Ministers ‘unlikely’ to remove students from migration statistics New chair of Commons education committee ‘concerned’ by moves to limit study visas By Tom Williams 19 December
UK extends Horizon Europe funding guarantee for third time Stopgap solution will run out in April, when symbolic deadline for resolving a wider EU-UK dispute over Northern Ireland will present itself By Ben Upton 19 December
Free speech bill fans urge ministers to force home right to sue Government tipped to win battle with peers who removed statutory tort and are ‘unwilling to compromise’ By John Morgan 19 December
Building Africa’s science capacity requires broader, fairer collaboration The EU and the AU’s new innovation agenda is promising, but implementation will be a challenge, says Jan Palmowski By Jan Palmowski 19 December
New Danish government keeps ‘harmful master’s experiment’ Broader coalition arrives without answers on a missing DKr300 million for humanities and social sciences, as universities prepare to debate lifelong learning reforms with a “gun pointed at us” By Ben Upton 17 December
Streeting: medical schools with no British students ‘ludicrous’ Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting attacks cap on medical school places that has led to institutions catering solely to students from overseas By Tom Williams 16 December
Precarity exacerbating UK science skills gap, peers warn House of Lords Science and Technology Committee also criticises ‘unjustifiably high’ visa costs By Patrick Jack 16 December
Labour set to back plan to double UK medical school places Shadow health secretary backing a Policy Exchange blueprint for growing doctor numbers, including the creation of up to 15 new medical schools By Jack Grove 16 December
Edinburgh film screening no-platformed over ‘transphobia’ University reaffirms ‘commitment to freedom of expression and academic freedom’ following student protests and UCU’s call to cancel event By Pola Lem 15 December
Ministers ‘resolute’ on right to sue universities on free speech Westminster government signals it will seek to reinstate ‘statutory tort’ removed by peers By Ben Upton 15 December
Russell Group warns OfS to stay ‘impartial’ on free speech Regulator tells universities free speech codes should cover teaching and academics will be polled, bringing ‘independence’ rebuke By John Morgan 15 December
Pay talks on hold as employers insist on industrial action pause First meeting between Ucea and unions breaks up before negotiations begin due to disagreement over ‘de-escalating the dispute’ By Tom Williams 14 December