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Ford administration is blind to incompatibility of statistical metrics and quality teaching, academics warn

Philosopher calls on universities to take AI debate ¡®out of the hands of the industry¡¯ and end ¡®ethics washing¡¯

Fractures emerge between Democratic candidates ¨C but they, and even Republicans, actually share broad concerns on affordability

The Chinese tech giant¡¯s challenge for universities will be far from an isolated case and universities are not prepared for the nuanced reaction required, says John Ross 

Former universities minister says that, while parents of students with poorer A-levels could pay fees up front, less affluent families could not

Big datasets linking higher education participation to a range of socio-economic factors are useful and fascinating, but their translation into policy remains fraught 

The advent of datasets linking graduates¡¯ income to their student records has fuelled calls for certain courses and universities to be excluded from public funding. But, ahead of England¡¯s Augar review of post-18 education, the minister who commissioned the longitudinal education outcomes project, David Willetts, warns against such abuses of the data

A Labor victory in May¡¯s election could still see funding conditional on universities¡¯ employability, diversity or research records, says Andrew Norton

Hundreds of jobs endangered by ?142 million increase in contributions to Teachers¡¯ Pension Scheme, universities say

After more than doubling its spending since the financial crisis, Germany¡¯s long budget boom is set to come to an end

Despite its tarnished reputation and history of collapsed ventures, the for-profit sector retains a strong foothold on the US academy. Paul Basken tracks its successes and failures

Australian government accused of ¡®robbing Peter to pay Paul¡¯

Report from Office for Students says ¡®unrealistic¡¯ targets on recruitment could expose an institution to ¡®significant risk¡¯

Suggestions that review could yet be published before PM¡¯s departure come as AoC says it will push DfE to ¡®publish and implement¡¯

Government affirms Medical Research Future Fund but raids dormant infrastructure kitty

Reduction in fees for rest-of-UK students would add to ¡®perfect storm of uncertainty¡¯, says Universities Scotland

Analysis of finance data for English universities suggests some institutions have responded by cutting staff costs

But Nicola Dandridge says that ¡®to pile limited public resource into failing institution¡¯ would be mistake

Advocacy groups worried by entry of high-cost private lenders to market

Department advertises for ¡®policy expert on HE financial sustainability¡¯ who will shape stance on ¡®potential intervention¡¯ if institutions risk closure

Despite thin pickings this time around, Trudeau¡¯s Liberals have probably done enough to win the science vote in October¡¯s election, says Creso S¨¢

Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability

Anthony Abraham Jack¡¯s new book distinguishes two kinds of under-represented students and sets out what universities need to do if they truly want to recruit the most disadvantaged students. Matthew Reisz writes

Post-18 education review also said to have looked at proposals to allocate top-up public funding according to subjects¡¯ cost of provision

Lack of detail, not due process, is at the heart of concerns about medical research handouts in Australia, writes John Ross 

Trudeau¡¯s spending splurge seen as an attempt to curry favour with voters ahead of federal election

Stephen Toope cites Brexit and Augar review in all-university email explaining the need to reduce spending

Cash flows are not moving fast enough to keep pace with technology, malaria expert cautions

Ministers love talking about grand government-directed projects, but Philip Hammond must reaffirm tomorrow the UK¡¯s support for open-ended research using quality-related funding, says Stephanie Smith

Staff hit out at ¡®financial mismanagement¡¯ as university announces plans to cut roughly a third of modern languages jobs

Ministers are right to question student recruitment practices in some universities, but restricting loan access to those who fail to hit three Ds at A level would be a retrograde step, says Tom Richmond

Hepi survey finds student opinion is in direct opposition to government and regulator policy

Treasury officials will find it harder to ignore the deficit pressures caused by subsidising lower-earning creative arts students after analysis, researcher argues

Report on financial sustainability of UK universities suggests that any attempt to lower fees could have big impact on some institutions

ARC insists allegations of political subversion are ¡®baseless¡¯

Negotiations on €100 billion Horizon Europe scheme delayed by East-West tensions and could be slowed further by European elections

Carolyn Fairbarn will urge ministers not to cause ¡®needless¡¯ damage to the ¡®precious national asset¡¯ of universities

Continued funding squeeze appears inevitable as major parties¡¯ policies trickle out at UA conference

Strides have been taken since the destruction wrought by the US-led invasion, but funding and standards remain unacceptably low, says Mohamed Al-Rubeai

The difficulties even of obtaining a scholarship to study in the West amount to systemic exclusion, says Rudrani Dasgupta

Labor has made an ¡®unequivocal commitment¡¯ to restore uncapped funding, vice-chancellors say

One thousand PhD places to be created over next five years

Institutions that win performance-related funding will fall behind anyway, university group claims

New president pursues pet project while existing institutions struggle to make ends meet

Cardiff¡¯s Colin Riordan says research-intensive universities will have to ¡®adjust¡¯ to straitened times

Institutions struggle to cope with changing student tastes, demographic shifts and the difficulty of scaling up their model

Welsh university says it is not currently planning compulsory redundancies but cannot rule them out in future

Sir Chris Husbands visits Australia as it considers introducing performance-related funding system similar to UK¡¯s teaching excellence framework

Larry Bacow calls campuses ¡®far more adaptable and durable¡¯ than sceptics claim

The rise of electronic publishing has left many academic librarians underemployed and overpaid, says Jeffrey Beall

But flagging Chinese applications could dampen future growth

Sussex vice-chancellor predicts ¡®variable¡¯ approach to regulatory support for vulnerable institutions

Rising default rates on education loans could signal trouble ahead, says Pushkar

Tim Bradshaw says capping fees in England at ?6,500 would cost member institutions ?860 million annually

Welsh university disputes figures in accountant¡¯s report

While students protest hit on affordability, colleges shrug and grow foreign enrolment

Falling student enrolments and restructuring costs blamed for operating deficits at many universities in the UK capital

Researcher finds that impressive enrolment numbers conceal the tiny profit margins earned by UK universities operating abroad

After enduring tumultuous college closures, Massachusetts mulls forcing private institutions to prove their ongoing viability

Pledges of huge investments in higher education to secure the tech giant¡¯s second headquarters could strain academic autonomy, says Michelle Dimino