Swinney wants Scotland-only two-year graduate visa extension First minister wants UK government to allow country to grant additional post-study work rights to international students Tom Williams 1月 22日
Russell Group outstrips rest in growing politics provision Members of elite grouping saw numbers enrolled on courses increase by more than 300 while others experienced declines Juliette Rowsell 1月 22日
Support from academics ‘can make student mental health worse’ Attempts by well-meaning scholars to help services ‘drowning in demand’ adding to the problems, finds study Patrick Jack 1月 22日
Nobelists urge rethink on MRC unit funding changes Nobel laureates back calls to pause new system of Medical Research Council funding which threatens future of well-established research units Jack Grove 1月 21日
No large increases in public funding for universities, says Smith Minister rules out state taking on more of the cost of paying for higher education Tom Williams 1月 21日
Exeter claims Russell Group first with Africa branch campus Outpost on Ain Shams University campus to offer undergraduate and postgraduate Exeter degrees Juliette Rowsell 1月 20日
Stop ‘micromanaging’ courses and let students decide – Willetts Government intervention in university degree programmes ‘getting worse’ despite erosion of public funding, complains former universities minister Tom Williams 1月 20日
With free speech act revised, will Arif Ahmed find his voice? Cambridge philosopher appointed to oversee free speech in English universities has been unusually quiet since starting the role. Might changes seen as ‘clipping his wings’ force him to be more vocal? Tom Williams 1月 20日
Leicester has sights on India branch campus as research hub opens Midlands university is seeking to deepen its ties to India as it opens new health research centre in Andhra Pradesh Jack Grove 1月 20日
REF 2029: ‘metrics-lite’ research culture assessment welcomed Universities ‘relieved’ by balance of qualitative and quantitative data in environment evaluations Jack Grove 1月 18日
University autonomy fears as Scotland mulls new oversight powers Bid to hand funding council ability to intervene amid worsening institutional finances could be open for abuse, critics fear Tom Williams 1月 17日
England’s foundation years funding cut will deepen inequalities Why harm high-quality provision at established universities because of a small number of providers with questionable motives, asks Mark Clark Mark Clark 1月 17日
