Universities mount fightback against further restrictions on international students, emphasising their role in growing the economy and lack of public support for new measures
Report finds overseas departures among high-performing school-leavers have reached highest level in 15 years, with many heading to neighbouring Australia
Academics at UCL’s law school challenge sector’s embrace of technology, claiming students’ over-reliance on ‘shortcuts’ damages skills acquisition
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen steps up efforts to attract American academics while taking aim at Trump’s ‘miscalculation’ of failing to support research
After comprehensive election win, Labor faces pressure to push on with wide-ranging agenda for higher education reform that stalled during last parliament
Innovation cluster, new medical school and cautious growth of non-local student numbers high on the agenda of president of leading Hong Kong research university
Australia re-elects governing party after it promises to rein in costs of graduate repayments, with foreign students greeting ‘least worst outcome’
‘Strategic obstruction’ by over-possessive researchers is ‘pervasive’ in some disciplines, forcing many scientists to exit sector, paper claims
Use of ‘hypocritical’ confidentiality agreements by UK’s biggest academic union criticised, with increasingly disgruntled staff set to stage rally outside own offices
Signs that university leaders are more willing to stand up to president come as administration ‘walks back’ some of its extreme policies after facing political realities
Skills minister urges universities to ‘rethink education’ ahead of roll-out of LLE, but plan for more modular learning still being ‘ignored’ by parts of the sector
Institutions advising on Armenia’s merger plans should consider how ‘academic city’ will make student protest impossible, warns Harvard professor
Amount paid out to English and Welsh students more than doubles in a year, driven by cases involving ‘serious disruption’ and ‘misleading information’