Reduce high visa costs or miss out on US talent, say UK peers Lords committee urges government to make it cheaper for foreign researchers to work in UK following science funding cuts in US Helen Packer 5月 7日
Universities unfazed by eLife’s loss of journal impact factor Leading research institutions endorse experimental non-profit journal as it loses its impact factor Jack Grove 5月 7日
‘Nothing off the table’ for student visas after election shock Restrictions to incoming international students and graduate route thought to be more likely following losses by Labour in local elections Helen Packer 5月 7日
UK immigration policy must handle international students with care Amid talk of an asylum crackdown, any policy changes must avoid harming overseas graduates’ post-study work opportunities, says James Pitman James Pitman 5月 7日
Europe Summit: universities to ‘look very different in five years’ Dwindling sector finances and geopolitical challenges mean higher education will look very different in five years’ time, summit hears Juliette Rowsell 5月 6日
Seven-year ‘supergrants’ to make Europe ‘magnet for researchers’ European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen steps up efforts to attract American academics while taking aim at Trump’s ‘miscalculation’ of failing to support research Jack Grove 5月 6日
Student choice at risk as almost half of universities cut courses Institutions expect to consider more subject closures as financial problems spiral, finds UUK survey Helen Packer 5月 6日
Contextual offers ‘don’t set students up to fail’, study shows Those admitted to elite UK universities with lower entry requirements still performed well academically, analysis suggests Tom Williams 5月 6日
Restrictions on academics working abroad ‘stifling collaboration’ Blanket bans on the amount of time staff can spend out of the country reflect ‘compliance-first’ mindset of UK universities, say critics Patrick Jack 5月 6日
Cancer researcher leans on own work after incurable diagnosis Specialist in health and exercise applies years of experience working with patients as she targets completing marathon on Mount Everest Juliette Rowsell 5月 5日
Cardiff strikes called off as compulsory redundancies ruled out University agrees to reset in relations with campus unions as part of agreement that has also seen marking boycott cancelled Juliette Rowsell 5月 2日
Sudden visa changes would cause financial crisis, MAC chair warns Universities must be better at selling benefits of post-study work rights to wider country, says Brian Bell Patrick Jack 5月 2日
