During Trump’s first term, the number of international enrolments in the US declined every yearDonald Trump’s return to office may bring an unexpected boost to UK universities as fewer international students choose to study in the US, according to a British Council report.The trend is expected […]

University of Chichester had suspended recruitment to its history of Africa and the African diaspora MResAn independent adjudicator has ruled partly in favour of students who challenged the University of Chichester after their African history course was abruptly terminated in 2023.The university […]

Voluntary attendance. Online classes. Student numbers swelling. Australian campuses look very different today – and many academics don’t like itFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s easy to picture a university […]

Ambitious UK project aims to forecast climate catastrophes using fleets of drones, cosmic ray detection, patterns of plankton blooms and moreAn ambitious attempt to develop an early warning system for climate tipping points will combine fleets of drones, cosmic ray detection and the patterns of […]

Readers respond to an editorial on the dire state of higher education fundingYour editorial on the university funding crisis (11 February) rang painfully true from inside a crumbling old campus building opposite a shiny but soulless new campus expansion. We have known this crisis was coming for […]

Exclusive: Vice-chancellors say Office for Students’ plans for next five years will financially harm smaller institutionsUniversity leaders have urged England’s higher education regulator to rethink its priorities, saying that smaller institutions will be financially harmed by increasing costs […]

Higher tuition costs have already been ‘wiped out’ by government tax hikes, critics claimA fall in international students applying for visas risks prolonging the existential threat facing some of England’s universities, sources in higher education say, amid warnings that an increase in […]

Lawyer who cleared James Tooley did not have access to WhatsApps and diaries that triggered the investigationA leading barrister who cleared the University of Buckingham’s vice-chancellor of wrongdoing over his relationship with a young Indian woman did not have access to evidence relevant to the […]

Automated online application processes save time and money but are being targeted by ‘the future of fraud’British universities seeking to save time and money by automating their interviews with international students face a new threat: “deepfake” applicants.Enroly, a software platform used […]

The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is neededIn one of David Lodge’s famous campus novels, a young English literature lecturer pictures her university as “the ideal human community, where … people were free to pursue excellence and […]

Good mornings | Train departures | Vice-chancellors | Boiling eggs | School reportsThe idea that we feel better about life in the morning (Scientists find that things really do seem better in the morning, 5 February) is not new. In the ancient Hebrew psalms (English Book of Common Prayer, […]

Warning by vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice comes as ‘Silicon Valley’ planned between Oxford and CambridgeThe University of Cambridge risks “losing unbelievable talent” owing to a drop-off in funding for PhDs, the vice-chancellor has cautioned.Prof Deborah Prentice, who took over as […]

Branches aim to tap into huge domestic market in face of changing visa regimes and international competitionUK universities are aiming to leave their financial woes at home by seeking their fortunes in India, in a higher education version of a gold rush towards a market with more than 40 million […]

Inspectors should be supporting and guiding schools, but the new grading system is just more of the old aggression, writes Liz Thompson, while Ruth Lewis seeks a return to pre-Ofsted-style inspectionsIt seems to me, as a retired full-time inspector for the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC), […]

Exclusive: KC-led inquiry finds no evidence University of Buckingham’s James Tooley was victim of politically-motivated witch-huntTo the allies of the University of Buckingham’s embattled vice-chancellor, the conclusion of an investigation into his conduct last week represented an unequivocal […]

Lawsuit claims Trump’s orders violate the constitution and cause confusion and disruptions on college campusesHigher education groups, including college professors and university diversity officers, are suing the Trump administration over its executive orders eliminating diversity, equity and […]

Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley, and Dr Ronan McLaverty-Head and another letter writer comment on cuts at Cardiff and another Russell Group universityIn response to the shocking news predicting up to 10,000 imminent […]

Writing on PHerc. 172 papyrus, found at Roman mansion in Herculaneum, revealed after 3D X-rays and software competitionResearchers have peered inside an ancient scroll that was burned to a crisp in the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago.The scroll is one of hundreds […]

UCL study into mental health and wellbeing finds that people generally feel worse at night and on SundaysNightmare day at work? Date stand you up? Don’t worry, things really will seem better in the morning.In the most comprehensive study of its kind, scientists have found that generally, the […]

My father, Henry Wynn, who has died of cancer aged 79, was a professor of statistics at the London School of Economics for the past 20 years, and a former president of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS).As a statistician, Henry played a key role in major advances in experimental design. These […]