Science minister tells Commons committee that he is more interested in maximising impact of science spending than increasing total outlay, as he emphasises need to get visa policies ‘right’
US colleges and universities that predominantly serve underrepresented students don’t know where they stand amid new president’s sweeping executive orders
With success rates below 10 per cent in a recent funding round, pressure on scholars to secure grants may not be realistic, warns leading economist
Some institutions still making thousands of unconditional offers every year, using ‘one of the few recruitment levers still left to pull’
Private member’s bill the latest slap in the face to a sector struggling for social licence as election looms
Government expected to review future of Institutes of Eminence programme, which is yet to deliver on ambitious goals
The new commission’s competitiveness compass is shockingly deficient in its approach to research, says Jan Palmowski
Newcastle University votes in favour of industrial action, joining Dundee and East Anglia in achieving successful ballots
Regular increases in what students in England pay should be accompanied by more public money for ‘strategic priorities’, Universities UK tells ministers ahead of spending review
UK society for American studies has funding removed for not complying with US Embassy request on new president’s diversity policies
Year-long succession process and budget delays have prompted speculation over possible reforms to £1 billion UK innovation research agency
New national body takes shape, as troubled centenarian predecessor faces curtain
‘I want to understand as best we can quantitatively, what are the things that lead to our students leaving?’ says University of Colorado Boulder leader
Distinguished scientists who left Greece’s National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation criticise fragmented oversight and excess bureaucracy
Higher education news feeds are currently dominated by near-daily announcements of large job cuts across the UK. But what effect is all this having on the atmosphere within the departments affected...