All news on the topic: Higher education

A six-month investigation by Investigate Europe and Reporters United reveals a network of legal, academic and state actors working to curtail academic boycotts across the continent.

The universities of Greenwich and Kent have merged into the UK’s first "super-university".

When Jason Arday became a Cambridge professor at the age of 37, he was lionised by the academic world and became a poster boy for the university’s diversity drive.

Bálint Ruff, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, signed the decision, meaning that at the end of July the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation (MCC) will cease to exist, along with all “public-interest asset management foundations performing public duties” (KEKVA).

Students from Ghana at UK universities say they are in danger of being deported after being stranded by their own government without promised scholarships or tuition fee payments.

Kemi Badenoch has vowed to abolish stamp duty in a keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, calling the levy “a bad tax” that blocks social mobility.

The State Department has revoked over 6,000 international student visas due to violations of US law and overstays, the department informed the BBC.

The Trump administration threatened Harvard University with the revocation of patents over alleged violations of the federal research grant law.

Regulator accused of ‘perpetuating culture wars’ after case of Kathleen Stock, who faced protests for views on gender

Home Office told Manikarnika Dutta to quit Britain for spending too many days abroad for study

According to data from the Student Loans Company, some former students in England overpaid on their loans more than five years ago and have still not claimed their refunds.

Fees have been frozen at an annual level of £9,250 since the 2017/18 academic year but Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has now confirmed they will rise from April 2025.

Peter Kyle, who applied to university three times, said Tory government’s ‘war’ on higher education was over

Office for Students found reports of ‘widespread academic misconduct’ and issues with recruitment agencies

Three-year campaign by parents of aid worker killed in Afghanistan brings 19 trainee doctors to Scotland

Higher tuition fees and lifting visa restrictions could help with funding crisis, says Office for Students chair

Use of NDAs in cases of harassment and sexual misconduct will also be banned under measures introduced by regulator

Education secretary ‘to consider options’ including repeal of controversial powers introduced by last government