New @universities-uk.bsky.social president Malcolm Press tells @helenpacker.bsky.social that HEIs need to 'take control of [their] evolution' and offer something in return if they want more support from government www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/we-can...

More universities could look to private investment to cope with their growing money problems, but it could be too late for non-elite institutions, financial experts have said. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #academicsky #edusky

Campaigners say they are ready to call English universities out on breaches of a new free speech law coming into force this week, amid concerns institutions are ill-prepared for the changes. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #academicsky #edusky #freespeech

Bailing out University of Dundee has established Scottish govt as “banker of last resort”, with policymakers warned they will face another crisis unless they review how HE is funded www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dundee-... via @helenpacker.bsky.social

The moral hazard that this has created is inescapable. Politicians blinked first, and pumped tens of millions of taxpayers' money into Dundee to keep it afloat. Great piece by @helenpacker.bsky.social.

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...

UK vice-chancellors are planning for smaller increases in student numbers at their universities than they were two years ago as an era of high growth appears to be ending – with a fifth actively looking at mergers. @helenpacker.bsky.social #AcademicSky

Will defence research throw a lifeline to cash-strapped UK universities? Or will the resistance from students be too great? @helenpacker.bsky.social reports www.timeshighereducation.com/news/will-de...

CMA is working with universities to support more collaboration and mergers but institutions may need money from the government to make this happen, says @universities-uk.bsky.social report www.timeshighereducation.com/news/competi... via @helenpacker.bsky.social

“Universities in parts of Asia…have been quick to invite international students to their institutions, jumping at the chance to attract the so-called Harvard refugees after the Trump administration attempted to ban the US institution from hosting foreign students,” reports @helenpacker.bsky.social

Worrying from @universities-uk.bsky.social survey: - 49% of universities have closed courses - 19% have reduced investment in research - 18% have closed departments - 25% have made compulsory redundancies Full story from @helenpacker.bsky.social: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student...

Universities might consider merging into school-style “multi-university trusts” in response to growing financial pressures, a legal expert has predicted. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky #highered

Introducing an employer levy to fund English HE would disincentivise companies to hire graduates, the chief executive of Universities UK has warned. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky #EduSky

Universities need government support to improve efficiencies within the cash-strapped sector, the head of a higher education task force has said, calling for the creation of a sector improvement agency and transformation fund. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky

The use of ‘hypocritical’ confidentiality agreements by UCU has been criticised by staff and former staff members, with Unite members set to stage rally outside UCU's own offices today over its ongoing industrial dispute #AcademicBlueSky #EduSky www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-acc...

More than £1 billion has been paid out in tuition fee loans for students studying at unregistered franchised providers over the past three years, new government data shows. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky

The UK should continue to aim for growth in overseas student numbers but universities must not rule out reform of the imperfect graduate visa, according to a new report that aims to shape the country’s coming new international education strategy. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky

The University of Sussex has accused the Office for Students of “giving free rein” to “antisemitic, anti-Muslim, homophobic, racist, sexist, and anti-trans speech” as it begins legal action to challenge the regulator’s decision to fine it £585,000, reports @helenpacker.bsky.social #AcademicSky

Policies on transgender staff and students vanish from university websites after Sussex fine www.timeshighereducation.com/news/trans-p... via @helenpacker.bsky.social

Skills England may struggle to “become a respected voice” given the variety of jobs it has been tasked with and “junior” position within govt, warns @tom-richmond.com in @hepi-news.bsky.social report www.timeshighereducation.com/news/skills-... via @helenpacker.bsky.social

What do do with £190 million recovered from the Imran Khan money-laundering case? Pakistan has opted to develop a new university www.timeshighereducation.com/news/funds-l... via @helenpacker.bsky.social

Cardiff University is set to go ahead with plans to open a new outpost in Kazakhstan despite axing hundreds of jobs in the face of a multimillion-pound deficit. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #EduSky #AcademicSky

Korea’s demographic decline is making it harder for PhD holders to find academic positions as university budgets fall, a scholar has warned. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky #EduSky

A blueprint outlining how to downsize Japan’s HE sector while improving quality offers promise for the financially stricken sector, according to academics. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky #EduSky

Hong Kong universities asked to hand back a third of their reserves - around £400 million - back to the island's cash-strapped government www.timeshighereducation.com/news/hong-ko... via @helenpacker.bsky.social

Enjoyed working on this story over the past few weeks, which attempts to get to the bottom of the question: can setting up a branch campus in India actually help British universities shrink their financial deficits at home? @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/could-...

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