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Late move to try to pass no confidence vote in Jo Grady piles pressure on union leadership as they attempt to coordinate fight back against job losses

English regulator tells institution its checks and oversight were insufficient after subcontracted provision tripled in two years

University proposes 39 job losses in latest sign new wave of cuts will be tougher on staff

Students criticise university for lack of transparency and wasting resources after thousands of books from shuttered college destined for recycling

Number of people coming to UK halves in a year partly because of steep drops in students bringing dependants

Hike in fees of up to 6 per cent unlikely to compensate for erosion of research funding and cuts to grant schemes and mobility scholarships

Threat of strike ballot still hanging over UK pay talks but expert says low offer will be greeted with ‘sullen resignation’

Bloc seen as likely to insist on lower fees for its students in upcoming negotiations, putting UK in a difficult position, given its wider crackdown on migration

Doncaster focus groups find widespread scepticism that cost of a degree will be outweighed by career benefits

Strong career outcomes of fellowship holders underlines importance of early career support, says academy

Universities urged to be ‘brave’ in hiring decisions despite ‘precarious’ times as study finds prioritising sector expertise doesn’t always pay off

Redundancies blamed on ‘unprecedented financial challenges’ including ‘rising costs, flat or declining income and uncertainty in student recruitment’

Grief ‘compounded by a lack of transparency’, parents tell two-year investigation into student deaths at UK universities

UK foreign secretary hails partnership as way of strengthening scientific ties between the two countries

Increased staff and other operating costs blamed for ‘significant deterioration’, with spending on restructuring ballooning

Surprise reduction in funding for specialist provision will spark ‘brand new financial crisis brewed entirely in Whitehall’, critics warn

Problems arise when citizenship rather than pedagogy determines delivery mode, critics say

Hidden environmental impact of roll-out of AI bots and assistants not well understood, experts warn, with much of it outsourced to big technology companies

Vocabulary driven by policymakers doesn’t work for sector where outputs are not always measurable, conference hears

Fears over cuts to university-based frontier science eased by European Commission president’s speech confirming independence of Framework Programme 10

Lowest offer since the pandemic reflects ‘severity of the financial pressures’ facing institutions, says employer body

Staff want additional funding allocated by the Welsh government to be used to remove threat of compulsory redundancies

Thousands set to miss out on fund set up by UK government to support companies in traversing the ‘Valley of Death’ between research and commercialisation, universities fear

Many institutions still ‘pretending not to see’ issue of food insecurity among students, new book claims

Doubling the length of time required for indefinite leave to remain in the UK will impose a considerable ‘financial and emotional toll’ on international researchers, warn experts

Ministers to seek to ensure money used to support high-cost subjects better aligns with priorities for growth

Royal Society announces government-backed fellowships as countries race to sign up scientific talent fleeing the US

Broad agreement offers little detail on HE priorities, with no mention of whether EU students will be able to pay UK fees

Other UK government departments outside science will be encouraged to allocate a proportion of their research budgets to long-term funding

Secretary of state promises to focus on building global partnerships in vital document that will shape approach to education exports

While some see higher compliance thresholds as way to identify rogue operators, the threat of losing licences could push universities to withdraw from certain regions entirely

Current widening participation approach not working, say academics, as rural villages and coastal towns revealed as areas with lowest levels of progression to universities

Minister says there will be no changes to visa processing regime that gives effect to government’s thwarted cap proposal