Expanding visa eligibility ¡®can deepen UK-US research links¡¯ Russell Group calls for long-term partnerships to be secured amid political uncertainty Tash Mosheim 10Ô 8ÈÕ
World Academic Summit: free speech can be ¡®kind¡¯, says Oxford v-c Irene Tracey stresses importance of teaching students courtesy and respect to model what ¡®good disagreement¡¯ looks like Jack Grove 10Ô 8ÈÕ
Oxford¡¯s largest-ever project ¡®shows what the humanities can do¡¯ 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 Tom Williams 10Ô 8ÈÕ
Conservative conference: number caps plan to cut 100,000 places Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ¡®debt trap degrees¡¯ and pledge more money for apprenticeships Patrick Jack 10Ô 8ÈÕ
Irish fee cut will ¡®feel like increase¡¯ as relief scheme ends Student fees to drop by €500 ¨C but end of €1,000 government contribution means total payment will rise Emily Dixon 10Ô 7ÈÕ
Students defy Starmer¡¯s call not to hold Gaza protests Hundreds gather in London despite the prime minister telling them to stay at home on the anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel Juliette Rowsell 10Ô 7ÈÕ
Conservative conference: Reform ¡®sees HE as elitist conspiracy¡¯ Tories should allow top institutions to increase tuition fees and encourage others to get off ¡®mediocrity escalator¡¯, says former science minister Patrick Jack 10Ô 7ÈÕ
Dundee, UWS and Nottingham latest to face further strikes UCU Scotland members back taking action over job cuts plans, while staff at Nottingham reject deal that would have postponed any compulsory redundancies Juliette Rowsell 10ÔÂ 7ÈÕ
Focus on ¡®national pride¡¯ builds support for skilled immigration Voters more likely to support pro-immigration messages for the R&D sector when they are ¡®inspiring¡¯ and don¡¯t paint the UK as ¡®passive¡¯ Juliette Rowsell 10Ô 7ÈÕ
The UCL admissions chaos will damage UK HE¡¯s global reputation Future crises can be averted if government and universities share data and plans in a more timely and transparent fashion, says Doug Specht Doug Specht 10Ô 7ÈÕ
Conservative conference: scrapping target ¡®not an attack on HE¡¯ Andy Burnham says universities ¡®at the heart¡¯ of his plans for growth of Manchester¡¯s economy Patrick Jack 10Ô 6ÈÕ
UKRI¡¯s university funding to be ¡®less tactical, more strategic¡¯ New chief executive of UK Research and Innovation sets out how relationship with universities could change Jack Grove 10Ô 6ÈÕ
