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While hundreds of academics decry education minister’s intervention, supporters say he acted in researchers’ interests

Pro-Palestine campaigners claim ‘important victory’ but university says interim ruling demonstrates that restrictions do not limit freedom of speech

Institutions generally accept budgetary demands to return unspent grants but warn long-term cuts could damage competitiveness

Regular breaks, mock vivas and introducing an online option among other recommendations made by review that aims to combat ‘gladiatorial approach’

Statement endorsed by 39 Australian institutions described as both being ‘not robust enough’ and a ‘betrayal’ of staff and students

Party’s renewed focus on winning back support of those who have not gone to college provides little incentive to defend higher education from Trumpian attacks, experts say

Almost two thirds of young people in capital participate in higher education, 15 percentage points more than next best region

Country saw demand fall in most major markets last year, with master’s students making up smaller proportion of visas issued, according to new data

Major student recruitment firm sees drop in placements and English language tests after immigration changes in Canada and elsewhere

Edward Peck had already announced he would step down from university role this summer

Government commission advocates for intervention in downsizing of higher education sector to avoid regional disparity

Proposal to restrict post-study work rights to those in ‘graduate jobs’ alarms vice-chancellors

Sutton Trust warns applicants with disadvantaged upbringings can find application process particularly complex and challenging

Vice-chancellor reportedly wrote to staff encouraging them to leave if they did not support university’s new strategy

Universities should prioritise ensuring that assessments are ‘assessing what we mean to assess’ rather than letting conversations be dominated by discussions around cheating

Government announces 2 per cent cut to university budget in efforts to row back public spending

Advocate more judiciously, sector representatives urged, as they demand more money to ‘do our job for the country’

Coalition has departed from usual practice, outlining a comprehensive suite of changes if it regains government

University seeks five-year year injunction against protests over Middle East conflict but faces opposition from union and civil liberties group

Arriving from outside academia means UK Research and Innovation’s new chief executive is more willing to take unorthodox but correct strategic decisions, say scientists

One in four students tell Hepi they use text generated by tools such as ChatGPT in submitted work

Principal warns of ‘radical university-wide actions, which will lead to a smaller staff base’

Shadow minister urges government to investigate reports of attempts to pay money to relatives of university managers

Universities must change their language to survive assault on DEI, says former Trump chief of staff

If doors to opportunity close, ‘it can become a potent political issue very quickly’

Conference also hears that proposed streamline of ARC grant schemes will give early career researchers a ‘leg-up’

UK Atomic Energy Authority boss will take over at £9 billion UK research funder in the summer, when Ottoline Leyser steps down

The deadline for most 2023-24 financial accounts was the end of December

Academic spin-outs have risen over the past decade, supported by a network of university-affiliated venture funds

Fall in student numbers driven by lower birth rates, with smaller universities tipped to struggle

Beijing government body’s affiliation with some Chinese institutions seen as threat by Taiwanese leaders

Strike ballot called at South Yorkshire university, with similar vote also under way at Durham University

Universities can win a rational argument but lose an emotional war, conference hears