Politics

Sector body aims to head off moves against graduate visa, saying it has boosted international enrolments by 600,000 and UK economy by £60 billion

Coalition pledges to consider landmark Australian report ‘in detail’

Best way to stop proposed oversight body going rogue is to avoid setting it up in the first place, conference hears

Key recommendation in Australian sector review report is substantially different from its historical namesake

Rectors question how Macron can live up to promise to end underfunding of science

Ford government offers C$1.3 billion increase for higher education over three years, well short of levels its own expert panel suggested

Education minister has an ‘open mind’, amid debate over adapted plan for levy on international students’ fees

Another state legislature targets tenure protections and diversity, equity and inclusion programmes after last year’s partisan attacks

Sector leaders hint at coming regulation at often-chaotic Public Accounts Committee hearing

Enthusiasm for Australia’s visionary higher education review has been tempered by the huge implementation costs – both money and time

Locals-made-good laud the potential of more accessible – and visible – universities

Long-term reform blueprint prescribes teaching, research, student support and infrastructure funding overhauls

Institutions confident that international students still respect them, but worry about underlying message of visa limits, tuition fee hikes and coarsening exchanges

New body will have investigative powers and ability to settle complaints when universities behave ‘unreasonably’ – including recommending fee refunds

Universities UK’s requests of an incoming government also include a review of the maintenance support package offered to students

Risk-rating system, which punishes universities for visa refusals, merely the latest form of ‘structural disadvantage’

Election result in world’s fourth biggest nation underlines the need for better understanding of its neighbour

After two years of inaction at Stormont, higher education sector has long to-do list for first minister Michelle O’Neill

Uncertainty gives way to despair as new government pulls the plug on Science City and turns its back on reform process

Mari Sundli Tveit says academia depends on ‘openness, cross-border cooperation and mobility’

Regardless of whether claims about research security had any bearing on withdrawal, shifting political sands perceived to have been a key factor

In latest escalation, Republicans insist documents presented by university to date do not go far enough

After Trump crackdown and Biden promise of clearer guidelines, lawmakers grow antsy about lack of progress

As officials ward off questions about debt relief, tax office outlines the cost of changes to ‘grossly unfair’ repayment quirk

Applicants to institutions getting marked down face more processing delays

Funder’s director warns that disclosing records on information complaints could deter future reporting

University of Oxford professor Simon Marginson says populist targeting of higher education by Trump, DeSantis and others is finding favour with both graduates and non-graduates alike

Opposition scenting power urged to ‘show political leadership’ in face of Tory pressure to scrap or scale back post-study work route

The political maelstrom around US universities’ handling of pro-Palestinian protests reflects a right-wing campaign that is increasingly challenging higher education’s autonomy to determine its missions and run its affairs. Yet the sector appears to have no strategy to hold the line. Paul Basken reports

‘No less favourable’ provision a ‘major win’ for university staff or a handbrake on their salaries, depending on perspective

At their university’s first-ever Republican conference, campus leaders stress their belonging and the importance of controlling academia’s agenda

Students out of pocket as universities second-guess government policies designed to ‘reduce the net intake’

Falling birth rate poses ‘challenge’ for higher education sector, as focus shifts to quality and international recruitment

Academic leaders should stay out of politics to encourage debate and promote expertise, says Daniel Diermeier

The sudden imposition of political restrictions on recruitment causes students from countries such as Iran a lot of anguish, says Roohola Ramezani 

As the nation heads to 2024 elections, politicians expand the idea of setting aside science dollars for states – often conservative-leaning – that can’t win it on their own

Sub-inflation funding, Covid, domestic lack of interest and spiralling costs have pushed entire sector into deficit, minister told

Institutions say all major bachelor’s programmes will be available in Dutch and no new English-language courses will be in development ‘for the time being’

King’s vice-chancellor also argues there’s a long-term need to be ‘open to the idea’ of some universities charging higher fees than others

Tuition fee rise is ‘unavoidable’ due to ‘sustained inflationary pressure’ faced by Welsh universities, says education minister Jeremy Miles

Government signals willingness to move on fine points of Australian Research Council bill, as opposition insists on veto rights

Incongruous Australian indexation rules to see arts students paying A$17,000 a year, unless accord’s final report produces an overhaul

Senate committee overlooks warnings of unintended consequences from Australian Research Council reform, saying bill is ‘overwhelmingly’ supported

Reports by London Economics try to help solve the widespread misunderstanding of higher education funding, which is ‘so complicated it should be on Mastermind’

‘Blunt’ measures predicted as politicians ‘panic’ over population explosion

While accord recommendations that suit some universities might not suit others, overall benefit should be the litmus test, says new IRU chair

Conservative majority in House of Representatives backs idea of forcing universities to cover unpaid student loans, widening attack on academic foundations

Universities Australia’s budget pitch a departure from argument that fees ‘do not deter students from undertaking higher education’

International student recruitment comes under scrutiny for raising immigration figures, but it is also valued for fostering allies among future global leaders. Yet if it really does so, why are the West’s largest source countries, China and India, becoming less Western-friendly? Patrick Jack reports

Biden administration examining if favouring alumni families is a civil rights violation

Requirement for new applications to be accompanied by letters of attestation means limits are effective immediately, universities say

George Freeman says he could not cope with doubling of monthly bill on annual salary of £118,000

Plans to charge overseas students ‘return deposit’ must be tossed out, Constitutional Council rules

European University Association says being forced to disclose international funding could lead to institutions being wrongly ‘suspected of representing foreign interests’

Provinces promise action against private operators, but universities fear Trudeau is going too far, too fast, without consulting sector

A change in atmosphere has encouraged academics to return to the country where they were once maligned, but funding pressures and issues with polarisation continue

European Commission stresses that ‘with academic freedom comes academic responsibility’, aiming to ‘de-risk, not to de-couple’ scientific collaboration

Minister and NSFAS chair deny corruption claims, as fund struggles to get payments to students on time

As countries that are home to around half of the world’s population go to the polls, Times Higher Education journalists consider what role higher education will play in the campaigns, and how it might be reshaped by the results

Sandra Borch apologises for making ‘big mistake’ while completing her master’s thesis