Irish fee cut will ¡®feel like increase¡¯ as relief scheme ends Student fees to drop by €500 ¨C but end of €1,000 government contribution means total payment will rise By Emily Dixon 7 October
Students defy Starmer¡¯s call not to hold Gaza protests Hundreds gather in London despite the prime minister telling them to stay at home on the anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel By Juliette Rowsell 7 October
Conservative conference: Reform ¡®sees HE as elitist conspiracy¡¯ Tories should allow top institutions to increase tuition fees and encourage others to get off ¡®mediocrity escalator¡¯, says former science minister By Patrick Jack 7 October
Dundee, UWS and Nottingham latest to face further strikes UCU Scotland members back taking action over job cuts plans, while staff at Nottingham reject deal that would have postponed any compulsory redundancies By Juliette Rowsell 7 October
Focus on ¡®national pride¡¯ builds support for skilled immigration Voters more likely to support pro-immigration messages for the R&D sector when they are ¡®inspiring¡¯ and don¡¯t paint the UK as ¡®passive¡¯ By Juliette Rowsell 7 October
The UCL admissions chaos will damage UK HE¡¯s global reputation Future crises can be averted if government and universities share data and plans in a more timely and transparent fashion, says Doug Specht By Doug Specht 7 October
Conservative conference: scrapping target ¡®not an attack on HE¡¯ Andy Burnham says universities ¡®at the heart¡¯ of his plans for growth of Manchester¡¯s economy By Patrick Jack 6 October
UKRI¡¯s university funding to be ¡®less tactical, more strategic¡¯ New chief executive of UK Research and Innovation sets out how relationship with universities could change By Jack Grove 6 October
Conservative conference: belief in marketisation ¡®went too far¡¯ Taxpayer and students losing out as a result of failure to tackle ¡®low-quality¡¯ higher education, according to Neil O¡¯Brien By Patrick Jack 6 October
Five UK universities tell staff they can¡¯t afford pay rises Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch By Juliette Rowsell 6 October
Student turns up at university only to find course cancelled Sudden cancellation ¡®devastating¡¯ as financial pressures force universities across the country to close programmes By Patrick Jack 6 October
Student employability ¡®main priority¡¯ for university boards Both internal and external board members agree on priorities for institutions, countering view that outsiders favour different approach By Emily Dixon 5 October
