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Figures on student numbers suggest that 2012 funding reforms in England have already fundamentally changed the OU 

Study calls for more focus on providing citizenship education to those on vocational track

Centre will combine basic research with practical solutions to grand challenges

As Beijing and Canberra trade blows over foreign interference and academic freedom, leading analyst predicts things will get worse before they get better

University strategising in the days before JoJo, BoJo and Brexit was more back-patting than visionary, but what universities need now is a plan for survival, says John Cater 

Cost pressures rule out a resumption of uncapped system as we know it, former top bureaucrat says

Universities may close centres or be forced to register employees as foreign agents as a result of investigations, say experts

History shows that the Belt and Road initiative will be successful only if it boosts human capital, as well as physical infrastructure, says Alan Ruby

Seoul pulls funding from Johns Hopkins centre, sparking row over interference

Head of Spanish capital's local government investigated over accusations related to her master¡¯s degree

Pleas by Conservative backbenchers for an intervention to help the OU ignore the fact that they recently made it harder to assist under-pressure institutions, says Pam Tatlow

As a parliamentary committee calls for an independent review of Prevent, Steven Greer and Lindsey Bell argue that too much criticism of the anti-extremism programme is based on myths

Tribhuvan University alumni make up almost all of Nepal¡¯s government, but interference from political parties distracts from research and learning goals, says vice-chancellor

Rigid, top-down tie-ups will do nothing to foster quality or European identity, says Jan Palmowski

Experts question whether 60 universities granted special status will face budget cuts or be free from interference

Delay and unpredictability of spending bill raises questions over the ¡®effectiveness¡¯ of increased investment, say policy experts

Providers fear funding changes could impede disadvantaged Australians¡¯ road to university

Espionage proposals trigger tit-for-tat claims by rival groups of academics

If elements of society feel they have no stake in humanities and social science research, their support for it will evaporate, warns Musa al-Gharbi

As Macron government seeks major reforms, allegations emerge that academics were among attackers at university 

Sector leaders decry ¡®censorship¡¯, but outright ban on expressing political opinions is not mandatory for now

Lawyer for Clara Ponsati, the former Catalan education minister whose extradition is sought by Spain, says she will hand herself in

Coalition government back-pedals on a bill to impose lifetime borrowing caps on learners

Allegations that ¡®snowflake¡¯ students are routinely restricting freedom of speech are overblown, says parliamentary inquiry

University finances artificially inflated by government¡¯s failed attempt to cut funding earlier this decade

Psychologist Michal Kosinski¡¯s work shows how digital footprints can predict a person¡¯s sexual orientation, political views and more. Is it a danger or a warning about threats to privacy? John Morgan reports from California

Will the current blockade on Qatar harm its ÖйúAƬ system? Simon Baker investigates whether the need to find common scientific ground among Gulf states could win out

New South African president Cyril Ramaphosa¡¯s first budget confirmed funding for hundreds of thousands of students to be exempted from tuition fees, writes Martin Hall 

Lord Willetts warns mooted reforms of student finance system could backfire politically

Taped recording of a university lecturer threatening students is viewed more than 80,000 times

Demonstrations opposing ¡®biggest cut¡¯ to ÖйúAƬ funding planned in five major cities

Durham academics Ernesto Schwartz-Mar¨ªn and his wife Arely Cruz-Santiago were told to leave after spending too long conducting humanitarian work abroad

Opposition of Labor and Greens means that measure proposed in December's mid-year budget update is unlikely to pass

Students¡¯ union says major report suggests that humanities degrees are ¡®not worthwhile¡¯

Documents published on the Office for Students¡¯ website have raised further questions about its independence, accountability and powers, says Gill Evans

Institutions in many states are facing large funding cuts, although some have received a boost in income

Survey of more than 5,000 students fuels debate about cross-subsidies in English ÖйúAƬ

Hepi report warns that surge in youth population and higher participation will add to government¡¯s funding headache in England 

To survive, UK universities must think far beyond educational products and their own narrow institutional interests, says Mike Boxall

The Republic of Ireland¡¯s embrace of differentiated national missions for institutions offers international lessons, says Ellen Hazelkorn

Latest skirmish in war of words sparked by claims of Chinese meddling on Australian campuses, and Canberra¡¯s new foreign interference laws

Female students at the Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University in Yogyakarta must stop wearing full-face veils if they wish to graduate, rector warns

Programme closures at Australian Catholic University are more disruptive than previously realised

Ernesto Schwartz-Mar¨ªn and his wife Arely Cruz-Santiago told that their family has just 14 days to leave country

Political appointees to governing councils are ¡®the weakest and most provincial ones we¡¯ve ever had¡¯, says Universities Austria 

Impact of diplomatic tensions between the two countries may yet be to bite

Report from African Academy of Sciences also claims that scientific research in continent must better align with sustainable development goals

Universities anticipate much greater scrutiny of teaching outcomes, potentially even ¡®peer review¡¯ of lectures

Pro-science party failed to make inroads against populist movements

Former president warns that scrapping fees will lead to high dropout rates and challenges of capacity

Concern about scholars being ¡®put in a position of proxy border guards¡¯

Universities need to confront, rather than ignore, uncomfortable questions about the worth of ÖйúAƬ to be in with a fighting chance

The government is wrong to portray campus surpluses as ¡®slush funds¡¯, says expert

Where you live and where your family comes from still determine your access to a university education, says London Metropolitan University vice-chancellor John Raftery

Sam Gyimah has been criticised for failing to commit to associate membership of Framework Programme 9

Federal structure has led to ¡®expansion based purely on regional political interests¡¯, says report

Senior MP says Sam Gyimah's failure to answer questions about research integrity may lead scholars to conclude area is 'not a ministerial priority'

Diplomatic dinner celebrating US-Australian relations is only the entr¨¦e to a full-blown battle over funding cuts that has put the demand-driven system on ice, says John Ross

The university strikes are a militant campaign that attacks the very heart of learning as the union propaganda makes clear, says John Marenbon

But Labor¡¯s Tanya Plibersek fuels concerns that funding could be diverted to further education