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    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK braced for biggest strike day since 2011 as ministers resist pay rises

      Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers set to walk out on Wednesday in co-ordinated action

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      The Big Read
      The growing tensions around spinouts at British universities

      Millions of pounds are being invested to turn scientific research into global companies. But some founders say they have to give up too much equity

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK braced for biggest day of strikes this winter

      Workers from rail, teaching and university sectors to walk out on February 1 in co-ordinated action over pay

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Lack of clinical academics threatens NHS research and teaching, say peers

      Shortage of doctors with university posts is putting health service on ‘dangerous precipice’

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      UK immigration
      Bilimoria warns cutting foreign student numbers would be ‘utter madness’

      Former CBI president criticises government moves to bring down migration by targeting universities

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      UK universities target overseas students from outside China

      India, South Asia and Nigeria become key markets as sector seeks to diversify its intake over political risks

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      Charlie Jeffery
      How to solve the problem of university strikes

      Students and staff will suffer unless we find a lasting way to fund British undergraduate degrees

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Warning of hardship for English students over size of rise in financial support

      Russell Group of universities hits out at government’s below-inflation increase in maintenance loans

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      UK universities turn to philanthropy to bolster finances

      Institutions increasingly take advantage of appetite from wealthy donors, says Imperial president

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
      Artificial intelligence
      AI breakthrough ChatGPT raises alarm over student cheating

      Academics urge universities to develop new forms of assessment after launch of program that imitates essay-writing

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Sergei Guriev
      America’s world-beating universities still face significant challenges

      US institutions dominate the global rankings but are less international than they should be

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      InterviewThe Henry Mance Interview
      Louise Richardson: ‘I do wish our students were more resilient about nasty remarks’

      Before she steps down this month, the vice-chancellor of Oxford university talks about cancel culture, state schools and why universities should not be businesses

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      European business schools
      UK business schools come to terms with Brexit

      Visa changes, the fall in sterling and more non-EU students have cushioned the impact

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      UK schools
      Failure to meet teacher training targets set to hit English schools

      Staff shortages emerge in key subjects as recruitment slumps, with science among worst affected

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Cat Rutter Pooley
      Student housing is the bubble that won’t burst

      Budget squeezes are no match for a sector with a structural supply shortfall

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      UK university leaders defend benefits of overseas students

      Talk of limiting overseas students has done damage, says sector concerned by reports of visa curbs

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      UK labour disputes
      UK universities and Scottish schools hit by strike action over pay and pensions

      Historic walkouts come as unions call for ‘meaningful’ pay rises amid mounting strain across education system

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Social affairs
      Students hit by cost of living crunch

      91 per cent of undergraduates worried about cost of living pressures, survey says

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      UK university staff to stage ‘biggest ever’ strike in November

      Employees at 150 campuses to walk out for three days over pay and pensions

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      News in-depth
      University expansion drive collides with UK student housing shortage

      Youngsters struggle to secure accommodation after pandemic leads to acceleration in undergraduate intake

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      Maira Rana
      The health paradox: a dearth of doctors and a surplus of applicants

      It is a false economy to balk at the cost of putting aspiring medics like me through medical school

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      ReviewFT Books Essay
      US universities and their role in a country at war with itself

      America’s higher education leads the world — yet at home it feeds social inequality and economic stress. Can it be fixed?

    • Monday, 24 October, 2022
      UK labour disputes
      UK universities face national strike as pay and pensions dispute escalates

      UCU threatens to ‘bring entire sector to a standstill’ after securing landmark mandate

    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      Anjana Ahuja
      Making research funding a lottery could help tackle ‘status bias’

      The system of peer review tends to favour established names and institutions

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Joy Lo Dico
      University is daunting — for a newly liberated parent

      I have to learn how to be an autonomous adult again

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