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Staff-student relationships still permitted, despite guidance

English universities still resisting introducing bans on relationships say they risk putting students in a more vulnerable position

‘Nuclear’ restructure at London South Bank seen as ‘test bed’

University claims its changes will protect academic jobs and strengthen teaching but striking staff say reforms pose an ‘existential’ threat

Demand for higher education going backwards in ߣߣÊÓƵ

Figures from multiple data sets suggest country will struggle to meet its accord target of 80 per cent tertiary participation

China’s ‘start-up universities’ come of age

Success of small, specialist institutions in attracting students and top scholars shows there are ‘other ways to educate’

UK devolution must extend to its authoritarian universities

Institutions whose managers are unaccountable to their staff can never be truly civic universities, says Krzysztof Nawratek  

Latchman made University of London v-c after leadership turmoil

Former Birkbeck leader handed role until 2028 after resignation of Wendy Thomson

News Talks podcast: What impact will binning DSIT have on UK R&D?

With Andy Burnham’s new government announcing plans to scrap the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, we discuss what this could mean for UK research

Editor’s note: Andy Burnham rings the changes in Whitehall

Creating and then scrapping DSIT in the space of little more than three years wastes valuable time, but what really matters is the clout and aptitude of ministers

Glasgow School of Art ‘can’t afford’ £265m Mackintosh repairs

Institution appeals for donors to help turn burned-down building into creative district, as it says site no longer needed for day-to-day operations

Extension of ߣߣÊÓƵ’s placement payments a ‘huge relief’

But medical and veterinary students should not be left out, postgraduate body insists

Students using AI to write financial aid appeals

Scholarships offered to students affected by UK ‘visa brake’

Students blocked from UK education by new Home Office rules offered chance to study online or via transnational partnerships instead

Universities ‘unloved’ by new government as No 10 confirms roles

Burnham government appointments signal focus on youth unemployment and skills as universities are left ‘without a home’, according to policy analysts

Worsening finances push English HE into ‘future nobody planned’

With financial pressures intensifying and income sources drying up, new report argues for more differentiated sector to avert worst-case scenario