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19 October

Universities alarmed as ‘bloody’ budget set to hike staff costs

By Tom Williams

18 October

Tough questions for UK academia despite golden year for Nobels

18 October

The gap between policymakers and academics can be bridged. Here’s how

Civil servants appreciate a relational approach that responds to their needs and convenes evidence they will actually find useful, says Sally Hogg

By Sally Hogg

18 October

Duncan Ivison: higher education is a system, not a market

17 October

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Oxford’s chancellor has no power but can be a force for the sector’s good

17 October

World University Rankings 2025: Oxford top but UK and US at risk

Oxford breaks record at number one spot, defying trend of declining UK reputation

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By Manojkumar Nagasampige

‘Diploma divide’ puts US colleges in ‘cross hairs’ of culture war

19 October

US urged to diversify overseas intake ahead of ‘enrolment cliff’

17 October

The colonial, monolingual model of US HE must be rethought

By Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera

16 October

US-based economists scoop Nobel for imperial legacy research

14 October

Cutting UK research funding would be ‘false economy’, Reeves told

18 October

Universities alarmed as ‘bloody’ budget set to hike staff costs

By Tom Williams

18 October

Tough questions for UK academia despite golden year for Nobels

18 October

V-cs warn chancellor against ‘tucking in’ Horizon Europe costs

17 October

Fired academics accuse private university of ‘mismanagement’

18 October

Third medical school on horizon for Hong Kong

16 October

Can urban-related degrees keep up with Asia’s burgeoning cities?

16 October

Academic pessimism on university funding as Japan goes to polls

15 October

More jobs set to go at Australian National University

17 October

Big fee hikes in store for Australia’s international students

17 October

New global alliance to ‘raise profile’ of humanities

16 October

Forgo salary rise, Australian National University begs staff

15 October

News

‘Diploma divide’ puts US colleges in ‘cross hairs’ of culture war

Growing dividing line in society could expand into traditionally Democratic Hispanic vote, professor warns

19 October

Universities alarmed as ‘bloody’ budget set to hike staff costs

Proposed rises in employer national insurance and levy on pension contributions could ‘unwittingly tip the balance’, warns UUK leader

By Tom Williams

18 October

Tough questions for UK academia despite golden year for Nobels

Departure of British-educated Nobelists will resurface questions about UK’s ‘passive’ efforts to keep top talent, say experts

18 October

Cutting UK research funding would be ‘false economy’, Reeves told

18 October

Fired academics accuse private university of ‘mismanagement’

18 October

Duncan Ivison: higher education is a system, not a market

17 October

Big fee hikes in store for Australia’s international students

17 October

V-cs warn chancellor against ‘tucking in’ Horizon Europe costs

17 October

Minister ‘aware’ of plans for English university ‘emergency fund’

17 October

Record competition, lower salaries in ‘tough’ graduate job market

17 October

More jobs set to go at Australian National University

17 October

US urged to diversify overseas intake ahead of ‘enrolment cliff’

17 October

Can collective pay bargaining survive in the UK?

Diverging financial pressures are putting untold strain on common pay and pension arrangements. As recent pay awards constrain richer universities’ ability to reward their staff as they see fit while pushing others into further strife, might a breaking point be close? Tom Williams reports

10 October

Darrell Petry leaps off his horse as he competes in Steer Wrestling during the Rodeo Houston BP Super Series II, in Houston to illustrate Fixing America’s broken credit transfer system

Universities must fix America’s broken credit transfer system

Providing a pathway from community colleges to universities, the US’ credit transfer system is admired around the world for driving social mobility and offering a vital second chance for late bloomers. But opaque and complex university rules are undermining it, argue Lauren Schudde and Huriya Jabbar

Montage of Ancient Egyptians hunting wildfowl with throwing sticks on a papyrus reed bed with fish and numerous birds including a flock of geese taking to the air with one holding an Egyptian mask, the other holding a papyrus scroll

Is academia to blame for the bloody trade in antiquities?

Papyrologist Roberta Mazza faced intimidation and legal threats when she blew the whistle on the multimillion-pound trade in illicit papyri

Opinion

By Sally Hogg

The gap between policymakers and academics can be bridged. Here’s how

Civil servants appreciate a relational approach that responds to their needs and convenes evidence they will actually find useful, says Sally Hogg

18 October

Oxford’s chancellor has no power but can be a force for the sector’s good

If elected, I will use my vast experience of higher education to help Oxford lead the way through the big challenges facing UK HE, says David Willetts

The colonial, monolingual model of US HE must be rethought

Speaking Spanish is seen as a problem to be erased. But in Puerto Rico it is key to our success, say Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera and Héctor José Huyke

Clamping down on international HE will damage global development

By Maia Chankseliani

15 October

Better FE/HE collaboration will improve educational outcomes

By Sam Parrett

14 October

Forcing universities to open vocational courses is no funding solution

By B.V.E. Hyde

11 October

All science papers must state how confident we should be in them

By Gary A. Atkinson

10 October

World policy

Australia needs its own GI Bill

Veterans face many barriers to attending university. Let’s give those who have served our country free access, says Zlatko Skrbis

Editor's pick

Montage image of a lady lifting a child out of a crowd to illustrate It’s high time we talked about children and conferences

What price inclusion when academic conferences remain child-free zones?

When my babysitter fell through, why couldn’t an exception be made so I could attend the fancy £90 dinner, asks Eve Hayes De Kalaf

The newsroom blog

A measure of reality

A story of UK decline in this year’s rankings reflects higher education’s years out in the cold – a funding thaw is needed, but so too is sector-led reform

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Talking leadership

By Rosa Ellis

Oxford v-c fears impact of declining UK sector reputation

Irene Tracey says policymakers and universities need to work together to tackle funding crisis

9 October

Sharon Pickering, Monash University vice-chancellor

Sharon Pickering: 'we need mature conversations around migration'

Monash vice-chancellor discusses universities' progress on preventing gender-based abuse and the 'flattening effect' on internationalisation