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Seven institutes folded into four in major reshaping of research landscape

ApplyBoard report projects that permit issuance is on track to fall beyond Trudeau government’s target

Previously reported figures suggesting fall in recruitment were recently revealed to be erroneous

Institutions themselves may have escaped major damage but hundreds of staff and students have been displaced in most destructive fires in Californian history

Encouraging donations in cryptocurrency can open a new pool of donors, but some institutions are hesitant amid concerns about volatility and regulatory environment

Unexpected upsides of ‘randomised’ funding include greater acceptance among rejected applicants, says British Academy head

Analysis of progression criteria warns ‘obsession with frequently ill-suited metrics’ only serves to ‘reinforce regional inequalities’

Russell Group member’s Gift City outpost plans at ‘advanced stage’

Russell Group institution warns that it cannot rule out compulsory redundancies after worse-than-expected student recruitment

Member of Augar panel on university funding and student mental health champion has been familiar figure in UK policy debates

First minister wants UK government to allow country to grant additional post-study work rights to international students

Right-wing trust deficit is pronounced in western Europe and North America but not Australasia, international survey finds

Universities must take a firmer hand with ‘zero-fail’ students, Australian study finds, amid policies to boost underprivileged participation

Attempts by well-meaning scholars to help services ‘drowning in demand’ adding to the problems, finds study

Members of elite grouping saw numbers enrolled on courses increase by more than 300 while others experienced declines

Nobel laureates back calls to pause new system of Medical Research Council funding which threatens future of well-established research units

Minister rules out state taking on more of the cost of paying for higher education

Two south-east Asian countries among top performers in seventh edition of prestigious awards shortlist 

Academic hiring focused on star doctoral graduates should instead focus on what comes afterwards, advises longitudinal study

US university harnesses training hospitals to test and evaluate AI-driven public health solutions 

Provocative paper claims boycott of feminist title left early career scholars high and dry while others profited from ‘moral entrepreneurship’

Housing impacts limited to precincts with high concentration of students, study finds

Outpost on Ain Shams University campus to offer undergraduate and postgraduate Exeter degrees

Tokyo Women’s Medical University apologises after ex-leader accused of funnelling cash from construction project to herself

Midlands university is seeking to deepen its ties to India as it opens new health research centre in Andhra Pradesh

Government intervention in university degree programmes ‘getting worse’ despite erosion of public funding, complains former universities minister

Cambridge philosopher appointed to oversee free speech in English universities has been unusually quiet since starting the role. Might changes seen as ‘clipping his wings’ force him to be more vocal?

Controversial draft guidelines would expand eligibility pool for vice-chancellors and change faculty hiring criteria

Universities ‘relieved’ by balance of qualitative and quantitative data in environment evaluations

Global study reveals that academics believe students are not critical enough of material produced by artificial intelligence tools for use in their work

Australian National University pro vice-chancellor to serve five-year term

Mixed results of final few weeks in White House likely emblematic of Democrat’s presidency, scholars say

Bid to hand funding council ability to intervene amid worsening institutional finances could be open for abuse, critics fear

Some staff at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology warn lack of ‘clear vision’ jeopardises prospects for institution amid uncertainty over funding, but managers insist views of ‘disaffected’ academics are not representative

Domestic doctoral enrolments have shrunk by 8 per cent over the last half-decade, says report

Climate academic who refuses to travel by plane promises to donate €75,000 from settlement to climate activism

Details provide more clarity on which research staff will need to enter the next Research Excellence Framework

Founding head of UK super-agency calls time on 34-year career in higher education

While public universities concede to government demands, their private counterparts look less likely to back down

Hepi director argues that England’s funding system is ‘not broken’ but just needs to catch up with inflation – and that ministers should get behind it

Petition opposes merging of Japanese, Chinese and Korean into combined programme amid fears of ‘significant’ staff cuts

Right to sue universities over free speech complaints among the elements of act to be removed by education secretary

Combining subjects with computer science seen as way of increasing the attractiveness of courses not linked to jobs

‘Statutory tort’ allowing for universities to be sued over alleged free speech breaches likely to be removed when legislation is reintroduced later this month, according to reports

Newly merged mega-university set to open in January 2026 but neither of its current leaders will be at the helm

Analysis of 113 institutional accounts reveals almost a third have posted a deficit, and one in four reported a negative cash flow

Institutional communications branded ‘inconsistent, inauthentic, and rather annoying’ by study participants

Landmark deal should raise questions about publisher’s practices on peer review, citations and special issues, say research sleuths

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center says it ‘deeply regrets’ methodological blunder

With up to 190 staff members at risk of losing their jobs, UCU says managers must rule out compulsory redundancies

Data on carbon emissions, staff on fixed-term contracts and employee well-being will be collected for pilot study likely to inform how the next Research Excellence Framework evaluates environment

Cuts scaled back after consultation with staff, but list of academics leaving is yet to be finalised in some fields

Debates centring around H-1B worker visa and OPT programme for international graduates could have significant impact on overseas enrolment

Professor’s wide-ranging investigation into pre-18 curriculum and assessment could impact student subject choices and preparedness for higher education

Lack of joined-up thinking and decline in funding has seen UK fall behind rivals, says House of Lords report

Report says English universities should shift back towards collaborative outreach activities, led by national coordinating body

‘Institutions think that they can just get away with it,’ conference focused on efforts to tackle campus sexual misconduct hears

Australian university aims to open campus in 2026 with support from Uttar Pradesh state government

As institution puts freeze on promotions and recruitment, and invites voluntary redundancies, union says staff should not pay price for ‘financial mismanagement’

Labour’s wholehearted support for Aria chair Matt Clifford’s artificial intelligence blueprint promises more funding for scholarships and fellowships