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Court loss still leaves Trump many tools in anti-immigrant campaign

Government strategy for HE set out in conditions for emergency loans for universities at risk of failure in Covid crisis

Universities minister Michelle Donelan calls for focus to be on jobs outcomes and individual needs rather than ¡®box-ticking¡¯ access measures

UCU poll seeks to step up political pressure on ministers to offer extra funding for universities during pandemic

Sued by universities, administration ends plan to evict foreigners whose campuses stay online

¡®Cloud¡¯ discounts and fee and subsidy tweaks could underpin acceptable compromise deal, policy specialist suggests

Research also suggests that government¡¯s anti-terrorism strategy is causing students and staff to self-censor discussions of Islam

Commons committee calls for clearer guidance and additional funding to cover reimbursements

A new research project will draw on academic expertise to ¡®reset and reimagine¡¯ cultural life in the UK

Covid-19 has underlined the need for more coordinated and comprehensive engagement with policymakers, say David Price, Sarah Chaytor and Andrew Wathey

New recruits from bloc will pay same fees as other international learners from September 2021 onwards

Education secretary signals rebalancing towards further education in England after shift in nature of Tory electoral support

Trial flights of overseas students taken off the table, as safe haven visas for Hong Kong students herald more tension with China

The cash injection announced by the government last week is the most ambitious plan of its kind Ed Byrne has seen in 40 years

Smoke and mirrors conceal lack of extra university places, losses to institutions and savings to government, former bureaucrat says

Co-author of Conservative manifesto says universities¡¯ ¡®prosperity depends¡¯ on grasp of changes since 2010

Universities are in a powerful position to help societies address history in a way that informs the present and shapes the future, says Andrew Thompson

Emergency measures exemplify different treatment of public and private universities, critics say

Universities that boost numbers in lucrative courses are unlikely to attract the attention of Australian regulator¡¯s new watchdog

Crucial MP keeping an open mind but has ¡®lots of concerns¡¯ about Australian fee and subsidy reshuffle

Ruling at school level seen as affirming situations involving colleges

Michelle Donelan says there has been ¡®too much focus on getting students through the door¡¯ in England

New Downing Street unit for attracting global talent and review of immigration rules among measures to support research

Boris Johnson says ¡®talent and genius are expressed as much by hand and by eye as they are in a spreadsheet or an essay¡¯

Left-winger shared article that party leader said contained ¡®antisemitic conspiracy theory¡¯

China has issued threats to use its outward flows of students in geopolitical tussles ¨C how significant could that be in wake of crisis?

With the key selling point of university ¨C meeting people and having a ¡®great experience¡¯ ¨C now gone, Andreas Schleicher sees high fees as unjustified and calls for more government investment

Upholding of immigration protections, after challenge led by University of California, means legal relief for about 200,000 students

Extra funds for science are welcome, but tipping the balance towards challenge-led research must not become the new normal, warns Jan Palmowski

Michelle Donelan says that we ¡®cannot rewrite our history¡¯, while also addressing student number control controversies

Swell of global anti-racism protests brings hope for change but academics warn ¡®we¡¯ve been here before¡¯

Former universities minister also recommends that UK prioritises recruitment from India to remain competitive after pandemic

Taboo-breaking Parcoursup reforms in 2018 are seen to have reduced failure rates, but there are fears Parisian universities will now hoover up the best students nationwide 

Nations are increasingly making conscious efforts to propel a subset of their universities into the global elite. But are such aspirations ever met? And, if they are, is that a blessing or a curse for those institutions denied entry to the club? Simon Baker examines the issues and the numbers

Past advisories have not quenched Chinese students¡¯ thirst for overseas study

Racial awareness mounts, but partisan barriers loom larger 

More than a third of the public now believe scientists are hiding information ¨C confusion over masks and broadsides from a ¡®populist¡¯ microbiologist are blamed

A plan to put foreign students in supervised quarantine before studying could rescue international programmes, says Roger Smyth

Open letter signed by more than 100 UK-based scientists, many of whom work in infectious disease biology and immunology

If they learn how to engage more effectively, there could be ways for ethicists to bring their insights to bear on major policy debates

As annual lobbying spending drops to $75 million, bigger campuses take more control

A draft national security law raises concerns about academic freedom and a return to student protests

Move to reject Obama policy seen costing 200,000 borrowers some $11 billion

US-China research collaborations will continue despite politics, Harvard economist says 

The secretary of higher education for the state of New Jersey talks about her path to a career in policy, family history and handling racist attitudes at college

Former biotech chief cooperating in expanded investigation

With ?7,500 tuition fees off the agenda, new strategies to rebalance English higher education could be introduced, says post-18 education review chair

?7,500 fees are off the agenda, but Covid-19 only increases the need to align state subsidies with economic need, says Philip Augar

Improving remote learning may be smartest move universities can make, quality chief advises

England¡¯s main skills challenge is not over-education but preparing workers for the emerging economy, says Tim Blackman 

National move to reconciliation tests boundaries of academic freedom, say some observers

EUA policy expert warns against financially driven institutional mergers as solution in crisis

Academics recognise need but fear loss of attention on basic science

Accusations that China is stealing virus research could harm US vaccine efforts and overseas enrolments, experts warn

After more than a decade of federal spending increases, the country also looks set to overtake Japan on the proportion of GDP spent on innovation

Policy experts express fears that public and politicians will hold scientists responsible for the economic and social damage of lockdown

A 2017 speech by Emmanuel Macron on European identity has led to the creation of an initial 17 pan-continental consortia involving 114 universities. But do they amount to anything more than yet more vacuous memoranda of understanding? David Matthews reports

Protecting the European research budget offers better long-term hopes of saving the European project

Anticipating a renewed coronavirus outbreak, California State University plans for semester online

A renewed European Research Area can be a fresh call to arms for scientific excellence across the continent, says Jan Palmowski