Politics

Named as founding law dean at High Point University, Mark Martin denies refusing congressional investigators but also keeps quiet about advice to defeated president on day of Capitol building assault

Labour leader says party has ‘a number of propositions’ on the issue that will be put forward before the next general election

London-based institutions and post-92s face losing millions if brakes put on overseas enrolment

Central government representatives are increasingly rejecting candidates selected by political foes in state governments, says Mukhtar Ahmad

Government and institutions are aligned when it comes to recruiting genuine students, despite alleged visa abuse becoming a right-wing hobby horse

Move to shrink governing body and reduce internal representation seen as rebuke for president Rocky Tuan

Cardiff University’s Colin Riordan says disappointing proposed budget for Welsh universities will worsen financial pressures caused by inflation

Financially troubled University of the South Pacific was left with £29 million black hole when leadership fell out with biggest member state

Former education secretary joined by 14 vice-chancellors in warning Westminster government against restricting overseas enrolment to ‘elite’ universities only

Embattled human rights professor faced abuse and threats online after DUP leader questioned latest report

New chair of Commons education committee ‘concerned’ by moves to limit study visas

Government tipped to win battle with peers who removed statutory tort and are ‘unwilling to compromise’

Broader coalition arrives without answers on a missing DKr300 million for humanities and social sciences, as universities prepare to debate lifelong learning reforms with a “gun pointed at us”

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting attacks cap on medical school places that has led to institutions catering solely to students from overseas 

House of Lords Science and Technology Committee also criticises ‘unjustifiably high’ visa costs 

Westminster government signals it will seek to reinstate ‘statutory tort’ removed by peers

Regulator tells universities free speech codes should cover teaching and academics will be polled, bringing ‘independence’ rebuke

Students ‘unlikely to be high up the list of priorities’ for further funding despite risk of dropouts

UAL-commissioned report looks at alternatives inside and outside current system in wake of ‘regressive’ changes

After elite universities took her from County Durham to White House, next Durham chancellor aims to work on spreading benefits of higher education beyond elites 

Home affairs minister pledges to speed up admission of world’s ‘best and brightest’

But institutions will contribute much more to both their localities and their planet if they collaborate more, says Simone Buitendijk

Australian university representatives warn of unintended consequences from two-year limit in new workplace relations act

Peers amend controversial legislation owing to prospect of “endless litigation”, with ban on non-disclosure agreements also supported

New Korean president’s plan to cut school funding to boost universities amid demographic and economic changes may be ‘prescient’

Education secretary distances herself from plans to restrict study visas being pushed by No 10

White paper vows to reshape science sector but also shies away from suggested creation of base operating grants for institutions

While unions see applications in the private college sector, Australian universities worry about being forced to enter collective bargaining

Proposals said to have brought opposition from DfE and to have potential to end post-study work rights for graduates of institutions deemed substandard

As political own goals go, threatening to both cap and confine international students to ‘elite’ institutions was in a class of its own, says David Bell

Concerns over prospect of ‘endless litigation’ lead to government tabling changes to controversial legislation

Plea comes as European Parliament pledges new focus on academic freedom

Conservative ex-universities ministers aim to force government into rowing back on plans to allow universities to be sued over free speech

German-style political stability and long-term science funding could help mitigate the damage, say Zach Meyers and John Springford

More hardship funding, bigger maintenance loans and restored grants would all complement universities’ efforts, says Sarah Stevens

Politicians and sector leaders respond strongly to reports Westminster government could restrict foreign students to ‘elite universities’ only

The department’s threat to ban international students from all but the top UK universities is totally counterproductive, says Nick Hillman

Return of grants after almost a decade of loans could create an enrolment surge in an already straining system

After government reaffirms LLE support, post-18 education review chair remains ‘apprehensive’ while OU v-c sees ‘big design challenges’

The need to rearrange academic units and, potentially, cut staff is the direct result of UK government policy, say David Latchman and Matthew Innes

Australian public service chief rails against scale in call for “alternatives” to huge comprehensive institutions

The UK’s Higher Education Bill could become a new global reference on academic freedom – if only it can get the definition right, say Liviu Matei and Shitij Kapur

Chris Skidmore urges universities to demonstrate how international students cross-subsidise course places for domestic classmates

Too many European policymakers see universities as ‘knowledge factories’ that exist to serve state interests, according to College of Europe professor

Articulating numerical goals can focus efforts, commentators say, but not always in the right direction

Westminster government provides £30 million for ‘talent and stabilisation fund’ and pumps extra £100 million of quality-related support into English universities

Sector should use review to break free from internal preoccupation and ‘utilitarian’ focus on private domestic benefit, conference hears

Move seen as a way of strengthening links between academia and policymakers to ensure parliamentarians have access to latest scholarship

Chancellor heralds switch of investment zone focus to higher education institutions in ‘left-behind areas’

Academic research leaders welcome shift from Trump hostilities but see unnecessary limits on foreigners in US labs, and uncertainties over unification of disclosure rules

High turnout among college-aged voters helps Democrats, but renewed Republican control of House may limit their payback on affordability and equity

Chancellor also announces that investment zones will be refocused to centre on universities in ‘left-behind areas’ driving growth sectors

Author of centenary report on UK adult education says plans as they stand unlikely to undo decades of neglect

Steve West also calls on politicians to ‘get serious’ about solution to declining university funding

Latest DfE appointee tells event he does not want the policy debate ‘to be about Oxbridge, Oxbridge, Oxbridge’

If government sets clear ambitions, innovation follows from the private sector and charities – not the other way round, says Ian Walker

Non-partisan panel asked to update access targets and complete Bradley review’s unfinished business

Consensus with regions and reversals by parliament’s budget committee help keep coalition promises

National Union of Students urges government to provide support in autumn statement as students slash spending on food and heating to get by

But lead negotiator for parliament’s research committee said refusal to plough more unspent funds back into programme ‘cannot stand’