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The Colleges That Couldn’t Survive 2025

Talks promised on Dhaka university merger after student protests

Long-delayed proposal would merge seven state-run colleges into a new public university

Birmingham reprimanded over management of work-related stress

Investigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff

‘Beware trade-offs’ of removing REF funding for 3* outputs

Review of formula used to allocate £2 billion QR funding could downgrade or withdraw money for ‘internationally excellent’ research, some fear

External examining is failing to uphold UK standards. Discuss

The UK government’s recent skills White Paper announced a review of ‘the merits of the sector continuing to use the external examining system for ensuring rigorous standards in assessments’. Four...

Indian branch campuses will not fill Australia’s looming China gap

Universities have 10 years to prepare for China’s demographic crunch. They need to start now, say Craig Jeffrey, Michael Simmonds and Donald Speagle

Scrap visa salary discounts for PhD holders, UK told

No evidence that people with a doctorate experience ‘significant wage penalties’, finds committee’s review of key visa route

UKRI funding shake-up hands big rise to priority research areas

New targeted model will see funder split budget across four “buckets”, with money for curiosity-driven work remaining broadly flat

UK aims to widen access to Erasmus after agreeing to join in 2027

Confirmed deal to cost UK £570 million in first year, with ministers targeting 100,000 participants including apprentices and adult learners

Australasian universities strike deal with Elsevier

‘Significantly improved’ agreement with world’s biggest scholarly publisher averts new year shutdown

Csiro funding lifeline ‘will not save researchers’ jobs’

Australian science lobbyists pin hopes on research and development review, saying ‘one-off’ mini-budget funding boost will not compensate for years of decline

Trump restricts travel from 20 more countries

New bodies mooted as leadership appointments come under spotlight

Senator warns universities have ‘few levers’ to pull when things go badly – citing ‘havoc’ at the Australian National University under former vice-chancellor

Elwen Evans: ex-lawyer on turning around Wales’ oldest university

Facing a £12 million deficit and a beloved but underutilised rural campus, former barrister who led murder cases says she took lessons from legal career when attempting to modernise an institution...

Google Scholar’s citation errors skew h-index leaderboards

Thousands of mistakenly awarded citations left uncorrected highlight the perils of leaving profile curation to academics, say critics