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Universities commissioner needed ‘to oversee mergers and cuts’

Call for government to create new position mirrored on role that already exists in further education, to help steer sector while avoiding excessive regulation

Research reforms ‘bigger than one budget’, lobbyists warn

Recommendations from strategic R&D review still unknown, but Australian representative groups want them funded anyway

Can new universities save left-behind towns and cities?

Fresh models of university outposts emerging in regions without access to higher education as financial crisis sees shuttering of traditional campuses

After Davos, European research must adapt to the new world order

A globally open Horizon Europe could play a key role in realising Mark Carney’s vision of an alliance of middle powers, says Jan Palmowski

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Fix negative views of universities to ease inequities, says v-c

Head of UK’s flagship distance learning institution warns online provision alone doesn’t guarantee equal access to higher education

UKRI chief blames leaks as cuts ‘not well communicated’

Ian Chapman tells MPs that some funding streams will be back online ‘in weeks’ amid uncertainty over impact of research changes

Trump demands Harvard pay $1 billion

9 More Higher Ed Names in the Epstein Files

Australian medical research being ‘short-changed’

Fund underspent even as its value rises, as government curbs payouts and grant success rates head south

‘Investment speed, not equity’ holding back UK spin-outs

Blaming institutional equity demands for the lack of university spin-out success is misguided, says UKRI review

Trans research ‘at risk’ if data collection guidance adopted

Response to Sullivan Review argues recommendations could hit quality of findings and impinge on academic freedom

Hike in budget for Indian higher education ‘masks wider issues’

Finance minister outlines real-terms funding increase and new ‘university township’ model, but scholars remain sceptical

Sussex calls OfS fine ‘irrational’ as High Court case begins

University argues regulator’s record fine was ‘unfair’, in case being closely watched across the sector

AI is not a peer, so it can’t do peer review

If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj