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Steep rise in UK students’ happiness with programmes despite job cuts, fee rises and negativity over student loans

Five institutions collaborate with regional mayor to support businesses built on university research

Regulator scraps overall ratings after consultation on revamped exercise but commits to plans to limit growth at bronze providers

Labour politicians defend student finance system, including retrospective changes, as they suggest uplifting higher education funding is not a priority

Anand Menon criticises ‘absurdities’ of government policy, pointing to contradictions in UK’s efforts to rejoin flagship exchange scheme

Sector’s absence from Starmer’s trip to Beijing and Shanghai ‘wasn’t for lack of trying’, says Birmingham vice-chancellor

‘Science investment plan’ outlines cuts to ‘priority’ areas after government reveals successor to Performance-Based Research Fund

Sudden departure revealed days after financially ‘strong’ university opened consultations over 140 proposed job losses

New Haven leader sees country as ‘biggest coming story in global higher education’ despite nervousness around regulation and war impact

Updates to UK counter-terror monitoring scheme incoming despite concern Prevent not built to deal with growing problem of extreme right-wing views

Coming reduction in funding for high-cost subjects and access programmes ‘extraordinarily frustrating’, says Universities UK leader

University chancellor says both academic freedom and legitimate protest must be upheld on campus

Both sides of politics eroding opportunities to meet neighbours’ needs and solve skill shortages back home, according to former Liberal power broker

Association all but assured, insiders say, as government concludes treaty negotiations

‘Time is right’ to lower tuition fees for some accelerated degrees, says UK’s oldest private institution

UK can become ‘most attractive place in the world’ to invest in innovative companies, say v-cs

Five-year tuition fee freeze, ban on franchising and introduction of new national entry test among other recommendations from Policy Exchange

Head of learning initiatives for Google Deepmind says debates about use of new technologies should focus on how to embrace more holistic teaching methods

Richard Scolyer dies aged 59 after undergoing world-first treatment for his brain tumour

Academics welcome coalition’s commitment to expanding STEM places, but warn hard-hit humanities subjects have been ‘hardly’ mentioned

Proposed regulatory conditions are ‘too broad’, lack clear guidance and will increase burden on institutions, say sector groups

With thousands dying in armed conflicts across the world, peace studies may hold valuable insights on ending war. But suspicions over the discipline’s innovative theories mean its voice has not always been heard, writes Jack Grove

Rush to ‘get funding out of door’ after delayed budget settlement will harm quality of submissions and staff well-being, warns ex-UKRI director

Developers behind ‘university retirement communities’ believe the model can benefit pensioners, students and institutional finances

Majority elect to stay enrolled on more expensive TPS despite offer of incentives up to £12,000

Transnational deals and informal researcher links could fall under purview of Foreign Arrangements Scheme

Australian universities continue to face scrutiny over governance issues but three reports on alleged ANU failings to be kept under wraps

Encouraging students to take part in employment opportunities essential, leaders say, but Manchester could find new commitment hard work

Governance structures and lack of funding blamed as estates built quickly to accommodate 1960s boom in student population become unusable

Restrictions on how researchers can spend federal grants are unlikely to force publishers to lower costs, say publishing experts

Formal Prevent referrals increase by almost half year-on-year, while more universities report cancelling events owing to extremist views

Interim leader of arts institution takes swipe at striking UCU branch, saying it is ‘not facing up to harsh financial realities’

Fifth of job hunters report applying for more than 100 roles amid continued questioning of the value of a degree