Politics

Universities losing income from international students would have to slash their R&D spending, letter to chancellor warns

Temperatures soar despite the winter chills, as each side accuses its opponents of extremism

Universities’ financial get-out-of-jail card no longer works, as governments in Canberra and elsewhere turn their backs on foreign students

University insists senate decision to refrain from institutional stance safeguards academic freedom

Intimidation of longstanding civic institutions belies a traditional conservative emphasis on small government and free speech, says Andrew Seligsohn

Long-serving leader sentenced after quashing investigation of former USP administrators

New requirement ‘just the latest lever to reduce net migration’

Public supports getting firms that hire graduates to foot higher education funding bill, says union research

Prime minister summons sector leaders to Downing Street as campus protests spread, demanding disciplinary action against students found to be inciting hatred

Even a favourable MAC report may not relieve political pressure on government to act further on international student numbers, risking ‘enormous damage right across the sector’

Critics’ claim that research on British policy in Northern Ireland will be influenced by ministers is incorrect, says Ian McBride

Biden backs Republican narrative of excessive antisemitism in demonstrations, while California tries to uncover pro-Israel attackers

Right-wing thinktank argues government, not universities, should be put in control of student visa numbers to ‘reduce the potential for abuse’

Kyriakos Pierrakakis tells THE that controversial reforms will help to make country a higher education destination

Vice-chancellors refute claims that the selection process for their roles is politically driven

Ivy League university at centre of nationwide series of student demonstrations will try for smaller events away from campus encampment

Councillors urge government not to place restrictions on post-study work rights

While the government plans measures to relieve placement poverty and student debt, observers also expect higher visa fees and financial capacity bar

The BJP’s ideological pressure is causing religion and politics to intrude into academia, risking a disastrous brain drain, says Eldho Mathews

While indexation change was widely anticipated, backdating of the measure was not

End of prime minister’s two-decade term brings reflection on sector’s rapid development but also its enduring challenges

Historians to be granted full access to state archives, but critics question relationship to controversial Legacy Act

President says ‘order must prevail’ after police clear UCLA encampment

Tough decade-old experience with police violence taught California universities the value of restraint, though divisive politics may already be straining its ability to keep its ideals

Student leaders protesting their university’s failure to accredit their degrees find themselves in Papua New Guinea jail, after ‘opportunist’ torches vehicles

Government-mandated cuts to undergraduate admissions will ‘escalate competition’ for places, sector leaders warn

Former universities minister attacks ‘sheer incoherence and self-destructiveness’ of deterring international students from coming to UK

Number of family members allowed to enter UK down 80 per cent after tightening of rules

Royal Irish Academy calls for fresh push to develop higher education in north-west of island

After forcing delays in 2024-25 admissions cycle, administration promises simplified aid process will help more students, but current educational and political costs loom as substantial

Debate over how to handle polarised issues considered too polarising by students

Suspension threats lead to classroom seizure after Ivy League university offers to discuss but not immediately implement Israel divestment

As part of ongoing efforts to reduce abuses and controversies in nation’s huge programme of international enrolment, Trudeau cuts back Covid-era 40-hour-a-week policy

New ‘process’ among proposals to improve quality and transparency of university governance

Just as universities enter election-year battle over their worth, cries of antisemitism – sincere or otherwise – play into their historic partisan vulnerabilities

Radical restructuring of higher education would see lower-tariff institutions focus only on vocational courses, under plans outlined by right-wing thinktank

Economy is failing to create enough professional jobs for fresh graduates, leaving young voters feeling frustrated

Blade Nzimande clinging on to higher education brief ahead of general election that holds significant peril for ruling ANC-led alliance

Research and education ‘absolutely decisive’ in turbulent times, French president says in Sorbonne speech

British Academy president Julia Black contrasts creation of funding-focused football regulator with inaction on higher education crisis

MI5 director general warns vice-chancellors that hostile states are targeting UK universities

Young people are leaving the country in droves yet no political party is committed to reforming higher education, says Asghar Zaidi

Pedro Sánchez says he might resign over levelling of ‘falsehoods’ against Begoña Gómez, connected to her time working for IE University

Top congressional Republican comes to New York City to ally himself with conservatives attacking free speech on college campuses

Latest changes encourage more recruitment from China for universities that already have the market cornered

Committee urges new transparency data, strengthened oversight and guidance on how big a cut of tuition fee universities should take

MPs hear concerns about quality of assessment process under new suppliers Capita and Study Tech

Student loans among the ‘areas where we need to do much better with the younger generation’, prime minister concedes

Italian philosopher faces defamation charges after condemning use of term ‘ethnic replacement’

After more than 100 arrests at demonstration supporting Palestinians, students revive mass occupation, putting their president under new fire from briefly supportive Republicans

Colleges and universities grateful that president is restoring their control over sexual misconduct hearings, but warn about speed and frequency of change

State law against foreign scholars allows institutions to pursue exceptions, but faculty and students are largely left to wage protests

Military is investigating whether international students in province adjacent to Taiwan pose national security risk

Ivy League institution follows congressional spotlight with student arrests and suspensions

Deputy prime minister to brief vice-chancellors on findings of review

The prime minister’s role in appointing university leaders under question as Cabinet attempts to change status quo

After previous hearing led to ousting of Harvard and Penn leaders, Baroness Shafik calls for understanding but struggles to define response

After flat research funding drew complaints last year from universities, new plan warmly welcomed

Young voters ‘desperate for politicians to offer them more’, feeling that MPs don’t value their views

As part of annual budget, lawmakers also call for focus on fraud, new funding models and peer review