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Budget projections that changes in repayment rules will incur no extra expense ‘lack credibility’, expert says

Melanie Woodin will succeed Meric Gertler, who has led Canada’s largest university for more than a decade, on 1 July

Sector bodies hit out at lack of focus on cash-strapped sector crucial for driving economic growth and defence innovation

Eminent scientists express dismay after UK science academy reportedly confirms Tesla mogul will not by investigated

Vice-chancellor calls regulator’s investigation ‘Kafkaesque’ as probe into departure of Kathleen Stock finally concludes

Promise emerged less than 18 hours after government handed down a slender pre-election budget

‘Existential crisis’ in arts and humanities exacerbates risk that axed academics will not be able to find new roles, subject associations fear

Winner of 2025 Holberg Prize rejects vocational focus of education and ‘trivialisation’ of humanities

One researcher was found to have presented 32 papers at same conference in study that examines growing trend towards ‘repeat authors’

Expensive pension schemes among issues highlighted as institutions look for ways out of current turmoil

Welsh university faces mounting criticism over job cuts and course closures

Cost-of-living help unveiled for students, staff and graduates, but sector remains all but empty-handed

External team to investigate why financial concerns that have led to more than 600 planned job losses were not raised sooner

Digital fashion founder will head up £1.1 billion innovation funding agency after a year-long search for new executive chair

Up to 185 more jobs in the frame, as restructuring of university switches from teaching to operations

Tally of unsubsidised students could reach thousands, representative body warns, after enrolments surpass projections

Survey of UK doctoral examiners reveals disquiet over problematic PhD examiners keen to initiate emotionally charged intellectual exchanges

Institutions taking ‘as long as they like’ over investigations to protect reputations, according to Australian research integrity campaigner

UCU urges management to rule out compulsory redundancies as it stages walkout at institution hit by several waves of restructuring

Bureaucracy fears as new Research England rules push for ‘robust data’ on where quality-related funding is spent

Bridget Phillipson flags ‘wide-scale organised exploitation’ as she announces new measures to combat fraud connected to franchised provision

Governments and institutions launch schemes to attract US talent – but budget and anti-internationalisation policy could get in the way, some fear

Institutions reduce shares in companies after review highlights holding large amounts of equity can supress growth

American applicants help to drive growing international interest in Chinese partnership institutions

Seven-figure salaries needed to attract top talent, universities argue, but staff apprehend ballooning executive remuneration with ‘disbelief and anger’

Fees rising and scholarships disappearing as visa constraints reduce incentive to keep students’ costs low

Institutions still waiting for a budget to be set for financial year amid Javier Milei’s unprecedented austerity drive

High Court judgment preventing protesters from disrupting ceremonies sets ‘dangerous precedent’, say human rights groups

While institution has now implemented this year’s rise, UCU members want it backdated to August

International students drive growth in taught postgraduate qualifications at UK universities

Threats to US-funded research and infrastructure could mean ‘profound implications for Australians’, academy warns

Removal of researcher who had anti-Trump messages on phone prompts European academics to avoid travelling to the US

Cash recovered from alleged money-laundering pays for development of new institution in Islamabad that prime minister hopes will ‘rival Oxford’