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Can India entice more international students to its universities?

Both institutions and government say they want more foreign students in India, but a lack of interest – and cash – may be holding them back

‘Broken’ Australian sector needs major overhaul: humanities guru

Market logic has converted universities from publicly oriented educators of citizens to workforce training institutions serving economic interests, says Graeme Turner

Privacy law ‘bars information sharing’ about security threats

Mindset ‘shift’ required as ‘threat landscape’ evolves from IP theft, expert says

Scientists must push back against Trump’s genetic exclusion campaigns

Countering the US president’s divisive misuse of genetics starts with asking the right research questions, says Mareile Kaufmann 

Emran Mian named as next DSIT permanent secretary

Former director general for higher education becomes top-ranking civil servant at department that allocates £13.9 billion R&D funding

Reproducibility ‘crisis’ in US science ‘overblown’, says Nobelist

‘AI-powered’ tools used by research sleuths overplay scale of issue now weaponised to defund projects, according to Thomas Südhof

Birmingham City to axe 340 roles as it shifts focus to teaching

Affected professional services staff will be given the chance to apply for one of hundreds of new posts

London South Bank hires PwC’s Paul Kett as next vice-chancellor

Former director general in the Department for Education joins university that also runs schools and colleges

Basic research funding ‘must be protected and grown’ – Vallance

Funding for curiosity-driven research ‘easiest area’ for governments to cut, warns science minister

Secretly recorded by anti-DEI group, ‘no longer employed’

Atec urged to act as regions miss out on domestic student growth

Data shows surge in enrolments concentrated in metropolitan universities, as new Australian commission comes into being

Students see affording living costs as ‘own responsibility’

Financial pressures changing nature of student experience as higher education increasingly viewed in transactional terms

Nobelist: US science took support ‘for granted’ before Trump cuts

Frances Arnold says US science is ‘paying the price’ for not explaining benefits of research funding for ‘far too long’

Teaching students overseas ‘more vital than ever’, says DMU v-c

Ability to run courses and research in Leicester relies on income from international operations, leader warns after criticism of expansion plans

Ending bullying and precarity should be the Cambridge chancellor’s focus

In recent decades, the post has been seen as purely ceremonial. But there is precedent and justification for a more interventionist role, says Wyn Evans