Financial challenges facing institutions mirror those plaguing Treasury, asserts PhD-bearing science secretary, who jokes he ¡®wouldn¡¯t wish a doctorate on my own worst enemy¡¯
Regional institutions hope to benefit as they are handed quotas higher than current numbers at expense of rich Group of Eight universities. But will effect of the policy merely put students off Australia altogether?
Forcing UKRI-backed researchers to publish their papers as preprints would save ?40 million annually and ¡®accelerate scientific progress¡¯, says thinktank
Money awarded under Horizon Europe Guarantee helped scholars remain competitive as Britain returns to Europe¡¯s research programme, says UKRI¡¯s international champion
Increased American targeting of foreign enrolments expected to prompt policy response and reduce competitor countries¡¯ access to ¡®low-risk¡¯ students
Man tasked with overseeing Office for Students¡¯ transition says innovation, collaboration and mergers can all play a role in ensuring institutions are put on a better financial footing
New role backed by cement company at Trinity College Dublin has prompted protests, but can institutions ¨C and the planet ¨C realistically afford to spurn such funding?
Scheme that places researchers at heart of policymaking set to be expanded, but can evidence-based advice really make a difference in heat of politics?
Universities must rethink how they engage with students in era of major upheavals, according to Bonni Stachowiak as she reflects on 10 years of running Teaching in Higher Ed
Only half of US faculty members surveyed believe AI will enhance the student experience, as many report being left out of decisions on how technology is used
Metric used to inform new policy adds to confusion for top-ranked institutions while other vice-chancellors welcome ¡®certainty¡¯ provided by their allocations
Ministry of Education ban on interprovincial expansion forces institutions to shift focus from teaching to research, or shutter planned outposts altogether
No currently enrolled students will be disadvantaged, bureaucrat insists, despite quarrels over data and assessment that bill ¡®is more suited to national security legislation¡¯