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Universities would look to ‘game’ new metric for testing learning gain, critics warn, with external examination defended as ‘best we’ve got’

More institutions pause recruitment from countries seen as high risk in response to increased scrutiny by the Home Office

Low wages and system reforms blamed as gap opens up between number of older scientists and new entrants

Government’s antisemitism adviser condemns masked protesters who disrupted lecture being given by Israeli economics professor

Splitting up degree programmes into smaller parts could aid lifelong learning but students risk being seen as dropouts under current system

New vice-chancellor at London South Bank discusses FE-HE integration, universities’ reputation problem and what he learnt from years at top of Civil Service

Social sciences funding would be best spent on narrower calls. But would it dry up if we stopped pretending we can save the world, asks Andreas Schedler  

Promises of more personalised education may stifle students’ ability to grow and change, according to UCL provost

University reports itself to watchdog after employees receive letters with the words ‘redundancy process’ clearly visible through an envelope

Association to all parts of EU framework funding programme ‘historic step’, Egyptian ministry says

‘Significant’ number of institutions predicted to drop deals with main scholarly imprints, leaving journal access much reduced

A policy that locks in more process and expense while the public sector stands still doesn’t protect students: it protects the status quo, says Conrado Briceño