Australia earmarks A$2.5 billion to expand universities
Reforms will redraw funding system and create tertiary education commission, but questions remain over how much cash will materialise
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Italy mandates live delivery and staff ratios for online degrees
New decree, also requiring exams to be held in person, divides opinion among distance-learning universities
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Free speech act ‘toothless’ without right to sue, say campaigners
Academics sign open letter to education minister amid reports she is set to ‘water down’ campus free speech legislation
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Japan seeks to improve salary prospects for PhD graduates
Employers’ attitudes and pay discrepancies seen as hampering drive to increase doctoral level enrolments
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AI is here to stay, so we may as well learn to use it? That’s a cop-out
We can’t just concede that usage is ethical if within universities’ narrowly conceived rules. What about the pursuit of truth, asks Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin
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Australian margins on international students ‘all but erased’
Universities must rethink their use of agents and discounts and put more effort into securing and retaining enrolments, consultant says
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Coventry to axe 92 jobs and transfer academics to subsidiary firm
Remaining staff will lose access to Teachers’ Pensions Scheme as union attacks ‘Scrooge playbook’ cuts
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University of Tokyo probes Tiananmen Square website reference
Hidden code revealed on university admissions page may have prevented Chinese students from accessing content
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Higher education monopolised international education windfall
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reflect scale of growth in post-pandemic, pre-crackdown rebound
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Australia finds accord’s participation target heavy going
While landmark review recommended ambitious targets, early indicators suggest participation is heading in the wrong direction
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Release more student loan funds upfront to ease cash flow – v-cs
Government urged to rebalance payments to universities to align with high-cost teaching periods
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Times Higher Education rankings: 2025 schedule
Our rankings tables provide detailed insights on the performance of all types of higher education institutions from every corner of the world
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Oxford and Cambridge combined surplus hits £1.7 billion
Despite the large increases in surpluses, top-ranked universities both report net cash outflows in operating activities of more than £58 million
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Danish rectors urge rethink of plans for shorter master’s degrees
Government proposals would see 30 per cent of taught postgraduate programmes shortened or reconfigured
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Labour must help strengthen links between business and UK HE
There are plenty of global examples of how academic expertise could be better applied to companies’ real-life skills deficits, says Sarah Gordon