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More cases expected to be heard this week after Irish government rejected more than 100 applications from Gaza

Universities welcome budget measures to ease burden on students, but say financial problems left ‘essentially untouched’

Any concessions made by new prime minister likely to be fiercely opposed by universities fearful of losing millions of pounds in income

Purpose-built student accommodation is expanding rapidly as major cities try to attract more international students without exacerbating housing crises

Institutions from the US, UK and France given go-ahead in second round of openings following controversial change in law governing private institutions

Blocks on international money transfers may force students to abandon degrees unless universities offer support before coming tuition fee deadline

Quality badge recognises programmes co-designed across borders, as EU moves closer to creating cross-continental degree

TU Delft plans to set aside 132 of 440 places in its programme for women to address decades of under-enrolments

Staff and students who would once have picked North America looking to Europe for stability and freedom, according to leading business school dean

Achieving bold attainment goal requires country to overcome fears about ‘over-education’ and provide the right resources, say university leaders

Post-Brexit programme established by Boris Johnson’s government shuttered after supporting 200,000 participants

Gaps in understanding between universities and their external partners leave students in a ‘vulnerable position’, report finds

Rising cost of tuition more about plugging government deficit than helping fund higher education, say rectors

Academics welcome coalition’s commitment to expanding STEM places, but warn hard-hit humanities subjects have been ‘hardly’ mentioned

New rules mandating higher tuition fees for non-EU students have sparked debate on whether France’s universities have abandoned their egalitarian principles and may soon charge far heftier fees for all, writes Seher Asaf

Researchers fear wider changes to country’s immigration system will put off international talent

Calls to ditch AI because it is destroying students’ analytical skills ignore institutions’ questionable record at developing complex reasoning, says Ian Richardson

Lack of scrutiny given to rapidly expanding institutions out of step with amount of public money flowing through them, researchers argue

Concerns degrees are losing value may be misplaced, say economists, but high unemployment and rise of AI ‘sinking all ships’

Generation raised in digital-first classrooms questioning importance of books, academics say, but others believe issue has been overblown

Government mandates restricting which disciplines universities can offer jeopardises internationally recognised courses, says worst-affected institution

Sapienza University of Rome knocked offline for more than three days after suspected cyberattack

Queen’s University Belfast to drop name of US senator George Mitchell from its peace centre, and remove bust from campus

Former department store transformed into an institution focused on climate, energy, digitalisation and security

Enrolments up as universities find ways to connect with country’s huge diaspora, but deputy minister fears many students and academics who have been out of the country for so long unlikely to ever return

Universities say limit could dissuade ‘cases with little merit’, but student organisations warn of unfair advantage for wealthy

Umbrella body calls for more investment and warns against focus on political priorities for EU mobility scheme

Groups struggle to find board members as financial pressure on students increases, umbrella body says