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Cabinet minister says he would like to see new institutions in places like Doncaster, Wigan and Grimsby

Canberra¡¯s policy changes helped turn its big-ticket infrastructure schemes into pipe dreams, university-industry report argues

Announcement comes amid growing criticism of extra regulatory load placed on universities by reforms 

Clash of views on whether controversial legislation¡¯s support is dwindling and whether it will be carried over to next session of Parliament

With new divisions at NIH and NSF, federal government making long-promised structural changes to get universities and their scientists beyond their silos

Penalties for student snitches and curbs on Confucius Institutes and Thousand Talents Programme among dozens of recommendations from security committee

University-led projects ¡®directly supporting local employers, jobs, and communities¡¯ at risk, UUK tells government

Withdrawal of honorary degree from government race review chair raises Tory ire, while OfS chief executive says legislation would allow it to act on such cases

Parliamentarians clash on funding discretion and whether it should continue, but agree on need for ARC review

Tory former minister who abolished binary divide says hierarchy should be on ¡®educational quality¡¯ only ¨C and sector ¡®still not properly accountable¡¯

Three decades after the abolition of the binary divide between universities and polytechnics, some commentators still lament the supposed loss of locally focused vocational education. But even as the political winds buffet them, do post-92s offer the solution to the UK¡¯s skills problem? John Morgan reports

Vocational and ÖйúAƬ get equal billing, as Australian university groups unite in jobs-focused election spiel

Flagship campus resumes full autumn admissions plans after legislature exempts it from environmental ruling, but promises fixes to housing crisis

Annual measure offers significant aid increases for low-income and minority students, more modest gains for research spending

The KAUST president discusses the treatment of women and academic freedom

Any attempt to address regional inequalities must recognise the role of post-92 universities as anchor institutions, says Ian Campbell

Authorities to debate changes to master¡¯s and PhD enrolment systems

The 10-year Idex process to reconfigure French universities and make them more internationally visible has reached its conclusion, writes John Ludden

Proposal to ¡®link performance and funding¡¯ the latest in an interventionist trend

Identification of 100,000 eligible borrowers cast as first step to fulfill long-promised relief for teachers and others in public and non-profit jobs

Supporters say student engagement could lead to a ¡®less radicalised¡¯ student body, but fear more political meddling in institutional decisions

Veto powers not unique to the ARC, medical research funder says ¨C although they are not exercised elsewhere

IRU¡¯s pre-election manifesto for university sector also recommends adoption of the UK¡¯s Haldane principle

Student number controls idea seen as response to ¡®handing over levers¡¯ to shape English provision in 2010 switch to loans-based system

¡®Big-picture thinkers¡¯ would set national priorities, sidestep electoral cycles and deal with ¡®boundary issues¡¯ involving indigenous knowledge

Local authorities should work in close collaboration with academic institutions to make international students feel welcome, says James Pitman

With data showing better post-secondary pathway, administration wants more job-oriented course offerings

While most submissions support legislation to end ministerial veto rights, some urge middle ground approach

The Augar response highlights ministers¡¯ hopes that rising costs will make certain courses economically unviable, says Alexis Brown

Frozen fee levels must rise eventually, but universities need to deliver efficiency gains through hybrid learning, says David Willetts

Threshold indexing change, not mentioned by DfE in media briefings, brings lifetime hit of up to ?19,000 for ¡®lower middling earners¡¯ who took out loans after 2012

Orb¨¢n administration¡¯s illiberal intrusions into institutional governance will be ¡®difficult¡¯ to reverse, say scholars 

Westminster policy package described as ¡®missed opportunity¡¯ that leaves ¡®difficult questions¡¯ to be answered by next government

But academic expresses concern about first-time voters treating enfranchisement as a ¡®TikTok moment¡¯

An unsustainable strategic choice has been made to worsen the university offer for future students and graduates, says Chris Husbands

Academics call on overseas colleagues to ¡®stand with us¡¯ as Putin¡¯s army attacks

Flawed assumptions about how universities and statisticians would react to the trebling of fees are behind today¡¯s retrogressive steps, says Aaron Porter

Plans for students to apply to university after receiving their results have again been abandoned

Westminster government launches consultation on whether it should reintroduce student number controls, sector-wide or by institution

Current administration has pushed through important reforms, but reorganising a complex sector around universities will be a tougher sell

Westminster government unveils major student finance changes creating ¡®more sustainable¡¯ system, as sector voices concern on minimum entry bar plan

Westminster government ¡®starting a conversation¡¯ on minimum entry bar, and proposals would affect only ¡®tiny proportion¡¯ of students, says Michelle Donelan

Westminster government appears set to publish consultation on series of policy changes, including minimum entry requirements

Lawmakers moving to block lessons on race and politics after successful efforts to police school curricula

Job insecurity has been exacerbated by legislation intended to end it, with universities facing spiralling recontracting costs and no extra funding

The president of Northwestern University discusses the conflict between being a ÖйúAƬ economist and a university leader and changing career 

Top-ranked institutions now have the autonomy to evaluate and confirm which of their own disciplines will qualify for the project

The Covid experience has strengthened common values and accelerated unification in European ÖйúAƬ, says Ferruccio Resta

International community ¡®should take in academics unable to continue teaching in Hong Kong¡¯, say scholars

Annual survey of 720 campuses pegs average stockpile at $1.1 billion, up 35 per cent in year, with student aid benefiting

Students and faculty welcome eased measures but remain wary, emphasising need for higher caps on daily arrivals

Canberra¡¯s work rights strategy influences make-up of new arrivals, as Perth changes entry rules again

A joint EU-AU document places universities in the vanguard of increased intercontinental collaboration, says Jan Palmowski

Higher education systems that are free to evolve have improved and adapted as times change, but more are seeing ministers determined to set the course

¡®Vast majority¡¯ of promised research commercialisation fund falls outside spending commitments, estimates committee also hears

Funding council statistics lend weight to anecdotal accounts that academics are self-censoring scholarship on superpower

¡®Seemingly small regulatory requirements readily spawn large bureaucratic responses,¡¯ says City president

Prime minister upholds reselection of reformist rector after masked, dye-wielding men try to spoil and steal vote

University casuals less likely to win permanent employment than cleaners or bank workers, Senate inquiry finds

French institution tops table for first time as country¡¯s consolidation strategy appears to pay off