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Institutions’ projections for increased enrolments and reduced expenditure may be too optimistic, warns PwC

Researchers unable to access resources to study issues Africa faces, says incoming leader of group of top institutions

New president introduces legislation that would allow universities to charge, but many may be reluctant to do so

Questions over whether King Charles’ doctor holds certain institutional roles increase need for more formalised way of handing out honorary titles, critics say

Firm to axe a third of its workforce following ‘downturn’ in publishing trends

Fage survey also finds two-fifths of students must work to support themselves

After affirmative action ban, campuses prod students to describe their personal backgrounds, without going so far as to potentially encourage legal action

Progress made by deaf scholars in recent years ‘fragile’ in current climate, according to researcher appointed UK’s first deaf professor in deaf studies

Government bars recognition of degrees from Benin and Togo, and suggests it could extend this to Uganda, Kenya and Niger

A socio-economic alternative to affirmative action would be expensive but that doesn’t mean institutions shouldn’t consider it, say experts

Providers enrol just 6 per cent of 2,000 student target for short courses, says evaluation ahead of lifelong learning entitlement launch

University draws up plans to avert risk of breaching banking covenants, as sector-wide financial worries take hold

While overseas students still flock to the UK for PhDs, concerns are growing over weakening domestic demand, a decline in UKRI-funded starters and whether universities can afford to train the next generation of researchers

‘University check’ would allow for issues to be resolved in the drafting stage, rather than once policies have been announced, says EUA

Experienced leader says new structure, imposed despite significant opposition, makes it an â€˜opportune moment’ to go

Practitioners who work with students considering quitting due to issues with pay, workloads and increasingly complex cases

Top US funding agency considers $70,000 (£55,000) minimum salary that could become wider model

Resurgence of virus among vulnerable overseas students prompts calls for better awareness campaigns and pharmaceutical subsidies

Soaring cost of government borrowing drives price of English system up by Â£10 billion per year, says new IFS report

Opening outpost alongside other Western universities designed to help drive collaboration in South-east Asia

With Claudine Gay accepting debatable instances of plagiarism as final straw, faculty see odds getting hopeless for countering unified political and economic power

Union describes payment made when staff were facing redundancy as ‘unconscionable’, but institution says it was following contract

Restrictions would increase registration fees for non-EU learners, but plans to make international students pay returnable deposits for residence are already in doubt

Top-ranked Canadian institution calculates financial and reputational cost of premier’s move to penalise use of English, and wonders how it can survive

University leaders warn of ‘deepening pain’ from latest cuts, amid ‘concerning headwinds’ on international recruitment

After brief pause to assess security, Birthright programme again gives Jewish students free tours of nation, but faces questions over limited Palestinian perspective

Revised policy fails to address key causes of research career precarity, university leaders say

Supreme court rules student leases can be ended early despite legal challenge

Difficulties finding new roles and uprooting families complicate desires to leave states such as Florida after political meddling

Union ready to ‘robustly protect education’ amid widespread job cuts, as leader changes tone ahead of re-election battle

Reimagined PhD that provides students with business training and industry contacts is attracting interest from governments and science philanthropists

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

The biographer of the first black American woman to study at Oxford discusses life in segregated schools in the South, why affirmative action still matters and ‘election-style’ efforts to unseat Harvard president Claudine Gay

Study explores under-researched aspect of â€˜hidden curriculum’ that might affect racial inequalities at universities

Higher education providers participating in UK’s Erasmus+ alternative say application process was either very or fairly difficult

Some other larger universities also in deficit as universities publish accounts amid bleak climate on funding

Stepping down from SNHU presidency, LeBlanc joins Siemens in pushing US higher education to take the generative intelligence challenge far more seriously

The former science minister talks to Jack Grove about his concerns over recent visa reforms and his ‘lonely battle’ to keep Britain in Horizon Europe

As high-profile case drags on, legal experts say issues regulator has faced are a harbinger of what is to come

Premier institution loses first black leader after record short tenure amid persistent partisan pressure and evidence of her own scholarly failings

Prime minister’s drive for ‘political capital’ on net migration risks ‘long-term damage’ to international reputation, UK sector warns

Chungbuk National University head says simply ‘selling degrees’ is not in the interest of students or the sector

Leading cell biologist says outstanding young researchers are missing out on funding as panellists are focusing excessively on open science contributions

Former leader Dame Louise Richardson left with equivalent of year’s pay on top of her usual salary, accounts reveal

While new salary threshold has been announced, clarity on level of discount applied for key roles in higher education is yet to come

Partial elimination of tuition fees could prove self-defeating by undermining the private universities that educate more than half of the country’s students

John Edmunds commended alongside Bristol health chief and Leicester chancellor

La Crosse’s Joe Gow threatens lawsuit and claims free speech rights have been violated following dismissal over films produced with his wife

International students, post-study work visas and opinion pieces captured readers’ attention this year

Universities in conservative region decline to add DEI component to their conditions of accreditation

LLE can overturn ‘mad idea’ that university must happen between ages 18 and 21, says David Latchman, stepping down as Birkbeck v-c after 21 years

Paperwork pain eases, revenue pain rises as universities confront new year

Professor says Nigerian students feel ‘targeted’ by Westminster policies

Autonomy, tertiary sector integration and sustainable research funding are crucial to sector’s future, Brian Schmidt says, as he relinquishes leadership role

Cutting entitlements will be counter-productive unless countries address cultural barriers keeping international graduates from meaningful work

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack warns of increasing trend for attacks on female students protesting for their right to education

Winning entrants focused their efforts where the need was greatest and embraced innovation to maximise impact

Higher Education for Good is a new book that seeks to build a better future after years of turbulence and acute crises

Staff and students lock themselves in offices as student gunman carries out ‘premeditated violent attack’

Educator and equity analyst discusses bilingualism, academia’s misguided values and the societal benefits of scientific uncertainty