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Former Tory adviser advocates need for controls to reverse resource decline, but another expert sees ‘block on access to education’

Dame Ottoline Leyser issues statement to make position ‘crystal clear’ as academic concern mounts over government pressure

Former Warwick head Sir Nigel Thrift says reduced focus on outputs could undermine case for government support of UK research

Rishi Sunak’s recent attack on higher education expansion as ‘one of great mistakes of the last 30 years’ leaves questions on economics and politics

Academics resign from voluntary positions after funder follows ‘strong preference’ of minister ‘outraged’ by posts on Israel-Hamas conflict, with union warning that more could follow

Only a small minority of institutions adopting climate change policies common in the private sector, finds report

Group hopes to instigate culture change in UK higher education to stop ‘toleration’ of bullies

Learning of nearly 90,000 students in Gaza Strip disrupted as Israeli reprisals force universities to suspend operations

Dame Ottoline Leyser’s acceptance of ministerial demands is likely to anger scholars who claim Michelle Donelan’s criticism undermines academic freedom

Union members at UCL claim to have been the ‘victim of a smear campaign’ as higher education minister calls them Hamas’ ‘useful idiots’

Palestinian scholars in Israel facing threats of violence and calls for their removal describe atmosphere of persecution

Employers increasingly wary of harming diversity drives with arbitrary thresholds