Applications for professional service posts decline as appeal of working in universities ‘fades’, but academics face more competition than ever

Students who have previously been safeguarded progress to university in ‘vanishingly low’ numbers, highlights Sheffield initiative

University groups call for new fund to ‘complement, but not substitute’ next framework programme

Researcher who waited nearly two years for rejection claims ‘nonsensical’ criticisms of his paper must have been chatbot-generated

Warning more institutions may look to Scottish government for support as ailing university’s problems blamed on mismanagement rather than wider funding pressures

Amsterdam University Press series editors quit with open letter objecting to sale to for-profit publisher

Current enrolment rates are increasingly misaligned with NHS capacity for clinical placements, never mind graduate recruitment, says Ruth Pearce

Further meetings fail to reach agreement in UK sector talks, with union calling 1.4 per cent rise a ‘real-terms cut’

Data for 2025 falls behind 2024 numbers for first time just ahead of make-or-break recruitment window 

More cautious lifelong learning policy ‘inevitable’, say experts, as ministers emphasise phased transition to new system

Researchers call for improved national assessment processes as proposals receive different feedback at European level

Trump’s assaults on science in the US present an opportunity that the university would be unwise to spurn, says chancellor candidate Gina Miller