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Institution spread across 12 island nations steps up support, as Persian Gulf shockwaves reach Polynesia

Scientists celebrate impact of pioneering space flight, with data and samples gathered predicted to shape studies for decades to come

Professor who set up publisher four years ago to redirect revenue to those doing quality control says it has been an ‘uphill battle’

Representative body for country’s eight institutions loses staff and has functions scaled back with policy work being taken on by in-house teams

New É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Office data shows a continued slide in demand for UK study visas, adding to universities’ financial worries

Academics demand that prestigious gathering is held elsewhere because of attacks on Iran and immigration crackdown

Universities in UK and Ireland encouraged to submit entries across 20 categories as annual showcase revisits Birmingham

Universities prioritising ‘rapid expansion’ over sustainability threaten survival of the entire English sector, new report warns

Extending UK government technology funding to universities could save sector millions of pounds a year, argues new report

Policy has achieved political aims despite damage done to sector, say experts, after Auditor General report finds impact vastly underestimated by officials

Escalating conflict in the Middle East has seen institutions increasingly drawn into the fighting, with material and psychological damage leaving long tail

Conservative manifesto ahead of Holyrood poll promises to promote alternatives to higher education, but declines to row back on totemic fee policy

‘Focused interim action’ required on a sector that politicians say is ‘sacrificing fundamental social benefits in the pursuit of corporate outcomes’

New leader of top business school believes it has been ‘underselling’ itself and needs to show its worth in world buffeted by Trump, AI and continued questioning of MBAs

Notwithstanding other ‘unfinished business’ in international education, government maintains focus on integrity and numbers

Productivity gains from using technology to mark students’ work a ‘false economy’ given loss of skills and relationships, argues new paper

Cleaners, security guards and technicians to walk out after unions reject below-inflation pay rise

Maximum interest rate to be limited as Westminster government continues to look at wider reforms to controversial student finance system

Teacher-turned-sleuth Stephen Vainker warns rise of chatbot language in journals will further erode school confidence in education faculties

Series of pressures sector faces could trigger a shift from ‘college for all’ toward ‘college for some’, according to futurist

‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’

Unprecedented refusal rates raise fresh doubts over risk rating methodology as officials get tough on ‘non-genuine’ students

European destinations emerging as ‘legitimate rivals’ for international students because they are improving while US stagnates, argues paper

New right-wing president eyes reforms to student finance as part of wider austerity measures

Female early career scholars found to be ‘largely absent’ from higher-level governance structures in many European countries

Most students who work more than 23 hours a week report spending ‘zero minutes’ reading but scholars say time spent in employment not wholly bad academically

‘Weekend-only’ learners signed contracts in good faith before being suddenly told to repay money through no fault of their own, says NUS head

Universities set to miss out on promised funding after EU fraud office finds ‘irregularities’ at body that supports HE-business collaborations

Agricultural and environmental research lose out, as scientists criticise ‘dangerous confusion’ of government’s switch to ‘smarter investment’

Increase in visa refusals expected to be used as primary method for addressing asylum concerns for politically important nations

Decades-old programmes among those being lost under new system that prioritises each institution’s traditional strengths

Employment increasingly elusive for foreigners blindsided by Australia’s steep cost of living

Historians say their ability to study material held in ‘mother lode of all 20th-century archives’ diminished by long suspension of vetting requests

Union boss says British institutions should not be opening sites in Africa while UK continues to reject study visa applications at home

Cancer researcher to succeed businessman Andrew Mackenzie at time of major change for research funder

Face-to-face learners said to be more collaborative workers than online-only peers, survey suggests

Auckland survey finds 45 per cent of respondents are ‘food insecure’, while Otago study traces ‘persistent’ reliance on food banks

Appointment of philosopher who has refused to recognise viewpoint as legitimate could have ‘chilling effect’ on types of studies submitted to the exercise that distributes £2 billion in funding, says professor

Vice-chancellor Wendy Thomson has been suspended for 10 months but institutions’ concerns stretch back much further than that

One of the last members of Universities UK to share financial accounts for 2024-25 posts one of sector’s biggest shortfalls

Six of seven complaints made against UCU thrown out by Certification Officer, with any breach of rules found not to have swayed final result

Continent does not have a knowledge deficit but a ‘knowledge to real-world impact deficit’, vice-chancellor tells summit

Money from Chris Rokos will be used to establish new school of government that will train future leaders

Japan and Australia becoming more popular options, alongside European destinations

Geopolitical instability and economic challenges mean funding institutions used to rely on has dried up, summit hears

Study looking at whether long-form academic work freely available finds ‘contested’ picture

Fundraising becoming ever more important source of income but analysis shows institutions outside of London and Oxbridge struggling to secure increases

First wave of universities finalising plans to open satellite sites insist they are in it for the long haul despite concerns about small intakes, elitism and the effort needed to make ventures a success

Average pay differential widening between organisations that try to address it and those with a more hands-off approach, report suggests

Focusing only on admissions to universities neglects wider picture, according to South African politician

Campuses in the Middle East viewed as ‘legitimate targets’ by Tehran after its institutions damaged in airstrikes

Calls for clarity after thousands of English students told they will no longer be eligible for maintenance loans because courses viewed as distance learning

Upper house amendments give Atec more independence and a research advisory role, but no power to intervene on student fees

Former Department for Education directors will assume the post as a job-share partnership in June

Increased federal funding and student demand fuel a boost to most institutions’ bottom lines in Sunshine State

Moving student loan portfolio to Treasury seen as biggest move yet in Trump’s efforts to close under-pressure department

Poll ahead of May’s Holyrood and Senedd election finds ‘broad but shallow’ support for investing in research

Universities and employers rethinking training strategies as government targets apprenticeship funding at younger learners

Australian parliament urged not to pass independent senator’s legislation because Remuneration Tribunal is already addressing pay of university leaders

Lack of scrutiny given to rapidly expanding institutions out of step with amount of public money flowing through them, researchers argue