Student preferences have risen to the top of every university’s teaching and learning agenda. But should they be acted on even if they risk undermining educational outcomes? @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports

Chief executive of Universities Superannuation Scheme paid a cool £937K for her first full year in office, annual report reveals www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uss-chi... via @twilliamsthe.bsky.social

US scholars want UK jobs but some university roles ‘hard to fill’ #highered #EduSky

Flinders ‘comes of age’ as two other Adelaide universities merge #highered #EduSky

Labour’s changes to England’s Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) are “disappointing” and “unambitious”, says Birkbeck v-c www.timeshighereducation.com/news/disappo... via @helenpacker.bsky.social

Use revenue from international student levy to support disadvantaged students to attend UK universities, says concluding report of @upp-foundation.bsky.social widening participation inquiry www.timeshighereducation.com/news/fee-lev...

AI use among students has become so rife that submitted writing is no longer a reliable indicator of what they have learned. Where do things go from here? Three scholars have their say: www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/have-c...

Initially dismissed as 'never going to happen', the idea of a levy on international student fees doesn't seem to be going away. Here @helenpacker.bsky.social reports on the potential impact, and what vice-chancellors are trying to do to resist it www.timeshighereducation.com/news/more-jo...

Are private colleges dragging down the reputation of UK HE? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/are-pr...

New levy on income from international students proposed as government outlines wide-ranging changes to immigration system www.timeshighereducation.com/news/graduat...

UK universities are mounting a last-ditch effort to sway policymakers ahead of the imminent publication of a new White Paper that many fear will propose further restrictions on international students, @helenpacker.bsky.social reports www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student...

Long known as one of the post-92 success stories, Coventry has been left exposed by recent government policy changes to the point where there are doubts over its future - will further reinvention help it recover? www.timeshighereducation.com/news/will-co...

“This could be the start of, not only for higher education but for civil society, a pushback on what the Trump administration was doing,” says one Harvard scholar on this week’s developments www.timeshighereducation.com/news/scholar...

A group of experts has been drafted in by the Scottish government to help the University of Dundee recover from its perilous financial situation. @twilliamsthe.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky #EduSky

US universities are quietly trying to find ways to protect their students from the threat of deportation, without risking being targeted by the Trump administration @patrickjack.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/efforts...

Uncertainty over whether the government will go ahead with proposed changes to English apprenticeship funding is “another headache” for university leaders, writes @helenpacker.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/apprent...

UK universities’ continued use of remote online examinations without supervision poses a grave threat to the integrity of undergraduate assessment, argues a new study www.timeshighereducation.com/news/most-un...

Discussions about the shape of Horizon Europe's successor are already under way. But the European Commission’s deafening silence is stoking fears that it wants to refocus research funding on short-term industrial competitiveness www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/sun-se...

“It’s not so much about trying to attract the best US researchers to Brussels but trying to prevent fruitful lines of research from being abruptly cut off” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/recruit...

OfS defends ‘thorough’ investigation that legal expert says leaves institutions ‘without clear guidance’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

An academic who grew tired of “tedious and boring” conferences because the same authors were presenting multiple papers decided to look into what’s going on: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/tedious...

A £585k fine issued by the OfS to the University of Sussex has prompted a huge row: “The way the OfS has conducted this investigation has been completely unacceptable, its findings are egregious and concocted,” said v-c Sasha Roseneil www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sussex-...

A rise in enrolments is usually a good thing - but not when the funding doesn't keep up. New Zealand universities predict they will have 4,200 extra students this year, with little extra subsidy to compensate www.timeshighereducation.com/news/influx-...

Australian universities accused of purposefully taking 'as long as they like' over investigations into potential research fraud, in order to avoid external scrutiny www.timeshighereducation.com/news/go-slow...

“I was surprised by the language used by respondents, but it suggests it is an emotive topic,” the report’s author told us www.timeshighereducation.com/news/vetting...

Dozens of higher education institutions have appealed to the English regulator for permission to publish their accounts late www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dozens-... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

With its Trump-style promise to smash woke ideology on campus, Germany’s far-right populist party is widely seen as a threat by academics. Ahead of this weekend's election, Emily Dixon looks at what's in store for universities www.timeshighereducation.com/features/wha... @timeshighered.bsky.social

V-cs see increasing staff-student ratios on courses as one of few means to cut costs of teaching but lecturers fear unmanageable workloads and an increased gulf in quality. @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports www.timeshighereducation.com/news/class-s... @timeshighered.bsky.social

Indian Institutes of Management need stronger PhD pipeline and ability to match international salaries, sector leader tells @helenpacker.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/faculty... @timeshighered.bsky.social

Rectors want more flexibility over rules that mandate international researchers and teaching staff to learn Norwegian www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-nor...

Ahead of crunch meeting on pay strike ballot, @julietterowsell.bsky.social looks at the debate raging within the UCU over how it should respond to wave of job cuts www.timeshighereducation.com/news/union-d...