Australia temporarily changes student visa rules to fill worker shortages
With pressures on international travel, the water-locked nation has found an controversial way to fill their labour shortage.
The Australian government announced that eligible student...
Biggest decline in US university enrolment in 50 years
US post-secondary enrolment hit a total decline of 6.5% over the two years of the pandemic, and there are currently around one million fewer...
European Union seeks greater transnational cooperation in higher education
The European Commission (EC) has outlined ways it hopes to build on and expand the European Strategy for Universities. In an address on 18...
Plans to allow refunds for “low quality and poor value” university courses
It's not just the COVID-19 pandemic that has shaped our understanding of what a good university course should look like. The Office for Students...
Home Alone: international students stuck abroad
As the Omicron wave truly starts to kick in, people across the world have had their Christmas plans turned upside down, with many unable...
UCL unsubscribe from Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme and Workplace Equality Index
Following in suit of the likes of the BBC and Ofcom, University College London have pulled out of their Stonewall membership.
UCL were part of...
The return to online: campuses safeguarding students against new variant
In what might be a disappointing turn of events for many, students at Queen's University Belfast will be expected to take their classes online...
Outsourcing company Capita wins bid for UK study abroad scheme
After breaking its pledge to keep membership of the Erasmus scheme, the government has now accepted a bid from outsourcing firm Capita, to provide...
Strikes must not academically disadvantage students, OfS says.
Consumer protection law may provide a case for tuition refunds for students affected by university staff strikes as the Office for Students (OfS) said...
Picketing against pay cuts: staff and students holding the line at Leeds university
Pension-cuts, job insecurity and salary reductions are all some of the issues being protested against at Leeds university.
The three-day strike action is part of...
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