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University¡¯s provision in collaboration with overseas partners ¡®requires improvement¡¯, report states

British Academy issues warning over future of language study in UK

Degree programme aims to give graduates edge in job market

By Elizabeth Redden, for

The next European Union research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, has been allocated a budget of almost €71 billion (?60.4 billion) in an agreement reached on 8 February.

Leaders of the Russell Group of research intensive universities have added their voices to the clamour calling for the European Union¡¯s research and innovation funding to be protected.

The chairs of five parliamentary committees have written to the prime minister urging him to remove overseas university students from the net migrant target, highlighting ¡°unprecedented¡± consensus between MPs and peers on the move.

Uclan¡¯s Cyprus outpost of ¡®particular concern¡¯ to UN secretary general. John Morgan reports

Commissioner warns of heavy R&D cost should UK quit the European Union. Elizabeth Gibney reports

The government¡¯s immigration policy harms student traffic from abroad and the economy, claims Shabana Mahmood

The government is being urged not to implement immigration proposals that it is claimed could have a damaging effect on UK science, engineering and wider academia.

Projects focussing on graphene and research into the human brain have won what the European Commission has called ¡°the largest research excellence award in history¡±.

Loss of international student licence exacts heavy toll on London Met. David Matthews reports

Government rhetoric over visas is to blame for a perception that the UK is not a good place for international students to set up a business, according to a recent survey

Loss of international student licence exacts heavy toll on London Met. David Matthews reports

Research Councils UK plans strategy to benefit from global collaboration. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Post-study employment changes and a shrinking ¡®expat premium¡¯ prompt second thoughts about value of overseas study. Joanna Sugden reports from New Delhi

Scholarship has long been international but the current vision of a ¡®worldwide¡¯ academy of rootless student-consumers and national economic competition is as contradictory as it is immoral, argues Thomas Docherty

Mark Harper shares with John Morgan some good and bad news for the sector on immigration policy

Mark Harper shares with John Morgan some good and bad news for the sector on immigration policy

Mainland recognition of foreign degrees taught in Hong Kong is key for UK, writes David Matthews

The UK higher education sector has concluded that an insurance scheme to guarantee international students a fees refund or alternative places should their course or university close down is ¡°essential¡±.

Theresa May, the home secretary, has been accused by a vice-chancellor of acting ¡°like a Dalek¡± and of ¡°casting a dark cloud over British higher education¡± in her refusal to change course on student visas.

Internationally diverse departments outperform others, study finds. David Matthews writes

David Matthews on growing signs of cross-party accord as BIS recasts education as an export

Report draws US notice but experts say journals will not ¡®play RCUK game¡¯. Paul Jump reports

Jack Grove speaks to the former president of Ireland who will lead an EU inquiry into higher education

Ghana tunes in for British Council¡¯s Apprentice-style reality TV show. David Matthews reports

The sector is considering protecting its reputation among international students by creating an insurance scheme that would provide compensation or transfer to other courses for those affected if their universities fail or can no longer teach them.