Canada signals some leeway on international student visa caps
With Trudeau government emphasising visa limits tied to applications and housing availability, more established institutions gain some reassurance
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Reserve grants for open access researchers, says report
Changing funding rules could shift the dial on open science, Australian paper argues
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Latin America University Rankings 2024: changes to methodology
Regional table will be tweaked to mirror improvements made to global ranking, writes Billy Wong
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Kent faces £31 million deficit as cost of living drives dropouts
University cites fall in returning students amid cost-of-living crisis for current year’s shortfall, while warning of sector funding crisis impact
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How Tertiary Education Commission could reshape Australian sector
Proposed commission has no shortage of work even if the Universities Accord’s other recommendations fail to materialise
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Statements on public comment would help leaders navigate fraught issues
Codifications of how university missions preclude institutional positions would guide expectations and responses, says Paul Gooch
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ERC grants open to Swiss researchers as Horizon talks continue
European Commission announces launch of EU-Switzerland negotiations with Horizon Europe association on the table
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Trade book exemption from REF open access rules confirmed
Swift clarification of exemption for mass-market books follows claims that REF open access requirements would destroy publishing opportunities for scholars
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Halfon hopes sector can avoid repeat of marking boycott issues
Minister calls on universities to learn lessons from last year’s disruption at Commons hearing
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Korea’s international student goal at odds with visa crackdown
Universities struggling to balance need to enrol more overseas students with strict visa compliance requirements
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Patten: boost funding ‘or lose university world power status’
Outgoing Oxford chancellor, ‘chairman of the Tory party when there was one’, advocates cross-party consensus on state investment, not higher fees
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Student protests go on as Greece passes private universities law
New legislation will allow private universities to issue degrees and international institutes to open Greek branches
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Africa ‘is a laboratory for the world’, says Holberg prizewinner
Cameroonian historian and philosopher Achille Mbembe says continent’s universities need more funding, and better global partnerships
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AI poses threats to education, ethics and eureka moments
The sudden rise of generative AI offers an opportunity for reflection and renewal of our scholarly values, say Ella McPherson and Matei Candea
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Universities look for ways out of TPS as contribution rates soar
Institutions need more flexibility on whether to participate in mandatory government-run pensions scheme, Ucea and UUK argue