Dutch fear brain drain as early career research grants axed
Planning cuts of more than €1 billion (£840 million), ministers opt to save academic positions and instead target ‘starter’ grants
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The intergenerational university
Academics and students are getting older, on average. Do universities need to adapt to manage a community with a widening age span?
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Israeli research increasingly isolated one year into Gaza war
Sector leaders fear ‘catastrophic’ damage to scholarship as overseas academics and students leave
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It’s time for UK higher education to close the ethnicity pay gap
Following progress on gender pay disparity, universities should start providing annual statistics on ethnicity pay, say David Mba and Robert Mokaya
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OfS asking wrong questions on financial sustainability, says v-c
Sussex leader tells ministers to go further than declaring war against universities is over
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Skills minister hints at changes to student maintenance regime
Increased support for students ‘has to be a part’ of Labour’s thinking on improving access, Baroness Smith tells party conference
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Rich universities get richer as Australian visa chaos bites
Top universities have feasted on international students this year while other institutions withered
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Opaque investigation fails to clear clouds over HKU council
University criticised for lack of transparency as governing body falls in line with government investigators
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Admissions algorithm error causes ‘chaos’ for Spanish students
Students in Andalusia say issues with university waiting lists caused ‘confusion and harm’
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Glasgow adds environmental impact to computer science syllabus
University aims to help next generation of IT experts address climate crisis
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World University Rankings 2025: methodology
We compile our World University Rankings from information supplied by institutions across the globe, which is scrutinised and considered against the criteria here
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Talking leadership: Ed Brinksma on the ‘obsession’ with deep tech
Outgoing Erasmus University Rotterdam president discusses the underappreciated value of the social sciences, managing student protests and the differences between Dutch and German higher education
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Australia’s obsession with foreign interference is a threat to its academy
Without a nuanced examination of the place of the intelligence services in HE policy, Australian universities risk isolation, says Brendan Walker-Munro
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Tax big business to scrap tuition fees, UCU urges Labour
Union calls for increase in corporation tax to address university funding difficulties
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Critical thinking is the silver bullet for AI-proofing students
Chris Rock’s joke about US gun control exemplifies a cognitive sophistication that machines will struggle to match, say Akhil Bhardwaj and Anastasia Sergeeva