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While newcomer and frontrunner Mark Carney might be expected to back innovation funding, academics do not expect a loosening of student migration rules any time soon

‘A poor communicator who ghosts me’: disaffected research students and supervisors have similar grievances about each other, survey reveals

South coast institution latest to cut back on staff costs ahead of coming national insurance rise

North-east university aims to educate 7,000 students in city after spending £10 million on revamp

Students less likely than employees to report or disclose sexual harassment, according to study of major Swedish university

Attempts to establish alternatives to Gift City and Delhi bring new incentives for global universities but some fear such investment will heighten inequalities 

Leaders warn that over-regulation could shut down provision entirely after fraud connected to partnership agreements comes under the spotlight again

Compulsory assessment tasks that highlight cultural histories of Australia and New Zealand help prepare students for future careers, universities insist

Institution’s president called disruptive Gaza protests ‘a temper tantrum by children’ in emails released as part of investigation

OfS defends ‘thorough’ investigation that legal expert says leaves institutions ‘without clear guidance’

Universities should offer opportunities to US talent because it can ‘prevent fruitful lines of enquiry from being abruptly cut off’, says head of leading European institution

Budget projections that changes in repayment rules will incur no extra expense ‘lack credibility’, expert says

Melanie Woodin will succeed Meric Gertler, who has led Canada’s largest university for more than a decade, on 1 July

Sector bodies hit out at lack of focus on cash-strapped sector crucial for driving economic growth and defence innovation

Eminent scientists express dismay after UK science academy reportedly confirms Tesla mogul will not by investigated

Vice-chancellor calls regulator’s investigation ‘Kafkaesque’ as probe into departure of Kathleen Stock finally concludes

Promise emerged less than 18 hours after government handed down a slender pre-election budget

‘Existential crisis’ in arts and humanities exacerbates risk that axed academics will not be able to find new roles, subject associations fear

Winner of 2025 Holberg Prize rejects vocational focus of education and ‘trivialisation’ of humanities

One researcher was found to have presented 32 papers at same conference in study that examines growing trend towards ‘repeat authors’

Expensive pension schemes among issues highlighted as institutions look for ways out of current turmoil

Welsh university faces mounting criticism over job cuts and course closures

Cost-of-living help unveiled for students, staff and graduates, but sector remains all but empty-handed

External team to investigate why financial concerns that have led to more than 600 planned job losses were not raised sooner

Digital fashion founder will head up £1.1 billion innovation funding agency after a year-long search for new executive chair

Up to 185 more jobs in the frame, as restructuring of university switches from teaching to operations

Tally of unsubsidised students could reach thousands, representative body warns, after enrolments surpass projections

Survey of UK doctoral examiners reveals disquiet over problematic PhD examiners keen to initiate emotionally charged intellectual exchanges

Institutions taking ‘as long as they like’ over investigations to protect reputations, according to Australian research integrity campaigner

UCU urges management to rule out compulsory redundancies as it stages walkout at institution hit by several waves of restructuring

Bureaucracy fears as new Research England rules push for ‘robust data’ on where quality-related funding is spent

Bridget Phillipson flags ‘wide-scale organised exploitation’ as she announces new measures to combat fraud connected to franchised provision

Governments and institutions launch schemes to attract US talent – but budget and anti-internationalisation policy could get in the way, some fear