Fees and teaching subsidies rise in New Zealand budget
First budget of new governing coalition seen as ‘neutral’ for universities as small increases in funding set to be offset by inflation
First budget of new governing coalition seen as ‘neutral’ for universities as small increases in funding set to be offset by inflation
Number of English-medium degrees on offer outside traditional anglophone destinations increases by 48 per cent in five years
Government proposes full-cost tuition plus application fees for non-EU applicants, while aiming for international recruitment increase
Labour’s official science slate is dull but radical moves to reform research funding and engage industry could be close, experts believe
Working with established community networks can boost the quality and choice available in food banks, say Hilda Mulrooney and four co-authors
Alumnus and trustee to become Ivy League institution’s first non-interim female leader after narrowly avoiding faculty censure at Stony Brook
Unite branch leads walkout, saying industrial relations in union are ‘broken’, just hours after general secretary delivers unity message in opening speech
Universities are not ‘speaker’s corner’ and governments should not impose ‘diktats about what we do on campus’, New Zealand forum hears
Tory plans to close low-performing degrees to fund apprenticeships ‘miss the mark’, says UK sector
Academic exploration of leading university’s traditions uncovers dispossession, eugenics and grave robbing
Lower work rights cut-off would have excluded most doctoral graduates, critics warned
Late responses to PhD applicant enquiries and lack of signposting might contribute to poor ethnic minority representation at doctoral level, researchers say
Leaders’ claims that their appointments owe nothing to their political affiliations are wide of the mark, says an observer
Chinese leader calls for greater alignment of degree programmes with the country’s workplace needs