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Critics question upfront expense, cost effectiveness, timeline and viability of Waikato proposal

A ground-breaking physics experiment underlines a proud scholarly tradition that relies on purpose, dedication – and money, says Keith Burnett

State must step in, according to submissions to major university review

Wary of backing a ‘toxic’ big rise in fees, vice-chancellors are coalescing around a demand for more public subsidy for higher education instead. Despite the cost, could this option be more palatable for Labour?

Doing so would do a service not only to Muslim would-be students worried about usury but to everyone concerned about debt, says Steve Connolly

Paper gains masked last year’s losses but harder times lie ahead, watchdog warns

College closures and job losses ‘inevitable’ as enrolment caps loom and visa waits lengthen

The UK’s austerity-fixated new government is highly unlikely to find significant extra money for universities, says Andrew McRae

Process for limiting international student recruitment ‘like a game of musical chairs’, Senate committee hears

Former universities minister agrees with King’s principal that ‘now is the moment’ for fee increase

Regional institutions hope to benefit as they are handed quotas higher than current numbers at expense of rich Group of Eight universities. But will effect of the policy merely put students off Australia altogether?

Report attempts to quantify economic benefit of universities as financial issues heap doubts on their future

Latest figures showing that growth has fallen to lowest level in decades should be a ‘wake-up call’ for government, says Universities Australia

Increased American targeting of foreign enrolments expected to prompt policy response and reduce competitor countries’ access to ‘low-risk’ students

Universities may be discouraged from taking on displaced students for fear of them counting towards their quota, policy expert warns

Nearly 100 academics placed at risk of redundancy, with union claiming staff are ‘paying the price for failed pet projects’

Top-tier institutions accused of not engaging with concerns about scale of overseas cohorts

Schumacher College in Devon shuts down programmes after more than 30 years of offering degrees in ecology

Academics question why some universities should be pushed to the wall while others swell their intake

Newly announced quota ‘like a levy by stealth’, analyst says, as universities evaluate the impact at institutional level

Institutions mull estates buyback schemes and more major cutbacks as post-clearing reality hits

No currently enrolled students will be disadvantaged, bureaucrat insists, despite quarrels over data and assessment that bill ‘is more suited to national security legislation’

Firm whose lawyer helped initiate ACU saga handed job of finding leakers

Vice-chancellor says it is ‘fine’ for international students to make up nearly half of Melbourne’s enrolments

University lobby demands revocation of ‘ministerial direction 107’, after education minister insists student quotas will be a ‘better mechanism’

Baroness Smith suggests new UK government will not bail out at-risk institutions but says she wants to secure ‘financial stability’ of sector

As they brace for big policy shifts, inflation and flat domestic demand have left Australian universities more vulnerable than before Covid

Universities must not use international education reforms as a smokescreen to jettison staff, Australian union says

Need to pay athletes, including in money-spinning American football and basketball, could limit subsidies for other sports

It is heartening to have an education secretary who values universities as a public good, but public goods require public funding, says Jo Grady

Proposal denigrated as ‘wealth tax’ better than the alternative, architect says, as Australian universities unite to oppose caps

Labour has placed its faith in better regulation sorting out the financial issues in the sector, but what tools and powers does an already overburdened organisation need to tackle its biggest challenge yet?

Canberra should avoid unnecessary damage by waiting to assess the impact of no fewer than nine other policy changes, professor says

Fees for humanities degrees reach dizzying milestone, raising questions over how many will ever be repaid

University funding across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ‘consistently unstable’ despite policy divergence since devolution, report highlights

Future financial health of UK institutions reliant on increasing student numbers after Labour rebuffs funding requests

Larger proportion of people back charging more for certain courses when given context, Policy Institute at King’s College London finds

Returning leader says UK instead needs ‘major rethink’ of funding model and how it supports low-income and mature students

Government urged to appoint new higher education commissioner to oversee £2.5 billion loan scheme in case of institutions going bankrupt

Almost half of institutions say insufficient funding is biggest obstacle to better teaching and learning

Scholars express concern as the University Grants Commission has its budget slashed by 61 per cent

State governments, policy experts and law council present united front against federal proposal

Education secretary to update parliament amid reports of three institutions heading close to bankruptcy 

Years of tight funding settlements, exacerbated by high inflation and recent research cuts, have left New Zealand’s higher education and research sectors in a parlous state. Will the comprehensive reviews under way help them dodge the looming cyclone? John Ross reports  

English universities can expect ‘new chapter’ after facing ‘destructive behaviour’ under previous government, former Labour business minister says

While Australia says it wants universities ‘going to the world’, its policies are making it harder

University says donation was meant to have been made personally by Ravi Gill, owner of the operating company

Big business and states join universities in opposing proposed limits

Annual Transparent Approach to Costing data shows returns on international students fell again last year

Universities haemorrhage money as students face months-long waits

Further €92 million needed to cover existing staff costs, Irish University Association tells government

All eyes are on Tohoku University and its grandiose future plans as excellence initiative gets under way, but critics question whether goals are achievable

‘Outrageous impost’ to fund domestic education initiatives is ‘robbing Ranjit to pay for Richard’

Sector leaders say stopgap solution needed to ensure institutions remain viable, but extra funding is likely to come with strings attached

Nearly three-quarters of people want next government to take action to support a higher education institution at risk of closure

If the best books aren’t REFable, UK research will appear artificially weak, say Heather Widdows, Fiona Macpherson and Simon Kirchin 

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be treated little differently from their privileged cousins, critics say

Kiwi institutions committed to ‘academic audit as a concept’ but look to save costs

Union demands parliamentary inquiry as instances continue to emerge

Major parties have been ‘silent’ on higher education challenges ahead of general election, event hears