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Rising US student numbers in UK ‘unsustainable’, warns v-c

Modest ‘Trump surge’ will not last, says leader, with regulation, demographics and parental preferences all posing issues for institutions hoping to recruit

Leadership ‘merry-go-round’ at universities as v-c vacancies grow

Quarter of UK universities changing vice-chancellors after several retire and some forced out, with experts predicting continuing challenges mean churn at the top will only continue

Universities ‘all over the place’ in response to ICE raids

Under pressure from students to speak out but wary of angering the White House, institutions are trying to find ways to help while avoiding ‘pageantry’

The crisis in US higher education? What crisis?

Yes, the political climate is extremely difficult, but all the evidence on applications, enrolments and completions suggests that Americans still value what universities have to offer, says Eileen...

Sinophobia is a disservice to the UK

Chinese academics, students and partners bring great benefits that the UK would be very foolish to spurn, says Michael Spence

HEC Paris bets on campus overhaul as US student interest grows

Grande école embarks on biggest redevelopment for more than 50 years amid changing enrolment patterns and disruptions to traditional teaching models

UKRI increases minimum stipends for PhD students

National funder commits to another above-inflation increase of almost 5 per cent

Europe’s largest university hit by massive IT outage

Sapienza University of Rome knocked offline for more than three days after suspected cyberattack

Tributes paid to Melbourne v-c who ‘lived at triple speed’

Outpouring of grief, love and laughs at commemoration ceremony for leader who was ‘still in the making’

Can embattled women’s and gender studies programmes survive?

‘Scandalous’ master’s loans ‘forgotten’ in student debt debate

English system that provides funding for less than cost of third of degrees, with repayment thresholds frozen below minimum wage, ‘no longer fit for purpose’

‘Silent decoupling’ under way as Elsevier talks near crunch point

York and Swansea latest to decline publisher’s offer, with latter also walking away from Springer Nature deal

‘Cautious optimism’ as new Dutch coalition reverses research cuts

After years of turbulence in the higher education sector, Dutch universities say the incoming government marks ‘change of direction’

‘New phase’ needed to meet Scottish participation targets

Still unclear whether Scotland will meet fair access goals set for this year, as country prepares to adopt institution-level approach

News Talks podcast: Sussex v OfS – what could it mean for UK HE?

We discuss why the University of Sussex is challenging the OfS in court and what it could mean for freedom of speech, institutional autonomy and the role of the regulator