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Russell Group calls for long-term partnerships to be secured amid political uncertainty

Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ¡®debt trap degrees¡¯ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

Rapid increase in institutions allowing time off welcomed as a vital step toward supporting well-being, although academics warn it also raises questions about staffing, implementation and potential misuse

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

Sethuraman Panchanathan says research funder and scientists must improve ¡®storytelling¡¯ as agency faces $5 billion cuts

Student fees to drop by €500 ¨C but end of €1,000 government contribution means total payment will rise

Demonstrating research impact more clearly will reverse falling public support for higher education, argues scholar turned education minister

Hundreds gather in London despite the prime minister telling them to stay at home on the anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel

Tories should allow top institutions to increase tuition fees and encourage others to get off ¡®mediocrity escalator¡¯, says former science minister

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis share 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on quantum tunnelling

UCU Scotland members back taking action over job cuts plans, while staff at Nottingham reject deal that would have postponed any compulsory redundancies

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¡¯

Institutional autonomy ¡®not threatened¡¯ by proposal to more than halve executive pay, academics say, as universities insist councils should maintain control

A year after joining the ¡®MIT of the Middle East¡¯, the former King¡¯s College London president reflects on the need for scholars to align their research with national priorities and the joys of leading a ¡®city community of scholars¡¯

Andy Burnham says universities ¡®at the heart¡¯ of his plans for growth of Manchester¡¯s economy

Scientists who identified body¡¯s ¡®security guards¡¯ that protect cells when others are being attacked first to be honoured in this season¡¯s awards

New chief executive of UK Research and Innovation sets out how relationship with universities could change

Taxpayer and students losing out as a result of failure to tackle ¡®low-quality¡¯ higher education, according to Neil O¡¯Brien

Sudden cancellation ¡®devastating¡¯ as financial pressures force universities across the country to close programmes

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

Policymakers need to understand inequity at primary and secondary level ¨C and between genders ¨C to make tertiary education genuinely inclusive, concludes study

Both internal and external board members agree on priorities for institutions, countering view that outsiders favour different approach

Promise of preferential treatment in return for fee freeze and student cap latest salvo in president¡¯s ¡®ideological¡¯ battle to reshape HE

National University of Singapore scraps policy that allowed one work from home day because of the ¡®value of in-person interactions¡¯

Gazan students due to begin studies in Ireland and Italy but efforts in other countries remain blocked

With levy-funded maintenance grants and 50 per cent target scrapped again, government¡¯s vision for universities becomes clearer. But while rhetoric appears tough, experts see opportunities as education takes centre stage

Universities have turned to offshore educational pacts amid a global crackdown on international students, but critics say they require conditions that would never be tolerated at home

Almost 40 principal lecturer posts affected and 14 jobs lost in planned restructure, while staff at Imperial College London strike over ¡®below inflation¡¯ pay offer

Fifteen universities and two significant source countries move up the ladder, but China bucks the trend

Not our role to ¡®police the personal political opinions of individual fellows,¡¯ says president

¡®Irreversible damage¡¯ being done to higher education as government removes the ¡®last lifelines to learning¡¯ for many

Otago v-c Grant Robertson says overhaul of New Zealand¡¯s research assessment exercise combined with dire sector finances could present a ¡®double whammy¡¯ for some subjects

WhatsApp a winner, ¡®mystery shopping¡¯ study reveals, as universities ¡®sharpen their interactions¡¯ with would-be students