Europe

Student statistics due out in January now not expected until August, leaving universities ‘looking in the rear-view mirror’

Students already graduate with huge debts. Rather than accepting yet more easy credit, they should do more paid work, says Paul Wiltshire

Committee will have no role in selection of nominations to succeed Lord Patten, university insists

Amid a large number of competing priorities for the next government, focusing on skills and communities is probably the only way for institutions to secure the support they need, conference hears

Home Office notification of Sue Agazie highlights ‘weaponisation of immigration status’ by universities when students complain, say critics

Tightening visa restrictions, language barriers and cultural misunderstanding have contributed to soaring numbers of complaints to OIA

Universities are crying out for consistency, something resembling certainty and a plan for the way forward, says Graham Galbraith

Twenty-three per cent target adopted by European Council despite calls for previous target to be lowered, not increased

Brian Bell tells reporters that scrapping visa would only have a modest effect on immigration numbers anyway, given large impact of changes already introduced

Teaching suspended and all campus buildings closed after riot police shut down pro-Palestinian demonstration

Universities call for end to ‘toxic’ uncertainty over future of post-study work route following publication of MAC report

Everything you need to know as the Migration Advisory Committee publishes its highly anticipated review