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Women’s negative experiences of reporting reflective of wider barriers, with problems likely to be exacerbated by funding crisis

Long-term trends including declining birth rate mean number of students looking to study abroad set to be much lower in only 10 years’ time

White House cuts $350 million in grants for minority-serving institutions only to announce $500 million in funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities

New six-figure fee for visa long relied upon by Indian nationals changes conversation about study destinations, say experts

Universities projected to dip into the red next year due to falling fee income and rising staff costs, with any long-term recovery likely to be uneven

Cost to UK economy of £1.8 billion a year once ‘gross value added’ by international students factored in, new analysis shows

Researchers replicate impact of Trump’s cuts on previous decades, identifying steep drop in medical innovations

High dropout rates among international students can be combated with better lectures, researchers suggest

International education lobby group warns against course and policy redesign based around local employability of foreign graduates

Decline set to accelerate, as government puts block on over-enrolments

‘Shocking figures’ show ‘devastating’ impact on students, with women and LGB people particularly vulnerable

Little enthusiasm for US-style crackdown as voters back initiatives such as ‘broadening the curriculum’

Scholars doubtful over future of campus activism as universities move to distance themselves from student-led organisations

With the veteran BBC presenter leaving the landmark Radio 4 show, some say the job should next go to one of a growing breed of academic broadcasters

‘Massive influx’ of cases following killing of right-wing activist represents new stage in campus free speech battle, say critics

Umbrella body calls for more investment and warns against focus on political priorities for EU mobility scheme

Registration requirements and compact negotiations would be reformed to funnel universities into ‘focus areas’, under panel’s draft proposals

New chief executive of Advance HE discusses university finances, EDI pressures and plans to pivot body from ‘development to transformation’ agency

Government ambition to quickly develop up to five elite institutions could end up taking decades, warn experts

Institution at centre of franchising debate says it has lost all its students since courses de-designated

Results of the fifth annual Knowledge Exchange Framework show research-intensive institutions performed most strongly on intellectual property and commercialisation

New modelling estimates that controversial proposals could wipe about £2.2 billion from the UK economy in just five years

Removing fees not enough to make system accessible to talented would-be applicants, says research group

Breaking the link between researchers and their outputs harms academic mobility and disciplinary excellence, argue professors

Education committee says exemption to defunding plans for healthcare courses should be extended to include ‘growth-driving’ industries

Expat Ian Findlay says his fourth retirement will be his last. Before that, his task is to ‘transform’ the breeding ground of Papuan prime ministers

Ben Macpherson returns to government in mini reshuffle triggered by Jamie Hepburn’s resignation

University of Cumbria opens doors of new campus in town where only 13 per cent of school leavers continue on to higher education

Forcing doctoral students to extend their visas after four years could lead them to look elsewhere, experts warn

Divergent attitudes towards the use of AI in assessments risks weakening the credibility of academic certifications and driving mistrust between students and teachers

Political issues motivate Turkish PhD students to move abroad but sociocultural and professional anxieties stop them from returning, study finds

Experts have urged overseas universities to be flexible after banking shutdowns left Nepali students unable to transfer tuition fees or access loans

Decline in perceptions of both the UK and US as welcoming destinations, but UK remains most attractive