The European programme¡¯s globe-spanning successor, the Turing scheme, is more suited to meeting today¡¯s challenges, says Louise Nicol

Universities may think they have more pressing priorities than the UN¡¯s SDGs. But they don¡¯t, say Martha McPherson and Kate Roll

Billionaire becomes second in Cabinet to make symbolic move with two weeks left

V-cs urge government to compensate universities over pandemic rent waivers, with fee refunds also expected to become ¡®political football¡¯

Informal use of university scientists as independent advisers is unsustainable when health emergencies last for months, warns committee

University leaders fear Trump harming democracy as voters hand more power to Democrats

Narrow political margin, however, may mean gridlock for major initiatives is unmoved

Economist calls for emphasis on wages and jobs as antidote to ¡®failed¡¯ doctrines, as he takes up Glasgow role looking at independent Scotland

New minister¡¯s old work on online education could be revived to encourage tertiary sector integration, experts say

Boise State¡¯s Marlene Tromp sees small-town rescues as solution to anti-intellectual fervour

Diana Beech, former adviser to Tory ministers, wants to challenge ¡®crude generalisations¡¯ that could hit London¡¯s vital arts courses

Lord Wharton of Yarm urged to get up to speed with challenges as ¡®quickly as possible¡¯ if appointment confirmed

Overruling of funding recommendations, apparently over security concerns, divulged following minister¡¯s departure

Former schoolteacher Miguel Cardona brings record of fighting achievement gaps

A huge endowment could help draw the talent and capital to counterbalance the golden triangle, say Neil Lee and Javier Terrero D¨¢vila

Study challenges image of campuses as places that cultivate liberalism, with limited sway favouring conservatives

Congressional leaders also approve new money for student grants and minority institutions

Report from Education Committee says support should be focused on students on courses in ¡®priority skill areas¡¯

Lord Wharton set to succeed Sir Michael Barber at helm of English sector regulator

MP brings ¡®a good understanding¡¯ of international education and a chequered record on refugees and staff relations

Expert says favourable treatment of Catholic university is ¡°logical¡±, but criticises optics of handout to another Catholic institution

Community Security Trust finds 123 incidents affecting Jewish students, academics and student bodies over past two years

More than 50 rectors with no international publications continuously tweet pro-government messages, reflecting country¡¯s waning academic freedom

Penn and its students reap benefits, but hiring may have widened broader inequalities in academia

Fearful of lagging behind the US and China, the continent now has multiple Darpa-like agencies. But they face challenges securing political independence, funding, and turning prototypes into reality

MPs say institutions are wasting money on things like car parking spaces and meditation rooms

In the new world order, leadership is about collaboration and coordination. Higher education networks are an obvious forum, says Annelise Riles  

The US¡¯ announcement that it now regards Israeli settlements as consistent with international law does not make them so, say eight senior academics

New regime injects element of doubt into all foreign negotiations, research universities say

Australian stocktake urges pared back free speech policies, with civil behaviour desirable but not essential

Yet in era of gridlock, a poor option may be only one for delivering federal aid