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¡®No threat¡¯ to UK involvement in European Union¡¯s student mobility programme, Boris Johnson tells MPs

Universities are relieved the Greens have replaced the far right, but see challenges ahead over their management and comprehensive subject mix

Emma Hardy highlights how abolition of student number controls has ¡®hammered¡¯ universities that provide places for disadvantaged students locally

Left government wants post-austerity funding revival and better careers for academics, with Manuel Castells appointed universities minister

Actions by the current government suggest official discomfort with the basic purpose of public universities, says Jayati Ghosh

Data suggest US campuses pushed by 2011 policy into tougher line on accused in sex cases, potentially triggering Trump rethink

Hull West and Hessle MP, a former teacher and union official, replaces Gordon Marsden

Party tables amendments to withdrawal agreement bill, but may struggle to overcome Boris Johnson¡¯s majority

Appointment of university rector Gaetano Manfredi signals ¡®complete continuity¡¯ with previous decade of higher education policy despite need for change, say scholars

Exams rescheduled and special trains laid on to get students home to participate in ballot

Sector heads recognise that Mexicans have rallied behind the president¡¯s promises even though problems of inequality and social mobility persist

Student income support is increasingly insufficient and in urgent need of reform, says Dawn Freshwater

Rachel Kyte¡¯s previous roles in supra-national bodies make the new dean of Tufts University¡¯s Fletcher School of international relations determined to see the academy play its part in rescuing multilateralism and addressing climate change, writes John Gill

¡®MIT of the North¡¯ idea seen as ignoring imbalances in research funding that undermine regions

Study of European Social Survey data finds academics more left-leaning than almost any other professional group, but show ¡®no greater homogeneity¡¯ in beliefs

The apparently political murder of an undergraduate at a top Bangladeshi university by other students has stunned a nation, writes Nahid Neazy

Marc Tessier-Lavigne discusses diversifying student intake and focusing on ethics of new technologies in ÌÇÐÄVlog interview

Balancing Dominic Cummings¡¯ agenda with industrial strategy approach, and deciding on geographical focus for increased investment, seen as key challenges

Universities must face up to some legitimate complaints, but they can also play a key role in helping the new government meet its ambitions, says Alistair Jarvis

2020 federal spending plan boosts student aid and research spending

Civil service hostility, legislative complexity and political naivety keep restructure in the slow lane

Ex-Tory adviser pushes plan to legislate to create ¡®national academic freedom champion¡¯ to ¡®lead on sanctions where appropriate¡¯

Representative body presses case for education and research spending, as Canberra slashes budget projections

Told by judge to spare defrauded students, secretary toughens loan policy

Universities concede societal push to handle delicate matters in more legalistic ways

Science spending increase, research funding system revamp, targeting of ¡®low-quality courses¡¯ among other potential implications from result

Pro-Palestine group brands order a ¡®dangerous, authoritarian attempt to silence student activism¡¯

Political, economic and demographic considerations all suggest that the demand-driven system won¡¯t endure, says Nick Hillman

Universities UK poll shows Britons value skills rather than income level when it comes to immigration

Campuses are being physically repaired but questions remain over whether trust can be restored among staff and students 

Nuclear armageddon is the global peril that time forgot. But amid all the concern about environmental degradation, disarmament remains imperative, says Nobel laureate John Polanyi

Guardian editor-at-large turned Manchester sociology professor discusses how UK universities are in an ¡®analogous crisis¡¯ to journalism on race

Senate passing of bill on funding for minority colleges adds requirement on sharing tax data

Offering two-year programmes at FE colleges as part of four-year degrees could redress the UK¡¯s spending bias in favour of HE, says Geoff Mason

THE¡¯s data editor Simon Baker explains how he used student population and general election data to make some poll predictions for the 2019 General Election

Australian representative bodies back consolidation of education and training portfolios, as tide comes back in again

But results also suggest tactical voting ¨C often due to Brexit ¨C rather than policy is driving many choices 

Dan Tehan tells THE that he ¡®fully supported¡¯ institutions going beyond sector-wide code

Students could have significant impact on individual seats, THE modelling suggests, but jury is out on whether this might change overall result

Conservatives¡¯ intense scepticism about the value of expanded higher education set against Labour¡¯s attack on ¡®failed free-market experiment¡¯, as differing philosophies underlie pledges

THE deputy news editor John Morgan wades through the party manifestos and discusses how the parties¡¯ proposals will affect higher education

Critics fear initiative could widen social inequalities

Sector leaders say Augar-inspired cut to tuition fees in England would damage sector

The Labour Party in the UK, like the Democrats in the US, hopes to be elected on a policy of abolishing student fees. Roger Smyth draws on the experience of New Zealand to challenge the rationale for such a strategy

Growing numbers of university leavers, and their concentration in cities, could have a significant impact at the ballot box ¨C and throw up challenges for universities, too

Association to Horizon Europe would also be positive, but hostile mood music over immigration still reverberates 

The EU¡¯s next framework programme, Horizon Europe, is due to start in just over a year. But while its broad shape is settled, political wrangling over budget and participation rights means researchers are still unclear over their future funding prospects. David Matthews reports from Brussels

In a fraught political climate, it is even more difficult than usual for researchers to grab the attention of ministers. Diana Beech imparts her insider¡¯s tips

Party manifestos all seen as likely to drive English institutions¡¯ focus away from dwindling per-student funding, towards increasing research income

Judges find provincial government improperly violated universities¡¯ autonomy

Conservatives also aim to tackle ¡®low-quality courses¡¯ in England and ¡®reform the science funding system¡¯

Manifesto also pledges ¡®fundamental rethink¡¯ of teaching and research assessment, plus end to ¡®failed free market¡¯ in higher education and to staff casualisation

Party would use review to consider ¡®any necessary reforms¡¯, having previously indicated it may favour a graduate tax

Lawmakers fret over weak response to China, but can¡¯t say what they would do better

Lorenzo Fioramonti wants to ¡®put his ideas to the test¡¯ and end the country¡¯s brain drain

Fees reform has not quelled popular anger over exploitation, but academics can play a key role in constitutional reform, says Robert Funk

Society president warns parties must address ¡®huge reputational damage¡¯ to UK science caused by Brexit

?9,000 fees permitted per-student funding to rise even at the height of austerity, argues former minister David Willetts

Universities are inherently political spaces, but the current explosion in violent protest must come to an end, says Brian Wong

New chair of main higher education grouping promises to resist complacency