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    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      China’s fake science industry: how ‘paper mills’ threaten progress

      The country has become a prolific producer of academic research but fraudulent studies risk serious real-world consequences

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Workplace pensions
      UK universities pension plan warns against shake-up of funding rules

      Largest private-sector retirement scheme, with fund of £90bn, tells regulator of ‘deep misgivings’ over proposals

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Education
      UK higher education applicants to rise to 1mn a year by 2030, warns UCAS

      University application service calls for targeted effort to increase places for students

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      University of Cambridge
      Cambridge university’s economic impact worth £30bn a year, analysis shows

      Report highlights role higher education institutions play in accelerating innovation

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Anjana Ahuja
      World-leading? Britain’s science sector has some way to go

      The country’s reputation is inflated by historic successes and relies on successful outliers

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      University research ‘spinouts’ to be reviewed by UK government

      Size of equity stakes among issues to be addressed as Whitehall seeks to find ways to boost innovation

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Lengthy security checks disrupting UK research, universities warn

      Delays in vetting process for international students is deterring top scientific talent, Russell Group finds

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Plans for UK investment zones set to be scaled back in Budget

      Treasury to ‘catalyse’ limited growth clusters around research bases such as universities

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      News in-depthUK business & economy
      UK university research faces funding cliff edge as EU support ends

      Enterprise and innovation supported by bloc’s structural investment funds risks falling away, warn academics

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      University of Oxford
      Oxford university urged to review policy in wake of outcry over Sackler ties

      Staff and students call for review into practices following FT investigation

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      Brexit
      British university students hit by delays in post-Brexit travel scheme

      The replacement to Erasmus has been beset by red tape and late funding, say universities

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Education secretary to resist Home Office cuts to overseas students

      Gillian Keegan says universities are ‘hugely valuable’ export success for Britain

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Education
      Life-long learning at risk in England as enrolment drops due to debt fears

      Institutions warn that flagship skills policy is in jeopardy due to cost of living crisis

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK braced for biggest strike day since 2011 as ministers resist pay rises

      Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers set to walk out on Wednesday in co-ordinated action

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      The Big Read
      The growing tensions around spinouts at British universities

      Millions of pounds are being invested to turn scientific research into global companies. But some founders say they have to give up too much equity

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK braced for biggest day of strikes this winter

      Workers from rail, teaching and university sectors to walk out on February 1 in co-ordinated action over pay

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Lack of clinical academics threatens NHS research and teaching, say peers

      Shortage of doctors with university posts is putting health service on ‘dangerous precipice’

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      UK immigration
      Bilimoria warns cutting foreign student numbers would be ‘utter madness’

      Former CBI president criticises government moves to bring down migration by targeting universities

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      UK universities target overseas students from outside China

      India, South Asia and Nigeria become key markets as sector seeks to diversify its intake over political risks

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      Charlie Jeffery
      How to solve the problem of university strikes

      Students and staff will suffer unless we find a lasting way to fund British undergraduate degrees

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Warning of hardship for English students over size of rise in financial support

      Russell Group of universities hits out at government’s below-inflation increase in maintenance loans

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      UK universities turn to philanthropy to bolster finances

      Institutions increasingly take advantage of appetite from wealthy donors, says Imperial president

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
      Artificial intelligence
      AI breakthrough ChatGPT raises alarm over student cheating

      Academics urge universities to develop new forms of assessment after launch of program that imitates essay-writing

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Sergei Guriev
      America’s world-beating universities still face significant challenges

      US institutions dominate the global rankings but are less international than they should be

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
      Louise Richardson: ‘I do wish our students were more resilient about nasty remarks’

      Before she steps down this month, the vice-chancellor of Oxford university talks about cancel culture, state schools and why universities should not be businesses

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