The amalgamation of disparate disciplines into larger administrative units is prompting fears about academic identity, voice and workload – not to mention student experience. Juliette Rowsell reports
Institutions forget their importance to countries when they let themselves get embroiled in political debates, summit hears
Fundamental values that form higher education at stake, warns president of the European University Association
Scottish university looks to save further £5.5 million to bring down its deficit, a year after languages cuts
Survey highlights concerns that university leavers are less prepared for work than previous generations
Lords committee urges government to make it cheaper for foreign researchers to work in UK following science funding cuts in US
Leading research institutions endorse experimental non-profit journal as it loses its impact factor
Newly re-elected government urged to treat students with more compassion, with high visa costs ‘putting off a generation’
Restrictions to incoming international students and graduate route thought to be more likely following losses by Labour in local elections
Amid talk of an asylum crackdown, any policy changes must avoid harming overseas graduates’ post-study work opportunities, says James Pitman
THE summit in Brazil to explore institutional excellence and sustainability
Chicago-based Illinois Institute of Technology receives approval from Indian regulators
Dwindling sector finances and geopolitical challenges mean higher education will look very different in five years’ time, summit hears
Switch from Michigan could reportedly make immunologist the US’ highest-paid college leader