University access scheme loses third of its budget in latest cuts
England’s Uni Connect programme has funding reduced to £20 million at ‘exactly the wrong time’, says widening participation expert
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Kent v-c to depart after restructure and deficit warning
Karen Cox to step down next month as university grapples with projected £30 million deficit
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More visa changes could cause ‘irreversible harm’ to UK sector
Student recruitment firm AECC warns that restricting graduate visa route could be ‘catastrophic day’ for UK higher education
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Japanese women with student loans more likely to delay child-rearing
Student loan debt could be contributing to Japan’s declining birth rate, researchers find
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Visa chaos ‘turning students off ߣߣÊÓƵ’
Delays and baffling rejections are leaving their mark, analyst warns
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Disability groups demand ‘correction’ of accord report
Pivotal ߣߣÊÓƵn report risks enshrining curse of ‘low expectations’, critics warn
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Immigration risk ratings downgraded at 11 ߣߣÊÓƵn universities
‘Low-risk’ institutions now in the minority as universities carry the can for non-fraudulent visa refusals
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Queen’s to launch Canada’s first medical school admissions lottery
In a nation that struggles to get minority students into medicine, Ontario university eyes progress in broader admissions process
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Venki Ramakrishnan: ‘unfriendly’ visas would’ve nixed my UK move
Nobel-winning former Royal Society president discusses his concerns over the UK’s ‘too high’ visa costs, anti-ageing science and older academics who refuse to retire
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Academic publishers and AI do not need to be enemies
Generative AI firms should stop ripping off publishers and instead work with them to enrich scholarship, says Oxford University Press’ David Clark
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Sexual harassment of PhDs linked to academia’s ‘leaky pipeline’
Women who complete their PhDs in workplaces with high harassment rates less likely to remain in research, Danish study finds
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‘Local’ students just one in 10 at some elite universities
Durham again found to have lowest proportion of students from its own region, but highlights work to boost north east's low HE participation rate
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Robbins to depart Arizona amid deep financial woes
Facing second year of faculty no-confidence vote, cardiothoracic surgeon agrees to leave as soon as successor is found
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Learning behind bars: the shifting fortunes of prison education
While US prison reform campaigners celebrate reversal of 30-year ban on incarcerated students accessing Pell Grants, counterparts in England and Wales express concern that government inaction has...