Student loans ‘losing taxpayer money’ even when repaid in full
Soaring cost of government borrowing drives price of English system up by £10 billion per year, says new IFS report
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University mental health support ‘desperately under-resourced’
Practitioners who work with students considering quitting due to issues with pay, workloads and increasingly complex cases
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Concern over HIV cases among Australia’s international students
Resurgence of virus among vulnerable overseas students prompts calls for better awareness campaigns and pharmaceutical subsidies
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Consultancy is the unsung hero of university innovation. Let’s do more
Consultancy not only transcends disciplinary boundaries within universities, but also between academia, industry and other actors, says Amanda ZeffmanÂ
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Imperial opens first overseas research centre in Singapore
Opening outpost alongside other Western universities designed to help drive collaboration in South-east Asia
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US academics fear grim precedent set by Gay’s Harvard exit
With Claudine Gay accepting debatable instances of plagiarism as final straw, faculty see odds getting hopeless for countering unified political and economic power
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Former v-c David Richardson left crisis-hit UEA with £97K pay-off
Union describes payment made when staff were facing redundancy as ‘unconscionable’, but institution says it was following contract
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Rethink French immigration law, university leaders urge Macron
Restrictions would increase registration fees for non-EU learners, but plans to make international students pay returnable deposits for residence are already in doubt
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World University Rankings 2025: time to submit your data
Universities are invited to participate, as the portal for our global research-focused ranking opens
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Plagiarism policing serves democracy, not white, Western supremacy
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Claudine Gay case, proper referencing should be insisted on to encourage critical, original thinking, says Ian Pace
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Scholarship organisations should stop looking for reasons to say no
A significant amount of money goes unclaimed even during a cost-of-living crisis because of arduous and opaque application processes, says Eve Dullabh
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McGill warns French-language plan ‘puts its future in question’
Top-ranked Canadian institution calculates financial and reputational cost of premier’s move to penalise use of English, and wonders how it can survive
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Campus security is deepening institutional racism in UK HE
Our research suggests students of colour are more likely to have negative encounters with campus guards, say Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly
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Scottish cuts ‘based on incorrect assumption’ of overseas subsidy
University leaders warn of ‘deepening pain’ from latest cuts, amid ‘concerning headwinds’ on international recruitment