Two in five UK universities are open to or actively considering mergers or acquisitions as mounting financial pressures force institutions to pursue more radical efficiency measures, according to a new survey by Universities UK (UUK).

Universities will be stripped of the right to recruit international students if too many drop out from their courses over fears they are being exploited for visa abuse.

Disability campaigners have called on the government to halt plans to cut funding for specialist tech support for tens of thousands of disabled students in England.

Almost half of British students back return of death penalty, bombshell survey has found.

A new HEPI Policy Note offers a fascinating insight into what today’s undergraduates think about some of the most controversial and divisive issues facing society.

As Chinese universities surge in the Times Higher World University Rankings, provoking prognostications of a ‘new world order in global dominance of higher education and research’ (Phil Baty speaking to the New York Times), the global challenge for universities in