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Some A$15 billion of student debt relief will do almost ‘nothing’ to help cash-strapped Australian institutions

Poll finds third of UK undergraduates worried for future of their institution amid funding crisis

UK institutions look ahead to next autumn as survey confirms devastating impact of visa restrictions

Area studies and languages at risk at Leiden University, with academics foreseeing humanities ‘apocalypse’

Addressing the sector’s woes has, at best, been kicked down the road to next year’s spending review. How disappointing, says Nick Hillman

Chancellor goes ahead with 1.2 percentage point increase, hiking staff costs for already cash-strapped institutions

University leaders under ‘extraordinary pressure’ amid funding crisis, says departing University of Southern Queensland chief

“Workforce change” processes under way at seven institutions likely to claim well over 1,200 jobs, with more campuses expected to follow suit

New crackdowns on overseas students have recently been introduced by Australia, Canada and the UK in response to concerns about immigration levels, housing costs and visa abuse. But will they work? Will they last? And where do they leave universities struggling to stay afloat? Patrick Jack reports 

THE’s flagship summit began with a focus on immediate funding woes but ended with a reaffirmation of universities’ founding principles

Vice-chancellors want access to support for public sector organisations if expected levying of national insurance on employers’ pension contributions goes ahead

Pressure group attacks ‘shocking’ rise in ‘fat cats’, but institutions insist it is right that they offer competitive salaries

Number of institutions claiming financial exigency now into ‘double figures’

Troubled institution joins neighbouring ANU in flagging major cuts, saying it is ‘spending beyond its means’

First budget under new right-wing government insufficient, sector leaders say

New post-16 regulator finally comes into being as Welsh institutions face funding crisis

Declines in international student numbers blamed for fresh round of university redundancies

Proposed rises in employer national insurance and levy on pension contributions could ‘unwittingly tip the balance’, warns UUK leader

Universities UK urges ‘ambitious’ increase in research spending, not real-terms cut, ahead of budget

Welsh higher education minister rows back on Senedd remarks after acknowledging bailouts across the border are a Westminster matter

New restructure proposals, ‘the last of the year’, would claim more than 100 positions

Record increases scheduled as caps proposal leaves universities ‘singing different songs’

New Manchester vice-chancellor on why universities need to collaborate more closely, how to turn research into impact, and the ‘opportunity’ for the UK on international students

Waiving pay during Covid did not prevent redundancies, union warns members

Charge students to retake passed exams, Norwegian government tells universities

Struggling universities unlikely to see greater support as warring parties focus on political reform

Capital seen as being able to absorb ramifications of a market exit, while regional towns and cities would feel much greater impact

Pandemic-style redundancies feared as universities count their losses

English higher education is already very diverse. Aggressive top-down attempts to diversify it further will do more harm than good, says B.V.E. Hyde

Irene Tracey says policymakers and universities need to work together to tackle funding crisis

Half of sector goes backwards in this year’s table, as international student caps threaten more damage

Former minister says his government was right to focus on outcomes of degrees but disowns talk of ‘Mickey Mouse degrees’

Oxford breaks record at number one spot, defying trend of declining UK reputation 

British and Canadian vice-chancellors warn their financial models have never faced greater threats, but do not want to further deter international students

Releasing details of Paddy Nixon’s final-year earnings of $A1.8 million would be ‘contrary to the public interest’, Canberra insists

Funders and prestigious universities ‘cannot compete’ as budgets stand still or go backwards

Baroness Smith references October budget as she says government is ‘working on a whole range of options’

At least 50 job cuts proposed as university confronts A$200 million hole caused by ‘external headwinds’ and federal policy changes

But increases to PhD stipends are ‘too little, too late’, postgraduate union says

Survey of pro-growth economists by innovation thinktank UK Day One finds weak support among economists for extra higher education spending

Party was ‘irresponsible’ to let per-student funding erode during last six years of governing, says ex-universities minister

Leaders urged to be more ambitious in their proposals in order to secure long-term health of universities

Vision for future direction of English sector calls for fees to be indexed to inflation and an increase in teaching grants

All the key suggestions for reform as Universities UK outlines how the sector can be put back on a firm financial footing

Educators must take responsibility for their own contribution to the crisis, forum hears

Canberra’s international education crackdown is sapping sector of funds to diversify, forum hears

Economist who invented furlough scheme shares expansive blueprint to redraw English higher education funding

Fees worth £9,250 gave institutions £13,000 in today’s money just seven years ago, finds dataHE analysis

Forcing Australian institutions to manage scheme raises workload, privacy and taxation issues, Senate committee hears

Planning cuts of more than €1 billion (£840 million), ministers opt to save academic positions and instead target ‘starter’ grants

Sussex leader tells ministers to go further than declaring war against universities is over

Increased support for students ‘has to be a part’ of Labour’s thinking on improving access, Baroness Smith tells party conference

Top universities have feasted on international students this year while other institutions withered

Outgoing Erasmus University Rotterdam president discusses the underappreciated value of the social sciences, managing student protests and the differences between Dutch and German higher education

Union calls for increase in corporation tax to address university funding difficulties

Critics question upfront expense, cost effectiveness, timeline and viability of Waikato proposal

A ground-breaking physics experiment underlines a proud scholarly tradition that relies on purpose, dedication – and money, says Keith Burnett

State must step in, according to submissions to major university review

Wary of backing a ‘toxic’ big rise in fees, vice-chancellors are coalescing around a demand for more public subsidy for higher education instead. Despite the cost, could this option be more palatable for Labour?

Doing so would do a service not only to Muslim would-be students worried about usury but to everyone concerned about debt, says Steve Connolly