‘Landmark’ cross-border university partnership agreed in Ireland
Dundalk Institute of Technology to join forces with Queen’s University Belfast to create new opportunities for student mobility and skills development
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Student violence in South Africa is a symptom of systemic failure
As public attention focuses on unrest, South Africa’s universities are bearing the hidden costs of a broken system, says Pikolomzi Qaba
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Increase London PhD allowance by £2,500, UKRI urged
Decades-long freeze on London weighting is making PhD study unaffordable despite recent record stipend increase, student groups warn
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ߣߣÊÓƵn national science agency to cut up to 350 more jobs
‘Profound sustainability challenge’ forces Csiro to ‘deprioritise’ research fields to focus on key areas
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HKUST approved to run Hong Kong’s new third medical school
University promises new school will produce graduates who are ‘ethically grounded, clinically outstanding and technologically adept’
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Back to campus drive encounters limited resistance in Asia
While staff protest efforts to cut hybrid working arrangements at Western institutions, university employees in Asia have long been back in the office full-time
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Libraries coordinate on book disposal to safeguard rare texts
As shelves fill up and costs mount, new scheme allows librarians to discard underused books if more than seven copies exist elsewhere
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Maintenance loan freeze limiting social mobility, peers say
Cross-party committee calls for higher household income threshold for maximum student support loans as more struggle to afford university
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When Adelaide University takes off in January, we’ll proudly walk away
A successful merger requires leaders to be mission-grounded and brave enough to move on, say David Lloyd and Peter Høj, in the final instalment of their series on the largest merger in ߣߣÊÓƵn...
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Universities fear £50 million hit from budget ‘pensions tax’
Cost to sector ‘significant’ as reports say chancellor planning to limit tax-free contributions
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New study route for successful asylum claimants in UK
Labour to encourage people granted asylum to better assimilate and support themselves by introducing pathway to enrol in university
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Risk rating improvement ‘misrepresented’ by ‘dodgy’ elements
Evidence level system encourages scams while making little difference to institutional obligations, critic says
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Visa concerns blamed as overseas student numbers fall by fifth in US
Snapshot figures from more than 800 institutions show more than half suffering from declining enrolments
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