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China research spending outstrips US despite faltering economy
Tariffs and further economic barriers only likely to drive spend on science and technology higher, analysts predict, amid hopes innovation can kickstart recovery
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Will unions’ new wave of anti-cuts strikes change anything?
Activists say action is ‘keeping vice-chancellors at the negotiating table’ but experts believe reversing overall direction of travel is unlikely
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Defer chunk of v-c pay until long-term impact known, inquiry told
Withholding hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars seen as a way of enabling ‘clawback’ of future losses resulting from ‘unobserved risky behaviour or malpractice’
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Many UK universities’ trans inclusion policies contravene equality law
Recent cases brought by gender-critical employees show that going beyond the law can easily turn into stepping outside the law, says Akua Reindorf
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Abrupt closure of aviation college leaves students in limbo
Pilot and engineer training provider suddenly enters administration after operating for 90 years, with most courses ending immediately
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Cardiff nursing courses handed reprieve as job cuts scaled back
Vice-chancellor reveals changes to restructuring plan after criticism, including pausing the closure of courses seen as vital for servicing NHS
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Coventry faces ‘new financial reality’ after £59 million deficit
University blames steep drops in international enrolments as it finally publishes its delayed figures, but accounts of four institutions still outstanding
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Compensate students for strike disruption, OfS tells universities
English regulator promises to take more active role in protecting students during industrial action, as wave of fresh strikes hits the sector
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Study visa demand rising but dependants hit new low
Home Office data confirms apparent rebound in international student numbers, with visa applications nearing 2022 levels
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̽»¨ÊÓƵ Awards 2025: entries open
Universities in UK and Ireland encouraged to submit entries across 20 categories, including new one exclusively for specialist institutions
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Will American academics flourish if they go abroad to escape Trump?
With US academia under siege from the Trump administration, universities elsewhere are contemplating offering ‘asylum’ to disaffected researchers. Here, four former US academics now established...
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‘Mountain of small things’ killing academia, warns Oxford scholar
Overly cautious institutions pushing ‘bullshit jobs’ on their staff ‘destroying academia from within’, says neuroscientist
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Sweden’s drive to win more Nobels ‘requires riskier research’
Home of prestigious awards hopes to claim more of its own after launching new funding stream – but leaders caution against too much political control