UK talent visas stagnate as MAC review gets under way
Influential body to assess effectiveness of routes into country for top talent, as latest figures show numbers have not increased despite government attention

Influential body to assess effectiveness of routes into country for top talent, as latest figures show numbers have not increased despite government attention

Party says it will recognise universities as central to ‘Wales’s economic future’, while cutting funding for institutions perceived as curtailing free speech


Guaranteed places may be ‘irresistible’ to UK students but unlikely to be in their best interests long term, warn experts

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

Professor who expected flying visit to teach on MBA course trapped in city after flights grounded due to missiles

Complaints from authors abound about interminable delays, long silences, unfair rejections and shoddy copy-editing. But are standards really slipping? And, if so, where does the blame lie? Matthew...

His successful insurgent campaign for New York mayor was not driven primarily by moral appeal but by sustained fieldwork, says Mayank Chugh

‘Difficult questions’ must be confronted as English funding system ‘not working for anyone’, says Birmingham’s Adam Tickell

Islamic student groups in the UK say statements calling Iranian supreme leader a ‘martyr’ were ‘free speech’ and deny inciting violence

Home Office puts ‘emergency brake’ on some applications after surge in asylum claims, affecting thousands of potential students

Experts welcome milestone from THE analysis as ‘cause for cautious celebration’


Academics urge government to strengthen legal protections for scholars undertaking studies in controversial fields

‘Inevitable’ that conflict will bring ‘serious’ repercussions, as universities forced to reassess how they operate in the region amid increased insecurity