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A ban on political advocacy and remedial action for possession of ¡®radical concepts¡¯ could undermine the special administrative region¡¯s universities, says Michael O¡¯Sullivan

University leaders are increasingly expected to communicate directly with staff and students, often on controversial topics ¨C how should they handle this tricky task?

Higher education leaders fear shortage of skilled workers if limit is not lowered from ?30,000

Government increases funding for project grants but cuts cash for associated costs

Even if tuition-free or ¡®debt-free¡¯ higher education cannot be achieved at national level, local reforms are having a big impact

Welcome for abolition of cap on visas for skilled workers, but continuing concern over impact of ?30,000 salary threshold

Expert panel given six months to design new system

IFS researcher says ONS decision will make Labour fees pledge ¡®a lot less expensive¡¯ and bring more ¡®Treasury scrutiny¡¯ of sector

Today¡¯s Office for National Statistics report will make challenging reading for the Augar review panel, but it must not resort to draconian cuts to student numbers, says Greg Walker

Estimated portion of loans that will never be repaid to be classed as government spending, rather than lending

Options said to have been modelled by Augar review could mean students with Ds or Es at A level are in effect blocked from entering university

PhD scholarships in the sights as cutbacks more than double analysts¡¯ expectations

After US government officials escalate warnings against Chinese espionage, university presidents challenge idea that it¡¯s a major campus activity

Universities beg government to cancel cut planned for mini-budget

Academics should not sneer at Simon Birmingham¡¯s appeal to what ¡®most Australians¡¯ would think about projects, says Hannah Forsyth

High-cost meritocracy ¨¤ la fran?aise will cut little ice with discerning international students, says Juliette Torabian

Impending ONS student loans review to impact on chancellor¡¯s deficit elimination goal and government¡¯s post-18 education review

Universities offer prestige but vocational colleges offer jobs, say leaders in three continents

Scholars in Riga and the UK explain why political theorist is still worth studying

Universities could also be forced to justify the quality and quantity of their research

As universities are warned of the risks of being politically partisan, Sam Gyimah¡¯s resignation may leave the sector without a champion to defend it

Move by party tipped to form next government triggers speculation over creation of teaching-only universities

Both the rationale and the mechanism for redistributing research activity around the regions are far from clear cut, say Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid   

UUK International director also tells peers that ¡®period of discontinuity¡¯ in funding is a ¡®real worry¡¯

Historian backed Remain in EU referendum but is regarded as an ultra-loyalist

Amy Gutmann insists she ¡®speaks out firmly¡¯ on issues that relate to the values of the University of Pennsylvania

Universities minister¡¯s exit removes a voice in government arguing against cut in funding ¨C but adds to potential backbench opposition

Sector leaders fear consultation could be cover for cutbacks

Remain supporter says failed talks with EU on Galileo satellite programme expose Theresa May's proposed deal as ¡°naive¡±

Strathclyde pollster says taking a side during the run-up to the referendum made institutions seem out of touch with the general population

As reviews pile on reviews, academics urged to get on board

Senior civil servant said Migration Advisory Committee report ¡®looks good¡¯ weeks prior to publication of document that backed Theresa May¡¯s stance

Judgement is hard, but limits are appropriate if they ensure the quality of academic engagement with complex, competing ideas, says Sandro Galea

Universities minister says academic mobility will be addressed in UK-EU talks on Horizon Europe

Adam Habib fears ¡®race to the middle¡¯ if national fee-setting regime introduced

Reduce applicants¡¯ workload and review funding for indirect research costs, Australian MPs tell government

Universities¡¯ moves follow ministers¡¯ demand for reduction in international student numbers

Legislation leaves government free to ¡®ratchet up¡¯ levy, say critics

Japan¡¯s combined budgetary crunch and demographic squeeze has raised questions about the sustainability of its huge university sector. John Ross visits the country to investigate

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world¡¯s media

Officials give GSM green light for public funding despite knowing of its financial worries, while ministers ¡®refuse to back public universities¡¯

MPs criticises government, which would have recouped ?1.7 billion sale price in just eight years¡¯ repayments

¡®Aspiration is not enough¡¯, says Sir Paul Nurse of goal to spend 2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D

Scholars subject to ¡®threats¡¯ and arrests in the wake of Jair Bolsonaro¡¯s presidential victory

After consultation, proposals set to go to Parliamentary vote

¡®Cost recovery¡¯ levy defies logic, institutions argue

New regulations outlined by Trump officials would hand stronger rights in some areas to those facing sexual misconduct complaints on college campuses

Call for university funding to be tied to institutions¡¯ role in their local communities

Minister¡¯s intervention self-defeating, representative body claims

Government claims universities are neglecting the regions, as relations continue to fracture

If those researching topics disliked by politicians can¡¯t make a living in universities, scholarship will be impoverished, says Mark Steven

If access to European research funding is to be maintained, more UK research universities need to forge formal links with EU institutions, says Peter Coveney

The UK¡¯s Commons Education Committee has surveyed many issues, but its simple-minded approach is largely unhelpful, says Andrew McRae  

Association of Colleges head says new route should be coupled with ¡®limit¡¯ on number of students taking bachelor¡¯s degrees

While universities warn of ¡®heavy-handed external regulation¡¯, choice of reviewer is unlikely to raise objections

Opposition urges jilted researchers to try again

In what could become a model for the rest of the country, Corvinus University of Budapest will have to rely on tuition fees and endowment interest

Democrat gains may not convert into legislative wins for higher education, lobbyist warns

European governments urged to consider banning certain nationals from working on sensitive technology on national security grounds

Ardent pro-European calls for government to ¡®go back to the people¡¯