‘Critical moment’ as Danish reforms add to pressure on languages
Enrolments drop by a fifth in a year after business school opts to close programmes in response to government squeeze on undergraduate intake
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Controversial third medical school greenlighted in New Zealand
‘Share the excitement’, sceptics told, amid conflicting claims over rationale for graduate-entry programme
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The UK funding crisis may just see the emergence of a stronger sector
A systemic realignment is under way that, while painful, could lead to more efficient and adaptable provision, say Jonathan Barton and Mike Boxall
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UN experts urge end to Serbian ‘crackdown’ on student protests
Policing of demonstrations, often using excessive force, has intensified since June, special rapporteurs say
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China’s campus repression being ‘partially replicated’ in UK
Chinese students and scholars face surveillance, harassment and self-censorship at British universities, report finds, amid wider concerns over financial dependence on China
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Australia to increase international student intake
Educators hail ‘stability and certainty’, as government stresses ‘sustainable growth’ mantra
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Trump’s anti-DEI agenda ‘already having grave impact’
Some universities shut down initiatives entirely while others try to continue them in different guise but president unlikely to be appeased on hot-button issue, say scholars
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Investors keen on takeovers as universities turn to private funds
Co-branded campuses and partial mergers expected to become more common in face of higher borrowing costs
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‘Old habits returning’ as travel emissions rise by a quarter
Low carbon behaviours adopted during pandemic ‘not being maintained’, experts fear, as business flights push up environmental impact of institutions
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‘We can’t ask to turn the clock back. The resources just aren’t there’
As he begins his stint as Universities UK president, Malcolm Press tells Helen Packer that the sector’s demands of government need to be realistic about the constrained state of public finances and...
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The GDPR is a new headache for social scientists
European universities’ overcompliance with data protection rules is making social research increasingly difficult, say Carine Vassy and Robert Dingwall Â
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Full TNE potential still emerging, Nottingham Malaysia head says
Economic success of graduates key to showing worth of branch campuses, according to chief executive of site set up 25 years ago
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ANU leader a top earner despite salary sacrifice
Annual report reveals A$90m surplus but university insists ‘structural and operating deficit’ makes belt-tightening necessary
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Religious college closes all degree courses after funding pulled
Liverpool Hope and Manchester to provide support as Spurgeon’s College shuts after nearly 170 years