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Prolonged integrity problems, ongoing visa chaos, harsher caps to come: the post-caps prospects for Australian international education

Would-be international students opt to enrol closer to home, with continental Europe, Asian hubs and the Gulf seen as alternatives for learners locked out of ‘big four’

Shrinking humanities departments reducing options for those who wish to study close to home, finds British Academy

Freely available tool performs strongly in trials against human interviewers and traditional online surveys

Welsh regulator’s perceived failure to follow English sector lead on preventing misconduct seen as contributing to ‘patchy’ protections

Universities need £60 million boost from Holyrood budget to avoid further cuts to per-student funding, says IFS

Ex-HKU law professor receives longest sentence to date under controversial national security law

Institutions switch to online learning as air pollution levels soar

Country could accommodate more overseas learners, according to poll of locals’ attitudes

Few universities confirm plans to charge full uplift to all undergraduates, with sector set to miss out on millions in extra revenue

Many credit right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk with mobilising young white college voters across key swing states

Universities raise quality concerns as regulator sets end-of-year cut-off for transition to digital credits

Leading professor says he is likely to leave UK to avoid tax hit, and fears others may be reluctant to come in the first place

Union says withdrawal of some business degrees ‘raises serious questions’ but university insists it is separate to wider restructure

Students and alumni fight to save campus dating back to 1822, which was a standalone college of the University of Wales until 2010

Any new home undergraduate enrolling on a course at University College Birmingham will be eligible for the allowance

Crossbench party wants debt reduction legislated straight away, while opposition dismisses measure as an elitist ‘election bribe’

New enrolments down 5 per cent after three years of post-pandemic rebound, says Open Doors survey

Visa processing chaos set to continue amid opposition parties’ rejection of proposal to limit international student numbers

Promote teamwork to improve gender equity, Australian analysis suggests

With vaccine sceptics taking top White House posts, there are concerns that attacks on scientists who counter misinformation may become more extreme

Ministers may have ‘little appetite’ to revisit contentious legislation, but is just letting it lie a viable option?

Institutions start putting recruitment on hold amid uncertainty about whether new limits will come into force in January

Researchers identify emergence of ‘China English’ as legitimate version of language

Staff fear cost-cutting motivations behind university’s drive for more secure employment

Lower than anticipated student recruitment worsening financial situation for more institutions, according to OfS analysis

Lack of expertise may make it impossible for universities to meet minimum standards set by research funders

Private colleges set to be hit with punitive limits on overseas recruitment, despite being among the top performers in government-commissioned surveys

Republican’s first term suggests that anti-immigration rhetoric will undermine universities’ offshore recruitment efforts

Minor branded ‘liberal indoctrination’ by Republican representative among 52 programmes being cut, with low enrolment blamed

Home Office statistics reveal just 1,300 dependants submitted visa applications in October – the lowest monthly total since at least January 2022

Outpost to build on London university’s existing partnerships in West Africa

Tutorial system monopolised by ‘domineering’ male students and focus on final-year examinations seen as disadvantaging women