Politics

While sector welcomes significant funding injection, future shape of national centre is clouded, as is much of its past efforts

We need a vision of how to foster the knowledge base and creative mindsets on which new thinking depends, says Jan Palmowski

MP given downgraded brief after courting controversy with middle finger gesture

Rising star of contest to be next PM signals intention to clamp down on ‘low quality degrees’ and universities that ‘indoctrinate social attitudes’

After 80 per cent gain in youth voting for last midterm congressional election cycle, Supreme Court decision seen as driving interest even higher

The president of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro discusses budget cuts and encouraging interdisciplinarity

University sector awaits political leadership as key posts lie vacant

Science sector ‘needs ministerial leadership’, says MP who resigned barely 24 hours earlier

Professors sanctioned for vaccine discussions as politicians seen gearing up for US-style assault on academic rights

Boosting individual academics' awareness of the risks of collaboration in certain areas is also crucial, says Fiona Quimbre

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania hold up state’s budget as part of demand that university gets no money if valued research involving aborted tissue persists

Departure of prime minister may allow for a rethink on Horizon Europe association, but sector could face months of damaging policy stasis, say experts

Boris Johnson appoints Cabinet to see out remainder of his premiership

Newly appointed education secretary follows science minister out the door

While contentious reforms were ‘a first for the OECD’, conference hears, they have reinforced a move away from taxpayer funding

Science minister hits out at lack of Treasury support for Plan B science scheme amid Westminster chaos

Minister heads for education secretary job having fought ‘culture wars’ against universities, but policy change may hinge on survival of Johnson government

But new Australian education minister silent on sector’s calls for more spending on teaching and research

Ministers expected to cap numbers based on OfS numerical baselines, including proportions of graduates going into ‘managerial or professional employment’

Higher education minister promoted as Nadhim Zahawi moves to Treasury

Australian sector pitches for a ‘reset’ as it gathers in the seat of government

Promotion of divisive ‘wedge issues’ enhances Donelan’s standing within Tory party by throwing ‘red meat’ to backbenchers, says sector leader

‘The current court has clearly shown its willingness to directly overturn past precedents in order to achieve conservative policy goals, and I don’t see why this case would be different,’ says sociologist

New approach ‘a great outcome’ for those fearing impacts of the ‘most bone-headed idea ever’

Marketing should include data on dropout rates and graduate outcomes, English institutions told

UUK letter to minister says it is ‘unclear what evidence is available’ to back claim that external schemes threaten free speech and requests meeting

Vote on whether to accept constitution that would overturn decades of private-led education said to be on a knife-edge

If the balance of the £300 million promised by the UK government is not delivered, a broad swathe of research will suffer, says Ulrike Tillmann

Bill opens door to ‘vexatious’ lawsuits against universities and to ministerial ‘control-freakery’ on overseas funding, warn Lord Willetts and Lord Johnson

Move to ‘break down barriers’ and create ‘parity of esteem’ through whole system approach seen as potential model for England

Religious requirements tripled, forcing some institutions to make cuts to core courses

Estimated 180,000 students – mostly low-income women – face disruption to academic careers as states allowed to forbid female healthcare

English institutions told to ‘reflect carefully’ on whether initiatives such as Race Equality Charter are in conflict with duty to uphold free speech

While some fields have been exempted from a contentious imposition on international doctoral students, sector still fears overkill

Starmer also expected to consider ‘fudge’ manifesto pledge to review university funding, with party set to drop Corbyn-era policy

President must learn to work with a fragmented parliament, but experts say likely allies will back his push to liberalise higher education

Winners of internal competitions will not be eligible for research council grants, as power shifts to government

Administration moves to reverse Trump mandate for in-person hearings and expand protections to transgender students

The UK’s National Union of Students is 100 years old. But as students around the world focus on single-issue campaigns and relations with governments crumble amid mutual disdain, questions abound about what comes next for organisations that ‘you would have to invent if they didn’t already exist’

Choice of former Darpa director to replace Lander affirms growing government-wide shift towards emphasising applied research

Despite known risk, politicians from states with weak science records push dramatic expansion of affirmative-action-style set-asides for federal dollars

Critics say plans to lower the limit on temporary staff from 40 per cent to 8 per cent are unworkable and could lock in under-qualified lecturers

Lecturer protests innocence but steps down from government ahead of role leading EU policymaking

Funding boost for new partnerships to ensure those moving to a new location get the help they need

Education and labour expert from Columbia and Princeton promises new focus on helping students compare institutions

After years of crude attacks on individual faculty and curriculum, Florida’s ambitious partisan governor identifies more palatable and enduring form of deep academic restraint

Former regulator highlights increasingly interventionist Westminster policies

Beijing should ease off on top-down pressure and extend its window for reporting graduates' job status, academics say

The myths underlying politicians’ insistence on a blanket return to face-to-face teaching must be busted carefully, says Alistair Jarvis

High-profile pledge to spend £60 million a year on maths research has not been fulfilled, MPs hear

Minister asks OfS to develop new registration condition covering antisemitism and says it would be ‘incredible’ if Oxford offered degree apprenticeships

Federal agents charged with patrolling university labs fret the open environment, not knowing sector’s practices well enough, auditor concludes

Ministers should see higher education as integral to levelling-up agenda instead of ‘taking any opportunity to pick a fight with universities’, says major report

IFS says continued use of out-of-date inflation predictions to set living cost loans makes ‘no sense at all’

Public Accounts Committee criticises Office for Students and DfE, while warning some institutions are being ‘put at risk’ by reliance on overseas fees

Opposition bid to exclude political donors foiled as government amendment on foreign funding passes

Focus should be on high-end jobs after students graduate – not low-end jobs while they study, sector leaders say

Maximum interest rate capped at 7.3 per cent, down from expected 12 per cent

Amendment to free speech legislation would require higher education providers to report proposed partnerships with overseas organisations

Australia will be the big loser from an exodus of Chinese researchers, academics warn