Jo Grady calls for ‘emergency’ HE funding review
UCU leader tells annual congress that sector faces threats like never before and issues cannot be fixed under current model
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News Talks podcast: Are mergers the answer to UK HE’s woes?
With King’s College London and Cranfield University planning to join forces, we discuss whether mergers are a sensible way forward for UK universities beset by financial challenges
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Sussex’s plans to cut 200 jobs ‘causing strain and uncertainty’
Union fears remaining staff will face even heavier workloads as 500 jobs have already been lost over past two years
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Eight in 10 say repaying student loan ‘harder than expected’
Survey of current and prospective loan holders finds ‘massive frustration’, with system putting off future students
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Specialist providers buck downturn due to ‘limits on expansion’
Smaller English institutions among those faring best in current financial crisis because they ‘never had the fat years’
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The exiled former professor who could be Venezuela’s next leader
Leopoldo López reflects on how academic writing helped him while in prison, the impact of political interference on his country’s universities and what it will take to rebuild civil society
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Tutorials of 30-plus students ‘now the norm’, survey finds
‘Class size crisis’ hitting disadvantaged students hardest, claims Australian union which blames Jobs-ready Graduates reforms for ballooning recruitment
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Research universities network rebrands to focus on equity
Innovative Research Universities becomes ‘2050 Alliance’, named after participation target outlined in Australian accord
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UK universities’ academic misconduct procedures are not fair
The experienced lawyers we surveyed were consistently sceptical about arrangements’ consistency and robustness, say Alex Fairbairn and Daniel Sokol
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All Manchester students to go out on placement as part of degrees
Universities must provide more of the types of experiences that would once have been gained during first graduate job, says vice-chancellor
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Turkey reverses move to close university after student protests
Istanbul Bilgi University handed reprieve after authorities abandon attempts to close it over concerns about parent company
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OfS could charge large universities £50K more under new proposals
New fee structure for English regulator seeks to relieve ‘higher burden’ being placed on smaller providers
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More flexible student loans key to reforming ‘failing system’
Submissions to UK parliamentary inquiry also stress need for new mechanisms to ensure higher earners pay more