UK R&D spend ¡®should match countries that invest the most¡¯ New research, endorsed by former prime minister Tony Blair, says UK needs to increase budget by a quarter to tackle ¡®incoherent¡¯ system Patrick Jack 6Ô 4ÈÕ
Student vote ¡®could be boosted¡¯ by UK¡¯s summer general election Contrary to claims that holding vote out of term time will silence them, student voters may end up having more influence in rare July poll Tom Williams 6Ô 4ÈÕ
Hallam faces strikes as Goldsmiths boycotted over cuts Universities latest to see industrial disputes ramped up over plans to lose hundreds of jobs Patrick Jack 6ÔÂ 3ÈÕ
UKRI panel chair resigns over handling of Donelan accusations Kamna Patel accuses Research England of ¡®indulging¡¯ science secretary¡¯s ¡®malevolent¡¯ attack over Gaza comments Patrick Jack 6Ô 3ÈÕ
Value of domestic students almost halves at some UK universities Institutions see steep drops in proportion of fee income paid by UK students amid continued expansion into international markets Patrick Jack 6ÔÂ 3ÈÕ
¡®Rip-off¡¯ degrees rhetoric ignores awkward facts about apprenticeships The UK needs a skills strategy that values the full variety of training and education pathways and reflects regional needs, says Neal Juster Neal Juster 6Ô 1ÈÕ
Degree-awarding powers confirmed for Dyson Institute Inventor¡¯s Wiltshire-based training centre is first to go through new Office for Students process Chris Havergal 5Ô 31ÈÕ
Dutch research funding cuts will ¡®reverse years of progress¡¯ Incoming right-wing government plans to reduce spending by €1 billion, just as efforts to reduce precarity and overwork were starting to have an effect Emily Dixon 5Ô 31ÈÕ
Two-thirds of Cambridge researchers on temporary contracts Scale of research precarity at top UK university and its effect on staff laid out in new report Jack Grove 5ÔÂ 31ÈÕ
Slashing HE courses will not help the next UK government boost growth Undermining universities offering degrees to fund apprenticeships is poor policy. Here are some better ones, says Paul Baines Paul Baines 5ÔÂ 31ÈÕ
Will UK Labour¡¯s research policy be tame or transformational? Labour¡¯s official science slate is dull but radical moves to reform research funding and engage industry could be close, experts believe Jack Grove 5Ô 30ÈÕ
Finland¡¯s fee hike for non-European students ¡®paradoxical¡¯ Government proposes full-cost tuition plus application fees for non-EU applicants, while aiming for international recruitment increase Emily Dixon 5Ô 30ÈÕ
