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Falling life expectancy calls for a rethink of when university staff qualify for benefits, letter to Treasury says

Populist leader takes aim at higher education in speech on first day of the Reform UK conference in Birmingham

Keir Starmer reshuffles Cabinet after Angela Rayner resignation, with big implications for higher education

Research England to use REF pause to consider whether institutions must meet baseline performance measures as a condition of receiving funds

Union’s new policy mandating three office days a week resisted by some staff, who are refusing to come in at all

Using REF to tackle research culture risks making it too ‘bureaucratic and burdensome’, university leaders warn as Vallance rethinks changes to weightings

Longest-serving education minister explains why he ignored ‘abstract’ and ‘ideological’ academic research in fight to improve school performance

Intervention by sector leader comes amid concern about growth in master’s by research degrees following dependants ban for other courses

Regulator wants vice-chancellors to advise on policy as part of new chair’s attempts to build better relationship with sector

Ian Chapman backs ministers’ calls for more research specialisation by universities in first public comments since taking over at £9 billion-a-year research funder

Outgoing chief says it is ‘right time for new leadership’ after political pressure to switch to defence focus

Country in second for starting grants but remains some way behind Germany, with UK nationals receiving smaller share