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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

England¡¯s loan system and high fees have fuelled students¡¯ sense of entitlement but not of responsibility, says Beth Guilding 

Bennett College seen as exemplifying challenges faced by small, private, minority-serving and women-only institutions

Lowering of student loan repayment threshold to recoup an extra A$20 million (?11.3 million) but cost A$19 million

Changes to the way the UK accounts for the cost of student loans should trigger a rethink about the sources of university funding, says Ryan Shorthouse

Positions are being redistributed to Italy¡¯s richer regions, academic group warns, exacerbating long-standing inequalities

Dollars, not diktats, now seen as biggest risk to institutional autonomy in special administrative region

London university will shut down site as part of new institutional strategy 

Australian government is underestimating the challenge, analysts say

Cash flows increasingly from south and east Asia to south-eastern cities

Even if tuition-free or ¡®debt-free¡¯ higher education cannot be achieved at national level, local reforms are having a big impact

With one more year to go until the end of a decade that is transforming universities worldwide, ÌÇÐÄVlog looks at the trends that have shaped the past 12 months

Expert panel given six months to design new system

IFS researcher says ONS decision will make Labour fees pledge ¡®a lot less expensive¡¯ and bring more ¡®Treasury scrutiny¡¯ of sector

The University of Buckingham will open a new health science campus on Cheshire site

PhD scholarships in the sights as cutbacks more than double analysts¡¯ expectations

Call for England¡¯s Augar review to take action over fate of part-time education, as Birkbeck starts losing money too

Impending ONS student loans review to impact on chancellor¡¯s deficit elimination goal and government¡¯s post-18 education review

University hit by declining student numbers returns multimillion-pound deficit for third year in row

Sector surpluses dip below 5 per cent ¡®buffer zone¡¯ threshold

Managers¡¯ first reaction is usually to ¡®look at the bottom line¡¯, but ¡®they¡¯re just usually not as crass and as crude as this¡¯

A ÌÇÐÄVlog/Wall Street Journal analysis suggests that while the two-year MBA remains extremely strong, shorter alternatives are also becoming highly valued in a time-pressed world. Anna McKie reports

Both the rationale and the mechanism for redistributing research activity around the regions are far from clear cut, say Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid   

Overseas programmes are rarely money-spinners, but as power shifts east they will be crucial for Western universities¡¯ continued relevance, says Matt Durnin

Sector leaders fear consultation could be cover for cutbacks

Adam Habib fears ¡®race to the middle¡¯ if national fee-setting regime introduced

Research the goal but not the currency, as Australian universities chase Chinese dollars

Legislation leaves government free to ¡®ratchet up¡¯ levy, say critics

Japan¡¯s combined budgetary crunch and demographic squeeze has raised questions about the sustainability of its huge university sector. John Ross visits the country to investigate

Although less than half of fee income typically goes directly to teaching, English universities should not fear more openness, says Hepi study

¡®Cost recovery¡¯ levy defies logic, institutions argue

Association of Colleges head says new route should be coupled with ¡®limit¡¯ on number of students taking bachelor¡¯s degrees

In what could become a model for the rest of the country, Corvinus University of Budapest will have to rely on tuition fees and endowment interest

Government attempts to protect regional institutions by restricting growth in capital

Australian universities may have to wait months to find out how much funding they will forfeit