Work placements for all plan ‘risks widening student divisions’ If the logistics of mass placements require students to organise their own, those without their own networks will suffer, advocates warn By Juliette Rowsell 20 September
Russell Group backs higher fees as £3,000 loss per student revealed Chief executive Libby Hackett says top universities should charge more as scale of teaching deficit is revealed By Jack Grove 18 September
UK has ‘zero chance’ of meeting international earnings target Government releases action plan to help sector earn £40 billion but critics say policy settings are making it impossible By Georgia Luckhurst 18 September
Raging against media scrutiny looks like academic self-interest The sad affair of Jason Arday has exposed how the assertion of scholarly expertise to shut down public criticism of universities is increasingly untenable, says Ian Pace By Ian Pace 18 September
‘Difficult political choices’ ahead as Welsh HE review begins Education minister Cefin Campbell admits review will not remove the need for tough decisions on how to support both students and universities By Jack Grove 18 September
‘Good times are over’ even as Swedish election spells continuity Left-leaning parties will form next government but university funding concerns remain By Seher Asaf 18 September
Royal Society urged to declare AI ‘emergency’ Mathematicians express ‘extreme concern’ over the pace of development, following existential risk warnings By Frances Jones 17 September
Decline in overseas students could ‘threaten UK sector by 2030’ Machine-learning model predicts that applications from Hong Kong, China and EU will continue to fall over coming years By Georgia Luckhurst 17 September
Staff at prestigious medical journal set to strike over pay For the first time in The Lancet’s 200-year history, union members plan to strike over “unacceptable” pay offer By Frances Jones 17 September
Enrolments on humanities degrees teeter on the edge History and social sciences tick upwards but languages and creative arts continue to fall, while vocational subjects rise By Georgia Luckhurst 17 September
UK universities may have to ditch degrees, ex-Ucas boss warns Mary Curnock Cook tells sector to reflect on how digital provision has transformed journalism amid a ‘nightmare scenario’ facing higher education By Georgia Luckhurst 16 September
Academia must ‘engage with’ anti-woke research critics Experts urge universities to better ‘demonstrate the value of public research’, as critics such as Charlotte Gill ‘rage bait’ sector on X By Frances Jones 16 September
