Recruitment woes could leave eight in 10 universities in deficit
OfS says hopes that English university finances will recover in next few years appear optimistic, as they are based on forecasts that are too ambitious
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Aliens aside, does ‘3 Body Problem’ portray academia accurately?
Game of Thrones creators return with sci-fi thriller focused on five friends with Oxford physics doctorates
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Delays to vital UK sector data ‘unconscionable’
Student statistics due out in January now not expected until August, leaving universities ‘looking in the rear-view mirror’
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Mixed reaction to Australian research and development review
We should improve the system while we’re examining it, critics argue
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The last thing UK students need is a higher maintenance loan
Students already graduate with huge debts. Rather than accepting yet more easy credit, they should do more paid work, says Paul Wiltshire
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Oxford chancellor election rules redrawn over ‘vetting’ fear
Committee will have no role in selection of nominations to succeed Lord Patten, university insists
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Think local to win national funding argument, universities told
Amid a large number of competing priorities for the next government, focusing on skills and communities is probably the only way for institutions to secure the support they need, conference hears
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Ill Nigerian PhD student who complained faces losing UK visa
ÌÇÐÄVlog Office notification of Sue Agazie highlights ‘weaponisation of immigration status’ by universities when students complain, say critics
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Why has policing of US campus protests gone so wrong?
Ideal of student-oriented officers, arising from 1960s-era protests, appears to have lost ground to profession’s more enduring imperatives
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Overseas student complaints to England and Wales ombudsman surge
Tightening visa restrictions, language barriers and cultural misunderstanding have contributed to soaring numbers of complaints to OIA
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The MAC report must launch a debate on UK HE’s purpose and funding
Universities are crying out for consistency, something resembling certainty and a plan for the way forward, says Graham Galbraith
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Brussels wants one in four European students to study abroad
Twenty-three per cent target adopted by European Council despite calls for previous target to be lowered, not increased
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Decision on UK graduate visa expected ‘in weeks’, says MAC chair
Brian Bell tells reporters that scrapping visa would only have a modest effect on immigration numbers anyway, given large impact of changes already introduced
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University of Amsterdam closes for two days after Gaza protests
Teaching suspended and all campus buildings closed after riot police shut down pro-Palestinian demonstration
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Australian budget bankrolls first stage of accord reforms
Government embraces domestic growth, needs-based funding and a commission to drive it all, but firm commitments remain limited