V-cs warn ministers off U-turn on international student enrolment
Universities UK says putting limits on overseas recruitment would be ‘bizarre’
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Despite the financial turmoil, there is still scope for improved UK pensions
Although available information on USS finances is patchy, scope appears to remains for restored benefits or reduced contributions, says Michael Bromwich
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UBC pushes Canada to put primary focus on students
Claiming nation’s first-ever student-centred strategic plan, university says nation has gone too far in the direction of leaving its students to navigate basic challenges
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Immigration is vital for UK science to thrive
Suella Braverman’s threats to ‘significantly reduce’ international student numbers are a direct threat to growth, says Keith BurnettÂ
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Indian academics ‘must choose caste or intellectual identity’
Universities’ policies of ‘inclusion’ have proven superficial and ineffective, say scholars
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Let’s have some sympathy for university leaders
The sector needs to foster a better collective sense of the pressures and possibilities of running a university, say Doug Parkin and Richard Watermeyer
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Falmouth staff to strike over ‘two-tier’ hiring rules
New recruits at specialist creative arts university get far inferior pensions, says union
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Four in five UK students ‘affected by mental health issues’
Survey of more than 12,000 students and recent graduates finds a quarter say they do not have any friends at university
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Australian government signals sustained spotlight on security
Foreign interference and cybersecurity are ‘right problems’ for university leaders to be focusing on, minister tells chancellors
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Michigan State president Stanley quits in row with trustees
MSU’s third consecutive leader to be forced out over handling of sexual misconduct cases joined by students in protesting governing board overreach
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Chile’s constitutional impasse frustrates higher education reform
Comprehensive rejection of ‘Magna Carta’ leaves radical government ‘paralysed’ as key issues go unaddressed
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Oxford feels heat over ‘ageist’ retirement rule despite reforms
Changes will exempt many more researchers from forced retirement at 68 but critics say policy is still unfair
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The postdoc shining a light on the plight of China’s gay scholars
Coming out becoming ‘increasingly risky’ on Chinese campuses, says academic who left the country
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Branch campuses are not a failed experiment
As Sir Colin Campbell knew, an overseas footprint offers the long-term returns that universities are established for, say Christine Ennew and David Greenaway
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Global Academic Reputation Survey launching soon
Survey will be available in 12 languages and distributed over three months