If you want to influence UK parties’ HE policies, now is the time to engage As attentions turn to manifestos for the coming election, higher education should ramp up communication with MPs and ministers, says Anne Milton By Anne Milton 14 August
National Student Survey 2023: which university performed best? Following the removal of a question on overall satisfaction, Times Higher Education analysed the results to produce an overall ‘positivity measure’ By Patrick Jack 11 August
ID Manchester: university plots path for ‘inclusive innovation’ £1.7 billion venture with developer aims to sidestep pitfalls of university innovation districts and create jobs in deprived Greater Manchester towns By John Morgan 11 August
German ‘experiment’ with international tuition fees ‘at an end’ Independent panel agrees Baden-Württemberg should stop charging overseas learners, but its chair predicts ‘avalanche’ of fees-for-all could follow By Ben Upton 11 August
NSS 2023: nine in 10 students positive on freedom of speech Almost nine in 10 respondents say they feel free to express themselves on campus in response to new question By Patrick Jack 10 August
More applicants consider living at home as cost of living bites As many as one in three school-leavers in England could stay at home when they start university, study suggests By Patrick Jack 10 August
Delays in UCU strike ballot leave marking boycotters ‘exposed’ Union has just weeks left to call vote on whether to extend industrial action or members will face being forced to clear assessment backlog By Tom Williams 10 August
Russian scholarships for African students ‘echo Cold War tactics’ Number of scholarships offered reported to have increased fourfold over past decade By Patrick Jack 9 August
Final government takeovers feared amid Hungary rector search Ministry in foundation model talks with two universities as insider worries about future interference at conservatoire By Ben Upton 9 August
Scottish Highers: pass rate falls again Three-quarters of school leavers accepted into first choice of university By Patrick Jack 8 August
Outgoing ACU head: Commonwealth collaborations must go both ways Chief executive of world’s oldest university network discusses equity in partnerships, two-way internationalisation and ensuring the UN sees the value of tertiary education By Tom Williams 8 August
Frustration as Scotland waits for detail on Erasmus alternative Holyrood still finalising details of pilot student exchange programme but time running out to make it accessible, leaders fear By Ben Upton 8 August