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The latest edition of Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team

Former Downing Street policy guru Nick Timothy says former education secretary resisted university funding review and potential tuition fee cuts

Chancellor of world’s biggest higher education system sees Trump immigration plan as ‘antithesis’ of American values

How can more degrees be the solution to urban deprivation when poor areas offer no graduate careers? asks Robert Hesketh

A precise breakdown of foreign learners’ contributions to all areas and sectors of British life could help finally move the group out of the net migration count

The Office for Budget Responsibility’s methodology is of incredibly low quality, says Nick Hillman

Jo Johnson’s support for free expression unravels when it comes to Palestine, says Jonathan Rosenhead

New in-depth look at the price of hosting EU and non-EU students shows benefits far outweigh cost to taxpayer

Sam Gyimah and Damian Hinds will remove obstacles to major review and keep universities in the media spotlight, say experts  

Sir Anthony Seldon explains why he was pleased to see Toby Young resign from the Office for Students, despite initially applauding the appointment  

Nick Hillman reflects on Jo Johnson's eventful two-and-a-half years as minister for universities and science 

Chris Parr looks at the issues that THE's Twitter followers think the new universities minister should be tackling

Former prisons minister takes on brief as predecessor moved to Department for Transport

Controversial journalist resigns from English higher education's new regulator after his appointment was condemned in House of Commons

Former work and pensions minister replaces Justine Greening, who leaves the government

New higher education bill would increase cost of university and likelihood of scams, say experts

Governments could ‘abandon’ support for sector unless countries that attract graduates recompense those that taught them, academic warns

Scholars argue swelling targets for teaching and research are making it harder for universities to have a regional impact

Appointing right-wing journalist to Office for Students’ board over scientists is ‘surprising’ and ‘bizarre’, say senior academics

Home Office threats to deport her may have been an ‘unfortunate error’, but Eva Johanna Holmberg is still wary about the future

The uncapped system had many benefits but its cost was ultimately too high for politicians to bear, writes Andrew Norton

Tory controversialist hits back against ‘politically motivated attacks’ as he joins England’s higher education regulator

Universities fear they will be forced to subsidise the cost of regulating new entrants to the sector

University and College Union says selection of ‘Tory cheerleader’ raises questions about new regulator’s role in English sector

Concerns raised over moves to ‘mute’ students’ union and potential for far-Right figures on university boards

Certain disciplines and institutions likely to suffer from pegging of teaching funding

UUK chief executive Alistair Jarvis outlines how he hopes the HE sector will work with the new OfS

Promise of free higher education for majority of nation’s youth greeted with scepticism by university sector

Jana Bacevic takes a look through the history books to assess how the government’s recent announcement on two-year degrees could pan out

Echoing the UK, government will also seek to measure the impact of research on society and business

Vice-chancellors’ salaries in Australia are the highest in the anglophone world, and are attracting sharp criticism, says Gavin Moodie

Without QR funding, the UK research base would be like a Lego set with only one type of brick, write Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid

Researchers receiving funding from overseas may be forced to register as foreign agents

As Pam Tatlow departs MillionPlus, she warns against imposing a market in fees and criticises UUK on funding and Brexit

Campaigners say US move could see download speeds for academic content slow and tuition fees rise

Keeping support for undergraduate courses at 2017 levels effectively ends demand-driven system, say universities

Scheme streamlines immigration process for master's courses and allows graduates to stay in the UK for six months in search of work

Proposed penalties for intuitions that fall foul of new regulator called “eye-watering”

Hepi/YouthSight poll finds 68 per cent of students now back the party, up from 55 per cent prior to June’s general election

Group CEO of the Universities Superannuation Scheme Bill Galvin outlines the processes and procedures involved in the pension scheme valuation

Pay awards to vice-chancellors would not meet the requirements laid down in the Corporate Governance Code, says Stuart Farquhar

Sexual harassment allegations and Paradise Paper revelations among negative headlines

Controversy in Canada over support for blue-skies research would diminish if more researchers took Pasteur’s approach, says Creso Sá

MPs also hear Lord Browne say government changes to his review’s system meant ‘it started not working’

Higher education access provides ‘inoculation against political dislocation’, Universities Australia tells ministers

Longer courses could mean bigger loans, which would eat into the government’s trumpeted savings, says Nick Hillman

Response to US withdrawal from Paris climate accords announces first winners – but has been denounced as a publicity stunt by some French academics

As Germany, France and Nordic and Alpine countries continue with increased investment, much of the rest of the Continent has not recovered from the financial crisis

Phil Baty asked his Twitter followers what they thought of government plans for two-year undergraduate degrees, and they did not hold back

Department’s claim that ‘students could be left over £25K better off’ likely to prompt scepticism 

Joint publication from EU and UK negotiators confirms EU-funded research will be protected and citizens’ rights upheld

Students do not have enough information to make choices about degrees, says watchdog

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Institutions must be willing to meet the new world of populism and protectionism halfway, says Matthew Andrews

Pam Tatlow looks at the ‘heroes’ and ‘villains’ of the v-c salary row, and finds some unfortunate trends

Provincial government has also announced funding for aboriginal institutions to expand their capacity 

Universities Australia highlights UK’s research spending increase as it warns government

Labour MP leading parliamentary inquiry on campus expression criticises chair of England’s new regulator

Gabriel Paquette calls on universities to meet 'aggressive' tax reforms with a 'forceful, evidence-informed response'

Wales will become the first system in Europe to offer equivalent maintenance support to full-time and part-time undergraduates, as well as postgraduates, explains Kirsty Williams