English universities report fewer overseas master’s enrolments
Early data suggest number of international students starting taught postgraduate courses is down 6 per cent, but some individual campuses hit much harder, writes Patrick Jack Paddy Jack bit.ly/3J82pVk

Long-ish read on the state of higher education in prisons - with help from The Longford Trust, Prisoners' Education Trust, Vera Institute of Justice and of course, Paul.

Some elite universities in England continue to admit just a fraction of their student body from within their own region, HESA UK analysis reveals, while other institutions in NI and Scotland have little if any intake from outside their borders
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Amid fears over Israel's ' #educide ' policy in Gaza, academics and MPs, led by Caroline Lucas, have called for the expansion of the Researchers at Risk scheme to Palestinian academics

Spoke with Joseph Nye on his career moving between academia and government, creating the concept of soft power, and his new book.

City St George’s “wants to be something different” for London: Sir Anthony Finkelstein, leader of soon-to-be-merged university, tells Paddy Jack that mergers have to be the right strategic fit because financial savings don’t always come straight away
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University applications from white British students “lowest since 2008”: UCAS Corporate figures also show application gap between London and UK region with lowest rate has reached record level. Paddy Jack reports
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Lift student numbers cap, new Northern Ireland executive urged
After two years of inaction at Stormont, higher education sector has long to-do list for first minister Michelle O’Neill, writes Patrick Jack Paddy Jack bit.ly/3T2WTsN

A key UCU committee has announced a boycott of further engagement with the union, expressing concern about its failure to tackle ‘entrenched racism’
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UK university applications fall for third year: UCAS Corporate data reveals drop in application rate among UK school-leavers and significant declines in international interest, with least selective institutions bearing brunt. Paddy Jack reports
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UCU staff lash out at workplace racism and ‘culture of fear’
Staff warn of ‘stench of hypocrisy’ as union fails to address the issues it is campaigning on within its own office, writes Paddy Jack bit.ly/485F6pe

Four UK universities hand out half of all unconditional offers
Just over a third of providers made unconditional offers in 2023, most frequently to students applying for design, and creative and performing arts, writes Patrick Jack Paddy Jack bit.ly/3SnW24w

.Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN introduces “reduced offers” for international students: Russell Group university follows University of York in dropping entry bar, but sector is warned of hit to reputation, writes Paddy Jack
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Academia in Gaza ‘has been destroyed’ by Israeli ‘educide’
Palestinian scholars mourn ‘deliberate targeting’ of higher education but pledge to rebuild once war is over, writes Patrick Jack Paddy Jack bit.ly/47KwTqk

Largest fall in post-92 undergraduate recruitment for a decade: analysis of UCAS Corporate figures reveals which universities saw the largest falls in undergraduate recruitment. Paddy Jack reports
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My analysis of 115 financial accounts reveals some huge pay packages - including £139k in compensation Bishop Grosseteste University and an £81k bonus Coventry University #VCpay

My analysis shows the median vice-chancellor salary among Russell Group unis to have published accounts so far rose to almost £400,000 last year #VCpay

'A terrible way to make policy': me in Times Higher Education on the uncertainty caused by the government's announcement on salary threshols.

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Record fall in UK entry rate, Ucas figures show: UCAS Corporate end-of-cycle data also confirm falling numbers of international student acceptances, plus a slowdown in overseas applications. Paddy Jack reports
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