Labour urged to dispel ‘woke campuses’ and ‘burger flipper’ myths
Party conference hears Tony Blair Institute economist and Coventry provost call for change of tone on sector expansion and cultural attacks
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Labour pledges major expansion of NHS training in universities
Shadow chancellor promises to reinstate top rate of income tax to fund ‘biggest expansion of medical school places ever’
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Cambridge picks Princeton provost Deborah Prentice as next v-c
Psychologist will become first American to lead institution when she succeeds Stephen Toope
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Labour’s Phillipson: English higher education funding ‘broken’
Status quo ‘not sustainable’ for universities or students and even Tory government ‘will recognise that soon’, shadow minister says
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Most humanities PhD students in US without a job at graduation
Median age at degree completion shrinks, although share of field’s graduates with job commitment does too, American Academy of Arts and Sciences finds
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Truss plans ‘mean more research money’ for ‘golden triangle’
Labour conference hears that levelling up is now ‘dead’ for Tories, meaning alternative vision for regional innovation needed
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Australia wrestles with shortage of placements for students
Retaining Covid innovations seen as possible solution to dealing with backlog
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UK university staff get £1,000 bonuses over cost of living
Unions say one-off handouts will do little to deter members’ appetite to strike for better pay deals
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Brazilian academics hopeful but realistic as Bolsonaro nears end
Universities face long road to recovery even if Lula is victorious, say sector leaders
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University offers free breakfasts for students
University of the West of Scotland says twice-weekly meals are a response to cost-of-living crisis
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The UK’s broken PGR support system must be fixed
The cost-of-living crisis is bringing to a head the inadequacy of current funding and support for doctoral students, says Ellie Munro
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Chinese universities must respond to rising graduate unemployment
The economic downturn is beyond their control, but degree programmes could be better tailored to industrial need, says Wu Keming
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Students need practical help, not principles, in the cost-of-living crisis
Covid-19 illustrated how universities are not always good at taking responsibility for the practicalities of their policy statements, says Zahir IraniÂ
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Role of universities overlooked in UK’s new ‘growth plan’
Disappointment as ‘mini budget’ contains no new commitments on research funding or support for students
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UK considers next steps as Horizon Europe deadlock continues
Westminster refers to alternatives rather than arbitration, after unproductive Brussels meeting triggered by legal action