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Days after president quits, massive institution alleged to have been part of another high-profile case of political interference

Ola Borten Moe admits ¡®serious misjudgement of my own impartiality¡¯ over multibillion-krone contract meeting about a weapons manufacturer he had indirectly bought shares in

Once-in-a-generation review aims to massify a massified system, just as students question the cost-benefit equation

But some academics remain wary, warning over Beijing¡¯s ¡®manipulation¡¯ of student exchange for political purposes

Government alarms sector by pressing regulator for quality metric on earnings, which could potentially determine student number caps

Perhaps the EU could give additional assurances that it would apply corrections if the UK won significantly less funding than it put in, suggests Jan Palmowski

International students contribute nearly ?12 billion a year to the government¡¯s priority areas for levelling up, says James Pitman 

While Treasury¡¯s effort to look beyond economics boasts just a handful of education metrics, O¡¯Kane panel has been asked to change that

Analysis shows 17 of 20 seats in England with lowest proportion of university qualifications are held by Tories

The government would do much better to help educational institutions understand and prepare for future labour market shifts, says Rosalind Gill

Such talk replaces pride of place with ¡®know your place¡¯. But if you want to see levelling up made flesh, come and meet our graduates, says John Raftery 

Canada¡¯s Liberal government swept to power eight years ago promising to undo the damage inflicted by the previous Harper regime. However, after a big early funding spike for basic research, there is a growing sense of drift ¨C and mounting concern about the future. Paul Basken reports

Single department or minister should cover both teaching and research elements of universities, says Nicola Dandridge

Despite increasing agitation over fee freeze, politics around student support seen as weighing against lifting of cap

Dithering by Downing Street raises concerns that more funding for research will be clawed back by the Treasury

Needs-based student funding and second national university also among accord panel¡¯s ¡®spiky ideas¡¯, aimed at improving equitable access

Shortly after US Supreme Court rejects sweeping debt forgiveness plan, administration embarks on new attempt using different legal basis

As fund records ?60 million deficit ahead of disbursement, academics voice concern over ¡®strings-attached¡¯ model

Announcement that government will finally follow through with threats to restrict admissions to ¡®low-quality¡¯ courses leaves sector leaders with as many questions as answers

Canberra agrees to funding guarantee, governance reform, ditching of ¡®fail rule¡¯ and uncapped funding for all indigenous students, as it mulls ¡®wider change¡¯

MPs and peers issue call for ministers to guarantee survival of graduate visa route into next Parliament

Top House Republicans warn that joint venture appears to be giving military advantages to rival nation

¡®If you can¡¯t see it, you can¡¯t be it,¡¯ minister says, ahead of review report promising other ¡®immediate¡¯ recommendations

Fears that UK scientists will be frozen out of networks once association is agreed are overblown, say leading researchers

Academics launch lawsuit in attempt to get restrictions relaxed to allow them to study the platform used by two-thirds of American teens

National interest not served by ¡®overstating the threats¡¯ or cultivating a ¡®climate of uncertainty¡¯, report says

Long-awaited consultation response parks proposal to introduce sector-wide minimum entry requirements but slashes foundation year fee limit

More than 20 public agencies could be turned into just three, but sector leaders are wary of the government¡¯s intentions

¡®Glocal¡¯ scheme aims to boost universities outside Seoul and drive innovation in the face of demographic decline

Regardless of its merits, the bill barring state agencies from boycotting Israel cannot apply to universities, says Graham Virgo

In apparent attempt to persist with Covid-related campaign against Fauci, House members argue procedural flaw endangers $25 billion in medical funding

The biggest step backwards over the last 50 years was supporters¡¯ retreat from equal opportunity to a focus on ill-defined ¡®diversity¡¯, says Harvey Graff

Researchers say big increases to cost of study and work visas, and NHS surcharge, will make country less attractive to international students and staff

Treasury announces first of 12 zones ¡®based around a university and clusters of high-growth industries¡¯

A long-awaited law might face further delay after Mark Rutte's government collapses in a ¡®polarised¡¯ political landscape, while some universities are already capping places for non-Europeans without waiting for the legislation to arrive

China is ¡®stealing UK academic research¡¯ in ¡®plain sight¡¯ and suppressing political dissent on campus, says intelligence committee

Surveys suggest concern about student borrowing transcends age and political divides

While South Australian vice-chancellors see few downsides from an amalgamation, their western counterparts take a different view

Conservative former universities minister tables amendment to allow annual uprating, to ¡®flush out¡¯ Tory and Labour positions on ¡®funding crisis¡¯

Ministers only want to protect freedom of speech that they agree with, claims former Oxford vice-chancellor

¡®Vanity project¡¯ to meet domestic health workforce needs would be ¡®more socially accountable¡¯, proponent says

MPs¡¯ vision to cut student numbers may signal future direction of party, but experts question its appeal to voters

Education faculties say they are already delivering the ¡®core content¡¯ now mandated in their degrees

Trial ahead of LLE failed because of ¡®utilitarian¡¯ course offer while ¡®top university¡¯ prestige harms credit transfer prospects, says leader

A Labour government would be ¡®constrained¡¯ by ¡®badly damaged¡¯ economy left by Conservatives, warns leader, who says funding policy will be outlined ¡®in due course¡¯

Party urged to commit to reversing long-running decline in university funding, after signs its focus is on tweaking status quo

Claire Coutinho argues the free speech act is already having impact on campuses and praises university leaders for response

Professors in global North should come south as temporary solution to immigration headaches, Rwandan ambassador tells event

Analysts are enthusiastic about microcredentials but unsure about their suitability in universities

Committee wants bystander training as regulatory condition and calls universities¡¯ use of NDAs to silence victims in sex cases ¡®disgraceful¡¯

Universities consulted on increasing limit from current level of 20 per cent in face of demographic decline

While the two governing councils have agreed to a combined university, many still need convincing ¨C not least, opposition and crossbench parliamentarians

Government expected to initiate system of caps, potentially using new quality measures, but drop minimum entry requirement idea

¡®New Conservatives¡¯ want to axe post-study work visas and stop ¡®poorest performing¡¯ universities from recruiting overseas

President outlines ¡®new path¡¯ towards providing debt relief for as many borrowers as possible

Latest impasse with European Commission over UK push for ¡®correction mechanism¡¯ to avoid being major net contributor 

University leaders pin hopes on forthcoming review, as funding erosion and regulatory inflexibility threaten core capability

Trump-appointed conservative supermajority rules that $400 billion forgiveness plan stretched intent of emergency relief

Shorter degrees and more apprenticeships among other plans to boost staff recruitment

Government waters down proposal to shorten length of master¡¯s degrees