Failed Horizon 2020 bids ¡®cost European universities ?6 billion¡¯ Average success rate for European Commission programme stands at 12 per cent By Simon Baker 21 March
Grade threshold ¡®exemptions for poorest¡¯ risk Treasury rift Post-18 education review also said to have looked at proposals to allocate top-up public funding according to subjects¡¯ cost of provision By John Morgan 21 March
Scrapping post-study work visas ¡®cost UK ?750?million¡¯ Evidence on international students¡¯ tax payments raises ¡®serious concerns¡¯ about rejection of post-study work visa return, says report for Hepi By John Morgan 21 March
UK academics should not rely on their universities to save them from Brexit fallout For those reliant on EU funding, seeking appointments at continental universities is the only sensible course, says Peter Coveney By Peter Coveney 21 March
Global reputation of UK universities declines ahead of Brexit Canada and China are among nations that have seen a boost on measures of internationalisation in past year, based on latest THE ranking By Ellie Bothwell 20 March
Conference axed after threats from transgender activists The Open University cancels prison reform conference after pressure from militant feminist groups over organiser¡¯s advice on transgender prisoners By Jack Grove 20 March
Foreign students at Israeli university ¡®made to work on farm¡¯ Tel Aviv University launches investigation into complaints made by African and Asian learners on industry-backed master¡¯s By Anna McKie 20 March
Minister pressures PayPal to stop taking essay mill payments Google and YouTube have removed hundreds of contract cheating advertisements, says Damian Hinds By Anna McKie 20 March
Inside ETH Zurich: one of the world¡¯s most international universities Switzerland¡¯s flagship university has always been international, but has never been more in need of its global outlook, says Sarah Springman By Sarah Springman 20 March
Cambridge v-c seeks cuts to ease ?30 million deficit Stephen Toope cites Brexit and Augar review in all-university email explaining the need to reduce spending By Jack Grove 19 March
The Brexit failings cast a long shadow on universities¡¯ relationship with Europe Deep political division suggests that post-Brexit negotiations around research collaboration and talent mobility with the EU will drag on, says Chris Husbands By Chris Husbands 19 March
Academics fight Birmingham¡¯s plan to cut time for research College of Arts and Law tells scholars to spend more time on grant applications as quality-related funding dwindles By Jack Grove 19 March