Scottish finances drop 92 per cent with nine institutions in red

Increased staff and other operating costs blamed for ‘significant deterioration’, with spending on restructuring ballooning

Pre-college programmes shift focus in ‘anti-DEI’ era

Heavy AI use could wreck net zero goals, universities warned

Hidden environmental impact of roll-out of AI bots and assistants not well understood, experts warn, with much of it outsourced to big technology companies

Overseas student attendance rules ‘skewing face-to-face classes’

Problems arise when citizenship rather than pedagogy determines delivery mode, critics say

Course cancellations ‘inevitable’ after ‘body blow’ funding cuts

Surprise reduction in funding for specialist provision will spark ‘brand new financial crisis brewed entirely in Whitehall’, critics warn

Cutting DEI from business school accreditation is not just semantics

The AACSB’s removal of ‘politically charged’ terms risks hampering efforts to create a more just society, say Martyna Śliwa and Ajnesh Prasad

Universities ‘using wrong frame of thinking’ on efficiencies

Vocabulary driven by policymakers doesn’t work for sector where outputs are not always measurable, conference hears

Horizon Europe successor will be ‘self-standing’ – von der Leyen

Fears over cuts to university-based frontier science eased by European Commission president’s speech confirming independence of Framework Programme 10

UK universities offer 1.4 per cent pay rise for most staff

Lowest offer since the pandemic reflects ‘severity of the financial pressures’ facing institutions, says employer body

Cardiff Met job cuts add to pressure on HE in Welsh capital

Staff want additional funding allocated by the Welsh government to be used to remove threat of compulsory redundancies

Decade-long wait for UK citizenship ‘risks brain drain’

Doubling the length of time required for indefinite leave to remain in the UK will impose a considerable ‘financial and emotional toll’ on international researchers, warn experts

Student hunger becoming widespread problem in top US universities

Many institutions still ‘pretending not to see’ issue of food insecurity among students, new book claims

Heavily oversubscribed UK spin-out scheme ‘must be expanded’

Thousands set to miss out on fund set up by UK government to support companies in traversing the ‘Valley of Death’ between research and commercialisation, universities fear

Dreaming spires won’t save UK universities that downplay impact

Isolated domains of academic excellence must transform into dynamic enterprises integrated with local industry and community, says Aleks Subic

OfS strategic priority fund cut by £100 million as review begins

Ministers to seek to ensure money used to support high-cost subjects better aligns with priorities for growth