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Cutbacks and mergers no ‘magic bullet’ for ailing universities

Risk of ‘progressively more destructive patterns of behaviour’ as UK institutions find themselves increasingly ‘boxed in’

Business schools ‘could exit apprenticeships’ after funding axe

Programmes at risk at a time when more employers want to train their staff at higher level, say leaders

UK immigration policy is destabilising international academics’ careers

The effort of staying compliant with fluctuating regulations diminishes the mental space for teaching, research and building belonging, say Zahra Sharifonnasabi, Fleura Bardhi and Laetitia Mimoun

Less than half of academics happy with work-life balance

Satisfaction with pay and benefits lags well behind other sectors but career development improving, survey finds

Universities lucky to avoid graduate visa ‘red card’, says v-c

Activities such as marketing MRes courses to circumvent dependants ban will only prompt tougher rules, according to Adam Tickell

Chapel Hill board finally votes to award tenure after delays

Research England to track how REF funding improves EDI outcomes

Pilot exercise will gather information on how quality-related funding is used to address EDI, according to new action plan

AI tool uses enrolment information to pinpoint disengagement

Universities should not overlook artificial intelligence for student support purposes, says machine learning expert

Russian students ‘told not to consider UK’ amid ‘hostile climate’

Number of Russians coming to the UK for study has ‘collapsed’ during war in Ukraine, with visa policy, links to Kyiv and feelings of not being welcome adding up to ‘unofficial ban’

Russell Group aims for ‘transparency’ in contextual admissions

Research intensive universities to adopt ‘consistent’ language to help applicants ‘make better informed decisions’ as part of new plan to tackle education inequality

If Horizon Europe’s brand is so valuable, let’s work to protect it

Now that the framework programme’s integrity appears assured, it’s time to address the details – together, says Jan Palmowski

Attempts at change frustrated in implementation stage, says Blake

Repeated efforts to bring about ‘high-level systematic reform’ in English higher education flounder without buy-in from those doing the doing, says access tsar

University of Florida board rejects Santa Ono as next president

Graduate divide among UK voters adds to Tory ‘extinction’ threat

Conservatives squeezed by ‘full-fat Farage’ on the right and an increasingly graduate-heavy electorate on the left, says leading political scientist

Increasing employer training spend ‘urgent’, says Labour MP

Politician calls on businesses to bear more of the costs of upskilling the workforce as universities wait for lifelong learning policy details