鈥楽ignificant policy reform鈥 needed to meet Labour鈥檚 skills agenda New participation target represents 鈥榩aradigm shift鈥 in country鈥檚 approach to education, but government needs to incentivise FE and HE working together, says report By Juliette Rowsell 10 October
World Academic Summit: don鈥檛 lose sight of local identity, say v-cs Institutions must find new ways to respond to the agendas of the communities where they operate, leaders tell summit By Emily Dixon 9 October
UK student visa applications up 10 per cent on last year UK bounces back in crucial month for enrolments, with policy uncertainty elsewhere helping fuel first rise in 12-month figures for nearly two years By Patrick Jack 9 October
TNE to overtake onshore international enrolments 鈥榖y next year鈥 Number of students studying UK courses abroad set to hit 1 million before end of the decade By Patrick Jack 9 October
Wales rules out levy on international student fees Education secretary confirms devolved nation will not follow UK government in taking a cut of overseas tuition fee income By Helen Packer 9 October
Universities risk 鈥榗reeping death鈥 from unsupervised mergers Specialist institutions could be subsumed without high-level oversight of sector consolidation, MPs warned By Helen Packer 9 October
鈥楲earn lessons from US鈥 and stop political interference, UK told OfS and UKRI seen as particularly vulnerable to meddling from government, with report authors calling for more safeguards to ensure independence By Juliette Rowsell 9 October
World Academic Summit: free speech can be 鈥榢ind鈥, says Oxford v-c Irene Tracey stresses importance of teaching students courtesy and respect to model what 鈥榞ood disagreement鈥 looks like By Jack Grove 8 October
Oxford鈥檚 largest-ever project 鈥榮hows what the humanities can do鈥 New building that brings together disciplines for the first time will also open its doors to the public to engage with big questions facing the world By Tom Williams 8 October
Expanding visa eligibility 鈥榗an deepen UK-US research links鈥 Russell Group calls for long-term partnerships to be secured amid political uncertainty By Tash Mosheim 8 October
Conservative conference: number caps plan to cut 100,000 places Tory leader to use conference speech to attack 鈥榙ebt trap degrees鈥 and pledge more money for apprenticeships By Patrick Jack 8 October
Irish fee cut will 鈥榝eel like increase鈥 as relief scheme ends Student fees to drop by 鈧500 鈥 but end of 鈧1,000 government contribution means total payment will rise By Emily Dixon 7 October