UK universities are self-harming by exploiting Chinese students Recruiting underprepared students is damaging the classroom experience and is soul-crushing for teachers, says a UK lecturer 27 March
Luke Hall named education minister after Halfon resignation Tory deputy chair expected to take on higher education brief By Chris Havergal 26 March
Robert Halfon quits as higher education minister in UK government Conservative to step down as MP at next general election By Chris Havergal 26 March
UKRI investigation of Donelan claims cost taxpayers another £23K Bill adds to £15,000 cost of damages paid by science secretary to professor over suggestion she had expressed sympathy for Hamas By Patrick Jack 26 March
Manchester opposes Bolton’s ‘Greater Manchester’ name change Universities in the same city region clash over proposed rebrand By Tom Williams 26 March
Michael Rosen attacks ‘unbearable’ Goldsmiths job cuts Author among lecturers at under-fire institution to oppose plans that union says are ‘unprecedented in scale, intensity and speed’ By Tom Williams 26 March
Close overseas partnerships that harm free speech, says OfS Regulator outlines how institutions could respond to various scenarios as it prepares to exercise new duties By Tom Williams 26 March
UK science bodies back ‘sustained increase’ in research spending Further government investment is needed to ensure UK is a ‘leading country in the G7 on R&D’, say universities, research charities and learned societies By Jack Grove 26 March
Degree apprenticeships: ‘don’t ruin something world is adopting’ Report on ‘voices from the frontline’ aims to dispel degree apprenticeship misconceptions like that of middle-class takeover By John Morgan 26 March
Independent Scotland ‘would put free tuition in constitution’ Holyrood government doubles down on fee-free policy despite warnings of underinvestment By Patrick Jack 25 March
Oxford accused of bid to ‘stitch up’ chancellor election New vetting committee for candidates is reminiscent of ‘eastern-bloc style managed democracy’, says Conservative MP By Jack Grove 25 March
Post-92 contract ‘at risk’ in wave of university cost-cutting Union branches accuse institutions of planning to breach agreement that protects research time and promotion prospects By Tom Williams 25 March
