Politics

Horse set to follow the cart, as critics warn of perverse consequences

Year-long postponement of lifelong learning finance mechanism presents opportunity to rethink some of its central tenets, say experts

Contested elections in Georgia and Moldova ‘decisive moments’ for EU relations, experts say

Announcement of small inflationary increase came just days after budget left leaders in despair

MP for Havant joins Laura Trott in new Tory leader’s front-bench team

Increase in amount paid by undergraduates will not cover additional staff costs imposed on institutions in the budget

Proposed exam would test Spanish competence and subject ability, and would have to be completed in person

Attacks on academics and suppression of student protests may intensify under leader linked to human rights abuses

UK government expected to maintain tough approach amid warnings of Canada-style caps

Former chief secretary to the Treasury set to face Bridget Phillipson in Commons for announcement on tuition fees

Bridget Phillipson confirms inflationary fee rise and adds £414 extra per year to maintenance loans

Some A$15 billion of student debt relief will do almost ‘nothing’ to help cash-strapped Australian institutions

Poll finds third of UK undergraduates worried for future of their institution amid funding crisis

While critics dismiss direct impact of proposal as ‘rather meaningless’, concerns about broader messaging loom large

Tim Jones seeks to get university ‘where it should be’ but must contend with whims of government policy

Figures from Open Secrets show 93 per cent of campaign donations from higher education have gone to vice-president and other Democratic candidates

Tribunal rules that Manchester student Dana Abuqamar is ‘not an extremist’

Just 3 per cent of respondents to sector survey rated Ottawa government’s engagement with sector positively

It’s tempting to dismiss the Ohio senator’s attacks on higher education as MAGA rabble-rousing, but he is right in some respects, says Lincoln Allison

Addressing the sector’s woes has, at best, been kicked down the road to next year’s spending review. How disappointing, says Nick Hillman

Chancellor goes ahead with 1.2 percentage point increase, hiking staff costs for already cash-strapped institutions

Researchers need to get politicians to focus on addressing underlying issues instead of short-term problems, according to former chief scientific adviser

Devolving research and skills funding to metro mayors would allow universities to drive innovation-led economic growth, says Neal Juster

Research institutes ‘unprepared’ for impact of growing focus on national security amid geopolitical shifts, survey finds

Demand for Australian education may have sunk so far that visa processing rearrangements will make little difference

Non-Punjabi Indians may reconsider study destination as diplomatic row shows little sign of cooling

Ex-shadow minister Chi Onwurah warns government will struggle to achieve its goals without maintaining investment

‘Layers and layers of interventions’ will not be a temporary phenomenon, analyst warns

Donald Trump’s election as president in 2016 prompted a slew of academic books grappling with how such a figure could have been chosen to lead the free world. But what are the chances that any of those bleak tomes will dissuade American voters from re-electing him next month, asks Matthew Reisz

Academic freedom constraints of previous Law and Justice administration come to an end, but funding concerns remain, researchers say

Vice-chancellors want access to support for public sector organisations if expected levying of national insurance on employers’ pension contributions goes ahead

International education is ‘not a one-way street’, Canberra insists, as it limits inbound travel

Trump victory could be ‘horrific’ for universities but even a Harris win may not deliver additional funding, say experts

International student crackdown partly a response to world of ‘fragmentation, competition and protectionism’

Anglosphere countries risk squandering their market advantage, researchers warn

Scion of academic and ministerial family could champion ‘a push towards academic excellence’, but policy intent is ‘hard to read’

Chinese students could face further vilification as presence in sensitive areas under question

First budget under new right-wing government insufficient, sector leaders say

Proposal to let universities control regional study hubs ‘raises more questions than answers’

Growing dividing line in society could expand into traditionally Democratic Hispanic vote, professor warns

Universities warn folding Horizon Europe costs into existing budget would force ‘deep cuts’ on rest of science sector

Proposed rises in employer national insurance and levy on pension contributions could ‘unwittingly tip the balance’, warns UUK leader

Universities UK urges ‘ambitious’ increase in research spending, not real-terms cut, ahead of budget

Welsh higher education minister rows back on Senedd remarks after acknowledging bailouts across the border are a Westminster matter

Record increases scheduled as caps proposal leaves universities ‘singing different songs’

Group of experts advises European Union to embark on huge new investment in research

Island’s leaders unveil new policies to attract international talent and grow foreign student base

Lord Vallance says UK must not ‘rest on its laurels’, but signals that new Labour government will not interfere with direction of blue-sky science

Charge students to retake passed exams, Norwegian government tells universities

Conversations between Scottish and Soviet researchers during the 1980s show academia’s potential to provide ideological safe space ‘outside of the state and its institutional needs’

Struggling universities unlikely to see greater support as warring parties focus on political reform

Capital seen as being able to absorb ramifications of a market exit, while regional towns and cities would feel much greater impact

Number of higher education institutions applying to take part in UK student mobility programme fell this year

Pandemic-style redundancies feared as universities count their losses

Parliamentarians dismiss warnings about workload and academic freedom infringements 

With major parties backing the legislation, controversial enrolment quotas appear a done deal

Irene Tracey says policymakers and universities need to work together to tackle funding crisis

Former minister says his government was right to focus on outcomes of degrees but disowns talk of ‘Mickey Mouse degrees’

Funders and prestigious universities ‘cannot compete’ as budgets stand still or go backwards

Experts fear ‘high-risk strategy’ as universities urged to double down on existing strengths and retrench from other areas