‘Bumpy road’ ahead for US universities recruiting overseas
Increased American targeting of foreign enrolments expected to prompt policy response and reduce competitor countries’ access to ‘low-risk’ students
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Financial benefits of franchising ‘prioritised over quality’
Some universities pressurising students to stay on unsuitable courses, risking their reputations in pursuit of fees, OfS report highlights
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The UCU has botched its Ukraine policy again
Call for an ‘immediate ceasefire’ is scarcely better than the ‘stop arming Ukraine’ motion that led to resignations a year ago, says Christopher Phelps
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UK universities expected to benefit from Australian caps
‘Unwelcoming’ government policies may see international students turn to other destinations, say education agents
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Should universities take polluters’ money for climate research?
New role backed by cement company at Trinity College Dublin has prompted protests, but can institutions – and the planet – realistically afford to spurn such funding?
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‘Scary’ cash crisis looms at record pay university
Institution that dispensed the highest vice-chancellor remuneration in sector’s history looking at course and job cuts
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Academic research has ‘bigger role to play in new UK government’
Author of report seeking to shape spending priorities says MPs should spend more time consulting the ‘people who know most about a subject’
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Israeli universities close down amid nationwide strike
Disruption on campuses as large protests put pressure on Netanyahu’s government after six hostages found dead
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Embedded inside Parliament, influence of academics grows
Scheme that places researchers at heart of policymaking set to be expanded, but can evidence-based advice really make a difference in heat of politics?
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Top-class degree awards drop at two-thirds of UK universities
Grade deflation hits institutions but Imperial tops THE analysis of universities where students receive the highest marks
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No education ‘better than oppressive one’ for Myanmar students
Announcement of new universities likely an empty promise as military junta loses grip on control
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University mergers can work but aren’t a sure-fire way to save money
Vice-chancellors can often overestimate the savings from institutional mergers and underestimate their complex challenges, says Malcolm Prowle
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Fine print of Australian caps ‘a PR disaster in waiting’
Universities may be discouraged from taking on displaced students for fear of them counting towards their quota, policy expert warns
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Blocking Tories’ free speech law will not help to protect Jewish students
Labour sources have dismissed new legislation as a ‘hate speech charter’ for Holocaust deniers, but the law would have actually protected Jewish staff and students on campus, as well as pro-Israeli...
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Hull shelves solar plans with net zero goal seen as ‘impossible’
Nearly 100 academics placed at risk of redundancy, with union claiming staff are ‘paying the price for failed pet projects’