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Even if the department lives to fight another day, putting it under threat will have helped Republicans to ‘flood the zone’ and disorientate opponents, academics say

Financial benefits of increasing domestic recruitment ‘now negligible’, according to leaked document

Two dozen academics join ‘mainstream’ call for a health check on youth gender treatment

Long caught up in debates about academic freedom and internationalisation, liberal arts may not survive in city state beyond closure of pioneering partnership

Hugh Brady warns 16 per cent fall in real-terms value of recurrent grant funding ‘threatens the very foundations of British science’

Over 80 per cent of union members vote for strike action after successive years or job cuts at University of East Anglia

Skills minister says upcoming White Paper will seek to address ‘fragmentation’ between further and higher education

Political pressures and legislative haziness leave institutions ‘on a hiding to nothing’

Consultation launched during pause in new registrations, with pent-up demand at end of hiatus likely to be joined by franchisees affected by government reforms

Visa challenges and changing immigration policies in traditional student destinations are driving Indians to consider emerging locations

Union describes results of THE analysis as ‘sickening’ amid spate of redundancies and course closures in crisis-hit universities

Higher education in Gaza will continue to feel the hit from infrastructure damage and diminished student intake for years to come, experts warn

Under-representation of women probably a key factor in country’s underperformance versus rest of Europe

Scouring funded grant applications for ‘woke’ terminology is ‘chilling’, say top US researchers alarmed by defunding threats

Humanities courses are often forced to ‘justify their relevance’ in ways STEM subjects are not, TV historian says

Academics warn of ‘culture of fear’ at pre-eminent Welsh institution amid plans to axe courses and hundreds of jobs

Individual campus listening services to remain operational after umbrella body folds

Chinese students are crucial to Thailand’s international education ambitions, but quality concerns pose a risk

Expenses spike despite dwindling student numbers, with signs the gap could widen

Proliferation of for-profit providers sparks concerns of ‘abusive practices’ including misrepresentation and tuition fee fraud

More than half of PhD graduates find jobs outside universities after graduating but students complain programmes are still only set up to help create new professors

Data centre mogul Robin Khuda seeks ‘cohort effect’ with largest-ever gift to Australia’s oldest university

European Commission-published Competitiveness Compass raises fears of political interference

Survey finds NHS bursary is not sufficient to cover living costs, with many trainee medics forced to cut back or take on additional work

Pressure mounts on Welsh government to intervene as Cardiff posts UK sector’s biggest deficit yet

Social sciences ‘the proverbial canary in the coalmine’ for restrictions in other areas of research, dean warns

Legal and regulatory issues push some English institutions into taking financial hit of not increasing fees

Russell Group member says number of roles going yet to be determined, with compulsory departures not on agenda

Peers urge rethink as they brand UK’s high visa and healthcare costs ‘act of national self-harm’

Tax-cutting budget sees modest increases for higher education as India’s growth expected to slow

Lack of cooperation from publishers blamed for failure of transparency service that many hoped could drive down prices

Prompted by deadly train station collapse, thousands of students are calling for government accountability

Rapidly growing AI tool brushes off questions about Tiananmen Square and spouts Communist Party line on sensitive topics like Taiwan