Stepped loan repayments mooted as students bear cost of changes
Treasury to generate £679 million in surplus from last Plan 2 cohort, analysis shows, with graduates paying thousands more than under original system
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Regional universities’ city centre campuses avoid clampdown
Australian government declines to follow parliamentary recommendation that rural institutions’ city outposts be investigated
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REF’s experiment with research culture was always doomed
Pretending research environments could be measured by metrics or policies ignored how scholarship actually relies on peer-to-peer relations unique to academic cultures, say Martin Holbraad, Dan...
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Universities trusted more than governments – and schools
Higher education not the only sector facing a crisis of faith, with lack of confidence most pronounced among non-graduates
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Rental law changes ‘come at worst time’ for student market
Big providers hit with falling occupancy levels and affordability concerns amid changing enrolment patterns
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Pan-Pacific university doubles student aid amid global fuel crisis
Institution spread across 12 island nations steps up support, as Persian Gulf shockwaves reach Polynesia
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Artemis moon missions a ‘gift that keeps on giving’ for research
Scientists celebrate impact of pioneering space flight, with data and samples gathered predicted to shape studies for decades to come
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Universities New Zealand downsized amid funding pressures
Representative body for country’s eight institutions loses staff and has functions scaled back with policy work being taken on by in-house teams
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Can journals that pay peer reviewers succeed?
Professor who set up publisher four years ago to redirect revenue to those doing quality control says it has been an ‘uphill battle’
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Passed your PhD? It’s time to scale a new academic Everest
Lacking profile or career reward, higher doctorates are being mothballed by UK universities. That is a pity for a credential that helps scholars build on the research potential of their PhD, says...
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Study visa applications for the UK down a quarter on last year
New ÌÇÐÄVlog Office data shows a continued slide in demand for UK study visas, adding to universities’ financial worries
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Thousands of mathematicians to boycott US Fields Medal event
Academics demand that prestigious gathering is held elsewhere because of attacks on Iran and immigration crackdown