Europe Summit: aim for evolution, not radical transformation Fundamental values that form higher education at stake, warns president of the European University Association Juliette Rowsell 5月 7日
Aberdeen cuts jobs as it targets ‘more efficient’ course offering Scottish university looks to save further ?5.5 million to bring down its deficit, a year after languages cuts Tom Williams 5月 7日
Almost half of employers think graduates ‘lack resilience’ Survey highlights concerns that university leavers are less prepared for work than previous generations Patrick Jack 5月 7日
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
