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Universities must rethink their use of agents and discounts and put more effort into securing and retaining enrolments, consultant says

Remaining staff will lose access to Teachers’ Pensions Scheme as union attacks ‘Scrooge playbook’ cuts

Hidden code revealed on university admissions page may have prevented Chinese students from accessing content

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reflect scale of growth in post-pandemic, pre-crackdown rebound

Despite the large increases in surpluses, top-ranked universities both report net cash outflows in operating activities of more than £58 million

Government urged to rebalance payments to universities to align with high-cost teaching periods

While landmark review recommended ambitious targets, early indicators suggest participation is heading in the wrong direction

Government proposals would see 30 per cent of taught postgraduate programmes shortened or reconfigured

Editors at Leiden Journal of International Law affirm commitment to Palestinian self-determination after uproar over contentious article

Union considers industrial action amid long-running dispute over associate lecturer contracts

Obstetrician has led institution on interim basis since departure of Shearer West for Leeds last month

Ministers under pressure to protect struggling universities from bankruptcy

Growth mindset has fostered corporate control in an environment where it ‘doesn’t work’, essay claims

University leaders warn region’s public institutions will ‘fall behind’ without funding increase

As newly formed institution adopts non-attribution principle, Harvard is among those considering whether it should be applied more widely

Higher ratings for AI-authored abstracts should not obscure the need for engaging prose with a ‘human touch’, says study co-author

Oxbridge and STEM doctoral graduates are more likely to benefit from ‘mover’s advantage’, says Higher Education paper on international mobility

Union faces challenge to pass turnout threshold as sector finance crisis mounts

Demand ‘strong’ despite political uncertainty, soaring costs and moderating rents, says global property company

Foreign campuses entering India may struggle to compete with top local private institutions, conference hears

Agreement between coalition and opposition parties to reduce budget cuts does little to assuage sector leaders’ fears 

Nearly one in 10 changed employment during most recent year for which data is available, but financial crisis may have curtailed this

Winners of this year’s Times Higher Education Awards hope to use their moment in the spotlight as a catalyst for further achievement

Monash Malaysia eyes new articulation offerings amid doubts that Australia’s caps are off the agenda for good

Bringing institutions under same roof can create efficiencies but won’t solve financial crises in both sectors, leaders agree

FIRE Faculty Survey Report finds Israel-Hamas conflict is the most difficult subject to have honest conversations about

Move by 25-campus Universities of Wisconsin System to retain ownership of syllabuses and course materials could see content repurposed, according to faculty members

Generalists are needed to help India achieve its ambitious space goals, THE summit hears

‘Enforceable undertaking’ with workplace regulator also includes new checks and balances and half-million-dollar ‘contrition payment’

Proposed strategy sets out ‘integrated approach’ to quality, built around ‘more routine’ Teaching Excellence Framework and possible realignment with European standards

Sector-wide increase in acceptance rate arrests two years of decline

Letter signed by hundreds of industry and education leaders says government should rethink plans to remove higher-level courses from levy

One in five Chinese learners say all of their friends are drawn from their home country