There’s good news in US higher education if you look for it
These are undoubtedly turbulent times, but the figures suggest that the sector is in relatively good health, say Eileen Strempel and Stephen Handel
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Dutch courses risk ‘disappearing’ as overseas enrolments fall
Government drive to cut international recruitment appears to pay dividends, but universities condemn ‘outdated’ approach
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‘Don’t judge me on size of research budget,’ Vallance tells MPs
Science minister tells Commons committee that he is more interested in maximising impact of science spending than increasing total outlay, as he emphasises need to get visa policies ‘right’
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Minority-serving institutions fear impact as Trump targets DEI
US colleges and universities that predominantly serve underrepresented students don’t know where they stand amid new president’s sweeping executive orders
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Stay realistic on research grant prospects, UK universities urged
With success rates below 10 per cent in a recent funding round, pressure on scholars to secure grants may not be realistic, warns leading economist
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Unconditional offers fall to lowest level in a decade
Some institutions still making thousands of unconditional offers every year, using ‘one of the few recruitment levers still left to pull’
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Limit vice-chancellor salaries to A$430,000, senator says
Private member’s bill the latest slap in the face to a sector struggling for social licence as election looms
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Indian excellence initiative in doubt after funding slashed
Government expected to review future of Institutes of Eminence programme, which is yet to deliver on ambitious goals
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Scaling up what we already know and have will not secure Europe’s future
The new commission’s competitiveness compass is shockingly deficient in its approach to research, says Jan Palmowski
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Newcastle University staff vote to join wave of strike action
Newcastle University votes in favour of industrial action, joining Dundee and East Anglia in achieving successful ballots
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‘Normalise’ annual tuition fee rises, say vice-chancellors
Regular increases in what students in England pay should be accompanied by more public money for ‘strategic priorities’, Universities UK tells ministers ahead of spending review
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UK researchers lose grant cash in Trump’s anti-DEI purge
UK society for American studies has funding removed for not complying with US Embassy request on new president’s diversity policies
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Wait for Innovate UK chief raises doubts over funder’s future
Year-long succession process and budget delays have prompted speculation over possible reforms to £1 billion UK innovation research agency
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‘Rebirth’ for New Zealand student unionism
New national body takes shape, as troubled centenarian predecessor faces curtain
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Accepting ethnic graduation gap is ‘macroscopic microaggression’
‘I want to understand as best we can quantitatively, what are the things that lead to our students leaving?’ says University of Colorado Boulder leader