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Seven-figure salaries needed to attract top talent, universities argue, but staff apprehend ballooning executive remuneration with ‘disbelief and anger’

Governments and institutions launch schemes to attract US talent – but budget and anti-internationalisation policy could get in the way, some fear

American applicants help to drive growing international interest in Chinese partnership institutions

Fees rising and scholarships disappearing as visa constraints reduce incentive to keep students’ costs low

Institutions still waiting for a budget to be set for financial year amid Javier Milei’s unprecedented austerity drive

High Court judgment preventing protesters from disrupting ceremonies sets â€˜dangerous precedent’, say human rights groups

While institution has now implemented this year’s rise, UCU members want it backdated to August

International students drive growth in taught postgraduate qualifications at UK universities

Threats to US-funded research and infrastructure could mean ‘profound implications for ߣߣÊÓƵns’, academy warns

Average losses on doctoral training of over 50 per cent seen as ‘underestimate’, with gaps plugged by overseas student fees and quality-related funding

Cash recovered from alleged money-laundering pays for development of new institution in Islamabad that prime minister hopes will ‘rival Oxford’

Marketing highlighting exemptions to UK visa rules under scrutiny in Home Office amid warnings that regulations could be extended

Removal of researcher who had anti-Trump messages on phone prompts European academics to avoid travelling to the US

Regulator says English sector finances ‘appear to be towards the most pessimistic end’ of predictions, with risks escalating

‘Cultural shift’ needed in universities to better recognise work academics do with local communities, Lords committee hears

Union branch at redundancy-hit institution to stage one-day walkout

UK needs data on how ‘marginal’ graduates fare in workforce compared with if they didn’t have a degree, argues new report

Vice-chancellors fear ‘incubator economy’ where innovative firms only scale up overseas

Government told it can â€˜no longer ignore’ growing gender educational attainment gap

Ten university cities expected to participate in strikes ahead of April Senate vote on budget

‘Default target’ of sex questions should be sex at birth, with ‘male’ and ‘female’ the possible answers, says government-commissioned review

Institution would have run out of money by end of June without additional Holyrood support, leaders tell MSPs

University umbrella groups call on EU Global Gateway initiative to boost funding for international research collaborations

China’s neighbours benefit in list of the world’s most international universities, as giant expands its network

Rules designed for adversaries do not help against friends, expert warns, as US grills ߣߣÊÓƵn researchers on DEI, ‘environmental justice’, ‘gender ideology’ and China links

Loss of almost 8 per cent of mainstream quality-related funding feared amid concerns that Spring Statement will deepen sector funding crisis

Tropical disease researcher and parliamentarian Lauren Sullivan talks about difficulties of returning to the lab after a career break, juggling family, science and politics, and why Dundee’s life science sector must be supported

Union members hold Parliament rally urging ministers to bail out sector

Staff in their late fifties offered voluntary severance may feel that they have no choice but to accept, but it could cost them thousands of pounds in pension payments

Students face more ‘formulaic’ and automated tests, as staff are left unable to cope with growing class sizes

Teaching and nursing enrolments surge as students seek ‘safer’ career paths in an uncertain and expensive world

Cash-strapped institution confirms it will not be investing upfront in new Central Asian outpost

Union fears as many as 300 jobs could go at Yorkshire university, plus courses in chemistry and film and television

Defunding of diversity-related research may deter American university libraries from buying titles in contentious topic areas, publishers fear

Board minutes show research council leaders assessing options including ‘NHS Catapult’ as they seek to meet government priorities

Reforms to boost opportunities for those just starting out could have the opposite effect, observers warn

Students describe increased ‘anti-immigrant sentiment’ as far-right party becomes significant force in German parliament

New education plan aims to create four city hubs and expand enrolment as youth population swells

Extra £10 million in funding made available to universities such as Dundee to ‘navigate current financial challenges’

Professional services staff most affected in move unions warn will ‘make life worse for students’

Chinese literature and linguistics professor returns to university after disappearing during a trip back to China in 2023

Education committee announces investigation into state of funding in the sector and its impact on staff and students

Students spiked their visa paperwork to bolster their chances next time around, new data suggests

Adult Human Female directors Deirdre O’Neill and Michael Wayne claim union treated them unfairly in wake of cancelled Edinburgh showings

Changes to science policy organisation decried as political interference after long-standing tensions

Long-running inquiry accused of â€˜lack of transparency as to who and what is being investigated’

Organisers claim Irish government has ‘failed’ to address endowment requests

Regulator heavily criticised for pausing much of its work to focus on finances announces ‘staggered’ restart in applications

New research links anti-pluralist leaders with declining academic freedom, warning of ‘dire consequences’ for academia

New tertiary regulator outlines wider vision in strategic plan as it seeks to get to grips with scale of cuts across sector

Staff and politicians fear â€˜nothing is safe’ at Scottish university looking to cut more than 600 jobs

UK’s research-intensive universities urge increase in value of Higher Education Innovation Fund and creation of new ‘Spark fund’

Proposal follows change in law to allow establishment of foreign university outposts in Mediterranean country

Teqsa’s request for extra clout to tackle ‘systemic’ governance failures deemed too much by some, too little and late by others

ScienceDirect innovation allows academics to interrogate articles and compare experiments

Government drive to boost research commercialisation struggles to get off the ground at public universities

Sector haul neared £800 million last year but close to half of that went to just two universities

Improved grant success in UK regions reverses funding dominance of London and broader south-east, although disparities remain, says study

Rise of robot-written summaries should push publishers to articulate value and impact of research more clearly, argues Oxford University Press director

Largest cuts yet in UK higher education’s year of redundancies accompanied by promise of external investigation into ‘what went wrong’