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Strike ballot called at South Yorkshire university, with similar vote also under way at Durham University

Universities can win a rational argument but lose an emotional war, conference hears

¡®Real issue¡¯ is whether people think universities give value, says new university leader who accepted lower salary

Vice-chancellors say ¡®unsustainable¡¯ model needs fixing but changes must be balanced against goals of increasing access and stopping brain drain

Institutions caught in a ¡®perfect storm¡¯ owing to reductions in government spending and international student restrictions

More job cuts likely as deficits mount owing to decreased grant funding and cap on international students

Malaysian institutions continue to attract increasing numbers of students from the region, with Chinese nationals remaining the largest cohort by far

Moves to appoint supervisory boards made up of business and public sector representatives seen as ¡®logical step¡¯ in sector development

Students take years to recoup the tens of thousands of dollars they would have been paid if training was salaried, New Zealand study finds

UK universities must end use of year-long contracts that keep researchers in ¡®perpetual limbo¡¯, says union-led manifesto

University Grants Commission's move to hand power to universities to judge journal quality faces resistance from research watchdogs

Repeat of falls in enrolments seen during Republican¡¯s first presidency will allow UK to ¡®get its mojo back¡¯ in 2025, British Council predicts

Students ¡®left in limbo¡¯ by Chichester¡¯s decision to make pioneering black professor redundant

Proposal to merge maths and computer science at under-fire institution risks damaging one of its ¡®crown jewels¡¯, says open letter

Lecturers fear rising staff-student ratios will exacerbate ¡®gulf¡¯ between elite institutions and the rest, and create unmanageable workloads

City campuses have not delivered institutions an international education bonanza, but Federation hopes its new site will support a new model of cooperative education

¡®Real challenges only now emerging,¡¯ says John Cater in paper looking back over decades-long university career

Hopes quashed that things were improving for badly affected groups

Universities looking to lose nearly 300 roles between them as financial challenges take their toll

Rectors want more flexibility over rules that mandate international researchers and teaching staff to learn Norwegian

Many asylum applicants began their journeys as students before Australia¡¯s visas were overhauled almost a decade ago, new figures suggest

Report by former prime minister¡¯s institute also urges new UKRI leadership to oversee urgent changes to overcome ¡®patchy¡¯ adoption of AI in research community

UCU members clash over how to respond to wave of job cuts, with decision on whether to take industrial action over pay imminent

Indian Institutes of Management need stronger PhD pipeline and ability to match international salaries, says sector leader

Money from Welsh government to be used primarily for estates maintenance and digital projects

About 800 Nepali students at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology report being asked to leave institution following protests

New partnership of Open Research Europe with national research funders could boost interest in the platform, experts say

Cuts to library budgets of up to 30 per cent have seen journal subscriptions cancelled and opening hours slashed, says librarians¡¯ association

Growing influence of Nigel Farage¡¯s party could spell trouble for universities seeking to protect rights of international students

Domestic postgraduate provision looms as an alternative to out-of-favour international education, but it¡¯s a tough market with questionable returns

Campuses quiet despite slew of executive orders attacking higher education

Some urge ministers to aim for 1 million enrolments from overseas, but sector divided over whether revised goal would be a good thing

Lack of transparency over how excellence-based allocations are spent makes them vulnerable as Russell Group makes case for flexible research funding

Never much of a vote-winner, higher education now risks the burden of being branded a vote-loser for parties seen as too soft on the sector

Researchers asked participants to stick pins in ¡®stereotypical scientist¡¯ to establish levels of aggression

¡®Survival guide¡¯ aims to tackle ¡®age-old binary that permeates the sector¡¯

Academics at Liverpool say ¡®unexpected¡¯ announcement has left people ¡®shocked¡¯

Controversial department temporarily loses ability to see private loan information after what has been described as ¡®one of the biggest data hacks in US history¡¯

Employment prospects the main motivation for half of students with satisfaction levels dented by high fees and low contact hours

University latest passion project for ex-politician who specialises in ¡®institutions that are worth keeping¡¯

Label could be ¡®first step¡¯ towards automatically recognised continental qualification, experts suggest

¡®No academic friend of mine is not deeply worried about this,¡¯ says scholar

¡®Endless stress¡¯ confronts Iranian doctoral candidates who worked for a year just to cover the application fee

Export minister believes there is ¡®untapped potential¡¯ for universities in some regions as Britain negotiates free trade deal

Holyrood generosity contrasts with Westminster intransigence over Teachers¡¯ Pension Scheme

Higher education union members demand fresh discussions on national vote over pay, as local disputes over job cuts pile up

ÍøÆØÃÅ Office data shows a 13 per cent increase in sponsored study visa applications for January

Repeat of UK debate looms, as parliamentary committee urges Australian universities to ¡®align¡¯ with IHRA definition, and opposition members say it should be mandatory

Long-awaited expansion of medical places seen as threatening future of Korean science sector

School pupils need better information on their post-16 options to avoid the risk of narrowing their university and career choices, says Hepi report

OIA says sexual misconduct investigations too often marred by delays and poor communication

Ucas figures show that a record proportion of students applied to higher-tariff institutions

Capital comfortably outperforms rest of England on higher education access, but progress is stalling and there are significant intra-regional differences, warns report

Brunel joins staff members at East Anglia, Newcastle and Dundee to vote for strike action in the past week

Head of Scotland¡¯s biggest university warns it may need to shutter departments and degree courses to close ¡®urgent¡¯ financial gap

Research funders and universities condemn planned yearly reductions of more than 460 million Swiss francs 

Failure to improve translation of ¡®laudable¡¯ research output will see country ¡®slide into mediocrity¡¯, reviewers warn

Collating information from LinkedIn, ORCID profiles, Hesa and HMRC could solve data black hole over PhD careers, says research director

Anti-Jewish hatred more likely to be ¡®overtly related¡¯ to criticism of Israel on campuses compared with in wider society, says report

Former Warwick v-c warns ¡®industrialisation¡¯ of universities risks turning academics into ¡®drones¡¯, and says fellow leaders have done little to help