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Enrolments drop by a fifth in a year after business school opts to close programmes in response to government squeeze on undergraduate intake

A systemic realignment is under way that, while painful, could lead to more efficient and adaptable provision, say Jonathan Barton and Mike Boxall

Policing of demonstrations, often using excessive force, has intensified since June, special rapporteurs say

Co-branded campuses and partial mergers expected to become more common in face of higher borrowing costs

Low carbon behaviours adopted during pandemic ‘not being maintained’, experts fear, as business flights push up environmental impact of institutions

As he begins his stint as Universities UK president, Malcolm Press tells Helen Packer that the sector’s demands of government need to be realistic about the constrained state of public finances and that the sector will have to address its own problems through efficiencies and collaboration 

European universities’ overcompliance with data protection rules is making social research increasingly difficult, say Carine Vassy and Robert Dingwall   

Liverpool Hope and Manchester to provide support as Spurgeon’s College shuts after nearly 170 years

Institutions including Liverpool and Southampton to continue to â€˜discourage’, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships despite new regulations, as others opt for partial bans

Intervention after apparent sponsorship breaches heralds stricter thresholds that some fear will turn institutions into ‘proxy border control agents’

Staff at Liverpool Hope announce 10 days of action at start of academic year, while union members at Lancaster and Leicester vote on taking action

English universities with gold or silver award qualify for â€˜streamlined’ process that will only take five minutes, says Department for Education