UK higher education must ‘stop playing defence’ Proactively pushing a more positive, focused agenda around quality and value will win more public and political support, says Vivienne Stern By Vivienne Stern 7 September
Leicester rapped by watchdog over ‘misleading’ REF results tweet University breached advertising rules by claiming its arts and humanities research was ‘number one’ in UK, says regulator By Jack Grove 7 September
Malthouse named education secretary as Rees-Mogg takes business Pair hold key briefs concerning universities in UK prime minister Liz Truss’ Cabinet By Chris Havergal 6 September
Germany freezes medicine enrolment after university blunder About 17,800 applications paused as foundation scrambles to help almost 300 medical and dentistry students promised non-existent places By Ben Upton 6 September
International scientists ‘reject UK jobs over high visa costs’ UK Research and Innovation head suggests time spent studying should count towards permanent residency By Jack Grove 6 September
Nottingham Trent to open London branch campus Whitechapel outpost will focus on creative industries, joining growing list of universities with a presence in UK capital By Chris Havergal 6 September
German visa bottlenecks ‘deterring international students’ Ministry blames post-pandemic rebound for months-long delays that activist says are driving students elsewhere By Ben Upton 6 September
Prioritise education and science, new UK PM Liz Truss urged Universities await new ministers after foreign secretary defeats Rishi Sunak in race for Conservative leadership By Tom Williams 5 September
Early career education academics need UK-wide careers framework Universities must agree on sector-wide expectations and support for the growing number teaching-focused academics, says Christine Cassar By Christine Cassar 5 September
Researchers promised more access to UK government-held data New Integrated Data Service will open access to accredited academics to capitalise on ‘revolution’ in data-sharing fostered during pandemic By Tom Williams 5 September
Ukrainian refugee costs final straw for Slovakian universities Some universities getting ready to cut staff numbers after footing bills for housing and feeding Ukrainian families from institutional budgets By Ben Upton 5 September
More than half of UK students ‘could drop out’ due to cost of living UUK wants government to reinstate maintenance grants and increase support for graduate students By Pola Lem 3 September
