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There’s no silver bullet when it comes to interdisciplinary success, data from inaugural THE ranking show

President-elect says ally will ‘send education back to the states’ after pledging to get rid of department entirely

Many credit right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk with mobilising young white college voters across key swing states

New enrolments down 5 per cent after three years of post-pandemic rebound, says Open Doors survey

With vaccine sceptics taking top White House posts, there are concerns that attacks on scientists who counter misinformation may become more extreme

Republican’s first term suggests that anti-immigration rhetoric will undermine universities’ offshore recruitment efforts

Minor branded ‘liberal indoctrination’ by Republican representative among 52 programmes being cut, with low enrolment blamed

Global survey finds that 41 per cent of institutions reported fewer international postgraduate students in this year’s intake compared to 2023

Academics warn that a Trump ‘administration of retribution’ could affect many aspects of higher education, including loan forgiveness, diversity efforts and student protests

Student aid form delays seen as deterring some students from enrolling this autumn, but modifications still seen as making things simpler for future applicants

Returning Republican president likely to stop short of plan to abolish agency entirely, and instead use it to push policy priorities, say experts

Plagiarism accusations that led to the downfall of black US academics and politicians have sparked criticisms of ‘sloppy’ writing practices. But these controversies actually reveal how academics are struggling with the many writing technologies now essential to their jobs, argues Genevieve Creedon