Raising English tuition fees ‘less popular than national service’ If next government wants to raise fees, it will have to face up to the fact that this will be ‘phenomenally unpopular’, poll finds Tom Williams 6月 12日
Parents left in limbo as university plans on-site nursery closure Queen Mary says facility has been underused and is losing it hundreds of thousands of pounds a year Tom Williams 6月 12日
UK higher education must beware of going too far with privatisation The less rigorous oversight of foundation courses at private providers poses a risk to the UK’s reputation for quality, says Zahid Naz Zahid Naz 6月 12日
Late graduation fine a ‘hard blow’ for Dutch students, unions say Student organisations urge new coalition government to scrap €3,000 ‘late study fine’ in open letter Emily Dixon 6月 11日
Conservatives target ‘rip-off degree’ closures despite warnings Commitments to spend more on research and proceed with lifelong learning entitlement also included in party’s general election manifesto Tom Williams 6月 11日
Time to bin all REF open access rules, say Oxford research chiefs ‘Excessively bureaucratic’ and ‘unaffordable’ rules on open access proposed for the next Research Excellence Framework should be discarded, say university executives Jack Grove 6月 11日
Opportunity and risk as Norway embraces defence research As Russia prompts security fears, steering group advises greater collaboration between civilian and military research. Emily Dixon 6月 11日
Oxford accepts record number of ethnic minority students Figures also showed record 50.1 per cent of postgraduate students for the 2023 admissions cycle were from outside the European Union Patrick Jack 6月 10日
Lib Dems: hold university funding review ‘in next parliament’ Party also commits to taking international students out of migration figures at manifesto launch Tom Williams 6月 10日
UK pay talks reach crunch point as unions debate employer offer Falling inflation and no strikes have taken the sting out of negotiations this year, but that hasn’t made reaching an agreement any easier Tom Williams 6月 10日
Staff and students condemn ‘greedy’ 440 per cent parking fee hike Petition says University of Plymouth proposal would increase monthly prices from £12.50 to £67.50 Patrick Jack 6月 10日
