Education – further and higher

The sharp decline in international student enrolment was not only a threat to the sector’s financial sustainability but to the UK’s broader economic prospects, it was claimed.

University of East Anglia staff began nine days of strike action yesterday (1 May) over a threat of compulsory redundancies and lack of financial transparency.

Broken down, the full-time equivalent job losses consisted of 197 academic roles, 119 school-based professional services posts in schools, and 316 directorate roles.

The University of Sussex has accused higher regulation regulator the Office for Students of mounting a ‘vindictive and unreasonable campaign’ against it.

Law school was asked: ‘First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in any way, will you move swiftly to remove it?’

As many as 10,000 university jobs could go as higher education in the UK faces an “unprecedented crisis”, a union warns.

The fall in the number of international students has led Bangor University to place about 200 jobs under risk of redundancy, its vice-chancellor has told staff in an email.

Staff at Coventry University are threatening to strike after learning that around 100 workers could lose their jobs.

A new CIPD study reveals poor perceptions of young people at work, with 52% of UK employers believing they are not ready for the workplace.

T-level industry placements will be able to be completed remotely under government reforms announced this week.

University tuition fees will soar to a record high of £9,535 from the next academic year, announces the government.

New figures show a further decline in the number of students joining nursing courses in England and Wales.

Further education teachers are paid almost a quarter less than their peers elsewhere in the sector, according to the National Foundation for Educational Research.

Only a third of black academics in the UK believe their workplace is inclusive, according to a new report on early careers in academia.

New research has revealed that nearly two-thirds of UK employers now consider educational qualifications less important when hiring, signalling a significant shift in the job market.