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Wales rules out levy on international student fees

Education secretary confirms devolved nation will not follow UK government in taking a cut of overseas tuition fee income

Texas institutions review courses as critics circle

‘Learn lessons from US’ and stop political interference, UK told

OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable to meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence

World University Rankings 2026 digital edition

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Universities risk ‘creeping death’ from unsupervised mergers

Specialist institutions could be subsumed without high-level oversight of sector consolidation, MPs warned

London move a ‘natural step’ for remote Australian university

UK offers reassuring familiarity for Charles Darwin’s TNE ‘push’ but vice-chancellor says its MBA courses will be unlike anything already available

World University Rankings 2026: Australia bucks trend of decline

Lingering financial pressures mean country is ‘not out of the woods’ despite strong showing this year, expert warns

World University Rankings 2026: colliding forces

Are we on the brink of a reshaping of global higher education, asks Ellie Bothwell

World University Rankings 2026: China lags on global collaboration

Nation’s high research quality score is in spite of second-lowest share of internationally co-authored papers  

World University Rankings 2026: results announced

Elite Asian universities stagnate and US declines in ‘moment of great flux’ for global higher education   

Latin American universities must stop being passive recipients of change

Rigid structures need to be loosened to address the devaluation of degrees and to embrace AI and microcredentials, says Carlos Olivares

Move beyond mentorship and ‘sponsor’ women in STEM, says scholar

Female researchers need ‘action’, not just ‘advice’, says high-flying scientist

Free speech needs ‘more kindness’, says Oxford v-c

Irene Tracey stresses importance of teaching students courtesy and respect to model what ‘good disagreement’ looks like

‘New collaborations needed’ as US cuts global health funding

Curtailing competition, reducing waste and drawing more on industry and philanthropic sources seen as ways to fill gaps left by NIH retreat

Chemistry Nobel winners ‘created new molecular architecture’

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi honoured for development of metal-organic frameworks