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Three UK research councils suspend funding opportunities
Temporary block on grant applications by MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC heightens concerns over funding cuts
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Dutch universities open shared campus in The Hague
Former department store transformed into an institution focused on climate, energy, digitalisation and security
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Impact tracking tool Researchfish to be closed down next year
Platform previously accused of sending ‘threatening’ tweets shuttered by Elsevier as it ‘searches for new solutions’
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Toronto’s Woodin leans in to ‘middle powers’ fightback
New president of Canada’s largest university hails renewed sense of purpose as nation takes leading role on world stage
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Give new commission power over fees, Canberra told
Multiple calls to extend Atec’s remit, as the cost of arts degrees edges past A$54K
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Russell Group ‘cautious’ on foreign campuses amid Indonesia talks
Multi-institution model seen as way of reducing risk of transnational education, but few universities publicly willing to commit so far
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We can’t let the new US graduate borrowing caps hit social mobility
Universities, states and lenders all need to step up when limits on lending from federal sources are implemented in July, says Josh Farris
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‘Rethink academic model’ as India suffers from talent shortages
Rapid university expansion and rigid career structures leaving universities struggling to recruit, scholars warn
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Scottish assessment review called after death of Glasgow student
Policies and procedures at all universities to be investigated following ‘systemic’ issues that led to undergraduate wrongly being told he had failed course
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Nearly half of students concerned about their course closing
Cost-cutting measures impacting student experience, finds OfS polling, with increased class sizes and reduced access to facilities among issues raised
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‘Devastating’ cuts to UK physics and astronomy budgets condemned
Reduction in funding by Science and Technology Facilities Council would be ‘most drastic’ cut to curiosity-driven science ‘in a generation’ warn scientific leaders
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Monash agrees deal to deliver programmes in Cambodia
Venture reflects imperatives to boost offshore efforts and engage more with region
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Funder review rights ‘leave researchers in impossible position’
Mandatory edits of research findings a ‘blind spot’ in integrity debate, says scholar who experienced government agency ‘interference’