Vice-chancellors to ask ministers to stabilise visa regime and allow them to address the sector’s financial crisis Universities will offer to curb the rise in overseas students in return for greater stability and the...
Read MoreMinisters left with unpalatable options of raising tuition fees, making grants or capping student numbers, says IFSThe next government faces “unpalatable” choices between raising tuition fees, making direct grants or...
Read MoreKing’s College London poll finds people rank universities behind only the NHS, armed forces and royal familyThe British public values the UK’s universities more highly than the legal system or the BBC, according to a...
Read MoreHigher Education Policy Institute research suggests that holding ballot in summer break may be strategic errorUK election live – latest updatesMore than 30 Tory seats are at risk of changing hands because of students...
Read MoreBritish institutions face possible closure as 52 out of 90 are given lower positions this year in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankingsUK universities will have their international reputations dented and face possible closure...
Read MoreCreative UK and Universities UK urge government to reject plans to abolish or restrict graduate visa routeUniversities are reporting a steep drop in international students applying to come to the UK, amid warnings that further...
Read MoreArif Ahmed of OfS says universities that infringe rights to expression will face fines under new systemUniversity staff and students can make provocative statements on subjects such as Israel and Gaza as long as they do not...
Read MoreScience minister Michelle Donelan requests UKRI cuts links with two members of panel she accuses of promoting extremist viewsThe UK’s independent research funding body has become embroiled in a fight with ministers over...
Read MoreArif Ahmed pledges to remain politically neutral in his role and to ensure academic freedoms are maintainedEngland’s newly appointed university free speech tsar says his role is not to conduct “culture wars”...
Read MoreExclusive: Move penalises courses with a high proportion of working-class or minority ethnic students, critics sayRishi Sunak will force universities to limit the number of students taking “low-value” degrees in...
Read MoreGovernment accused of paying ‘lip service’ to free speech as Arif Ahmed is given higher education roleA Cambridge philosophy professor is to become the government’s first “free speech tsar” for...
Read MoreKing’s College London finds 65% believe campuses places of ‘robust debate’ – but growing number disagreesMost UK students say their universities are places of free speech and debate – although a...
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Lib Dem proposal is passed by 137 votes to
Members of the national assembly banned from entering building
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to
Andrew RT Davies narrowly won a confidence vote but
Change in schedule comes after Wallace stepped back from
Davies says position ‘untenable’ despite narrowly winning confidence vote,
Tougher guidance in England and Wales will also prevent
Minister for safeguarding unveils measures including ‘right to know’,
Carmaker, which has faced backlash over rebrand, will reveal
Further cracks appear in street as hole that opened