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Cutting tuition fees is no longer realistic, but there are other ways to better support vital courses
Government stops short of agreeing £2bn research funding bailout requested to combat predicted drop in overseas students
Whitehall divided on whether sector needs special treatment despite warning of bankruptcies
The pandemic is set to hit college income streams as international students stay away
Schools ordered to stay open despite government advice to curb social contact
Practice condemned over concerns that students perform worse in exams
Higher education institutions face 8 days of action over pensions and pay
Response to rise in number of graduates with first-class honours
Umbrella body also calls for greater government clarity on future support for sector
UK at risk of falling behind competition in attracting talent, lobby group claims
Union votes to accept plan to reassess value of academics’ pension fund
Employers and union agree proposals aimed at resolving dispute over pensions
Bill Galvin concerned by ‘false claims’ on social media and inaccurate union information
Staff angry at being asked to give up ‘defined benefits’ retirement schemes
Plan to guarantee benefits for members but water them down from April
Fifty institutions to take part in scheme to promote competition between universities
Academics’ union raises the stakes in pension battle
Employers’ body under pressure to find solution to pensions dispute
Academics at Oxford and Cambridge join walkout over loss of defined benefit scheme
The cuts to university lecturers’ pensions are too deep, and divisive
Fourteen days of action planned after talks break up without agreement
University employers want to switch to less generous retirement benefits
Research groups say immigration targets may create labour shortages in key sectors
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