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9 More Higher Ed Names in the Epstein Files

Australian medical research being ‘short-changed’

Fund underspent even as its value rises, as government curbs payouts and grant success rates head south

‘Investment speed, not equity’ holding back UK spin-outs

Blaming institutional equity demands for the lack of university spin-out success is misguided, says UKRI review

Trans research ‘at risk’ if data collection guidance adopted

Response to Sullivan Review argues recommendations could hit quality of findings and impinge on academic freedom

Hike in budget for Indian higher education ‘masks wider issues’

Finance minister outlines real-terms funding increase and new ‘university township’ model, but scholars remain sceptical

Sussex calls OfS fine ‘irrational’ as High Court case begins

University argues regulator’s record fine was ‘unfair’, in case being closely watched across the sector

AI is not a peer, so it can’t do peer review

If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj

Nottingham posts £85 million deficit as value of campus plummets

For-sale city-centre site not worth as much as thought, says university, after accounts reveal scale of financial challenge

Nearly half of British public want some student debt cancelled

Poll shows support for eliminating some or all of the money graduates owe the government, as calls grow for reform of the loan system

University severs ties with former chancellor over Epstein links

Queen’s University Belfast to drop name of US senator George Mitchell from its peace centre, and remove bust from campus

More ‘tough decisions’ on science spending to come – UKRI head

Further funding cuts will be announced in coming months after STFC savings and research council funding pauses, warns Ian Chapman 

What you need to know as US federal government shuts down again

Universities try to woo Reform as party gains ground

Serious lobbying efforts under way, with right-wing party expected to be more sympathetic to elite universities than rest of the sector

Trump turns to ‘new weapons’ after unsuccessful compact deal

President reportedly rethinking offer to universities as he ‘seeks distractions’ from tensions at home and abroad

Supporting staff mental health ‘requires culture shift’

Mental health policies need to be more than just a ‘tick-box’ exercise or risk falling flat, university HR leaders say