Politics

Researchers can help policymakers get to grips with what is and isn’t possible in areas such as hydrogen fuel production, says Tracey Brown

The prospect of a Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis run for the White House has enraged many across the sector but others have decided to remain conspicuously silent

Three-year time limit to gain competence branded ‘unrealistic’ given high workloads

Overhaul of rule that removes student access to government subsidies if they do not complete at least half of their subjects under ‘active consideration’

With OfS under fire, shadow minister praises ‘innovative’ new Welsh post-16 education and research regulator

Eliminating fees would pay for itself through tax while boosting equity of access, Duncan Maskell insists

In campaigns to isolate China and deny disinformation, federal lawmakers join angry activists in besieging universities and their researchers

The country’s National Education Policy aims to build a quality internationalised and marketised sector. But, says Saumen Chattopadhyay, it faces many entrenched challenges

As annual legislative sessions conclude around the country, academic interference eases but budgetary hopes also fade away

Universities move from public funding to charging tuition fees

As Trudeau concludes sweeping immigration review, minister sees value in greater geographic division of visa approvals

Hong Kong has ‘a special convening power’ that could attract partners from China and the Middle East, CUHK’s v-c tells Tiya Thomas-Alexander

Underfunding and an authoritarian government combine to create existential threat for Poland’s basic research agency, scholars fear

Some universities have already begun collecting dues while others ‘wait and see’ for amendment to pass parliament and details of government scholarships to be finalised

Biden ends months-long Republican showdown by accepting budgetary freeze that will tighten institutions’ budgets and likely hurt students with the greatest need

When Rhodes and fees both fell and Africa’s top university appointed its third black leader, hopes were raised that South African higher education was moving into a new era of equality. But several years on, funding pressures and governance failures still abound. Patrick Jack reports from Cape Town 

UK government support for further rapid growth in international student numbers ‘over for now’, warns former minister

Party commits to reforming incoming student loan changes, claiming they will ‘eat away at pay’ for graduates

Mandatory unpaid work experience that forms part of nursing and teaching degrees in Australia plunges students into ‘placement poverty’, Queensland forum hears

Faculty groups say ‘we are already seeing staff and faculty leaving the state’ in response to proposed legislation

Controversial move to stop students bringing family members puts UK behind its rivals in international recruitment, but spiralling migration could lead to even more measures further down the line

International students spend billions in the UK and the vast majority return home. So why do anti-immigration measures target them, asks Ben Moore

The latest figures show more visas were granted to Nigerian dependants than to main applicants

Once-largest US online university, embracing new public partner after Arkansas rejection, agrees its for-profit sector deserves scrutiny

The ‘teenage’ regulator has a toxic relationship with universities owing to its uncompromising approach and its alleged unwillingness to listen – except to Conservative ministers. But should vice-chancellors agitating against the OfS be careful what they wish for? John Morgan reports 

International Higher Education Commission calls for shift in international student numbers towards full-time degrees

Purchase of Vienna-based university by Mathias Corvinus Collegium seen as attempt to spread ideology of populist leader abroad

International students coming to UK will be prevented from bringing family members, unless on postgraduate research courses

Universities could help alleviate any issues if they were told which of their students were bringing family members, leaders say

Pyotr Kucherenko was taken ill on a return flight from Cuba, with a journalist later claiming he had privately called the invasion ‘fascist’

Bill to enforce two-year participation ‘meant to target critics at home rather than defend country’, scholars warn

While national budget includes big increase to tertiary education funding rates, it still falls short of inflation

Challenge of balancing huge international expansion with sustainability leaves academic-turned-politician urging careful thinking

Case prompts renewed concern over plight of lecturers on temporary contracts

Australian Research Council promises more work on national security after internal review

Even temporary immigrants can easily be blamed for social ills, but we need political solutions, not crackdowns, says Keith Burnett 

‘Border integrity’ focus has blinded authorities to dodgy onshore practices in international education, Australian parliamentarians say

Minister says strong financial health of majority of institutions suggests struggles may be due to poor management, not lack of funding

DeSantis, in derisive showing at politically battered campus, enacts measure that also ends diversity hiring

After brief term leading NIH’s biggest division, former Harvard surgeon embraced as established talent at time of turmoil

Mariya Gabriel’s resignation splits her education and research briefs just as officials are shaping the successor to Horizon Europe and other flagship programmes

Saint Anselm College says event was part of democratic process but faced condemnation, given former president’s track-record of spreading misinformation

While new prime minister has nominated science and skills as budget priorities, sector fears any investment will fall short of inflation

As voting finishes in divisive poll, scholars say two decades of government under Erdoğan has left universities in a perilous state

Poll will provide first constituency-by-constituency breakdown of how voters see issue of higher education funding

UGC move meant to make higher education less English-centric ‘could backfire’ without more support for institutions, academics say

Government crackdown on student ‘poaching’ could curb legitimate university activities and hit enrolments, experts warn

Florida’s partisan attack on New College bolsters iconoclastic Massachusetts campus as it rebuilds from near closure

Sector looks to Universities Accord to consummate budget’s ‘down payment’

Party expected to stop short of committing to new higher education funding policy pre-election

Trudeau administration hardens line on research ties to China, as academics report unsolicited approaches from intelligence agency

Halving board members’ terms to allow influx of security experts risks ‘dangerous’ infringement on university autonomy, sector warns

Six legal cases lodged in bid to release billions of euros of funding, locked away because of threats to university autonomy

Former University College Cork president Michael Murphy reflects on pandemic, Ukraine and Brussels experience as he prepares to step down from top of representative body

Failure to restore power-sharing means funding issues leading to brain drain are not being resolved, warns Queen’s University Belfast v-c

Australian universities push responsibility for casualisation onto Canberra’s funding arrangements

Labour leader also says £9,250 fee status quo in England is ‘unfair’

Biden signalled new approach to scientific engagement with Asian superpower, but scholars say Trump’s China Initiative is continuing under new guises

In ongoing awakening, several large universities act on evidence that marginalised students fare better with greater feelings of community

Interest in India growing as Washington-Beijing tensions show no indication of waning, scholars say