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Institutions start putting recruitment on hold amid uncertainty about whether new limits will come into force in January

Researchers identify emergence of ‘China English’ as legitimate version of language

Staff fear cost-cutting motivations behind university’s drive for more secure employment

Lower than anticipated student recruitment worsening financial situation for more institutions, according to OfS analysis

Lack of expertise may make it impossible for universities to meet minimum standards set by research funders

Private colleges set to be hit with punitive limits on overseas recruitment, despite being among the top performers in government-commissioned surveys

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

Home Office statistics reveal just 1,300 dependants submitted visa applications in October – the lowest monthly total since at least January 2022

Outpost to build on London university’s existing partnerships in West Africa

Tutorial system monopolised by ‘domineering’ male students and focus on final-year examinations seen as disadvantaging women

Chainsaw-wielding leader has shown some signs of pragmatism since historic election win but plight of the country’s highly regarded universities remains dire

Outpost due to open next year will focus on both research and teaching, after ‘quick’ but ‘robust’ approval process

Fossil fuel producer cracks down on dissenters as it hosts gathering of world leaders

Academics emphasise importance of transparency and human vetting of journal submissions

Ensure that your exit causes minimal inconvenience, regulator tells private colleges

Burgeoning compliance requirements ‘squeezing out’ other governance priorities, Australian conference hears

Graduates from privileged backgrounds almost six times more likely to work in creative industries than poorer people with only GCSEs

New doctoral training schemes will simplify and harmonise the support offered to funded PhD students, says UK Research and Innovation

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

New LSE vice-chancellor discusses ‘Wild West’ US, dealing with campus protests and the personal turmoil that led him to make the switch to London

Dame Karen Holford tells MPs that financial stress caused by visa restrictions are hurting R&D ecosystem while Aria bosses outline their strategy to Lords

London Higher chief executive moves into new role focused on translating interdisciplinary research into public policy solutions

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, has been giving a series of London lectures on ‘genocide in Gaza’ and international law

Framework for UK health funders will require applicants to explain how they will consider and distinguish sex and gender in their work

Chinese multinational makes inroads in Europe as technology giants compete to get their tools on university curricula

Faltering UK recruitment is being capitalised on by business schools in the continent 

Universities’ instinct to ‘de-risk everything’ makes things worse for everybody, says academic émigré

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

Investments from Trinity College Cambridge and university will support about 300 PhDs over a decade

Wartime austerity could slash research output and disproportionately hit disadvantaged students, sector leaders warn

John Cater, who is set to retire after 31 years at the helm of Edge Hill University, warns that sector finances have never been more challenging

Collegium Humanum allegedly issued more than 1,000 fast-track MBA degrees in exchange for ‘financial and personal benefits’