University leaders in the UK have outlined plans for the next academic year, including keeping students in 'protective bubbles' with others on their course.

UK universities face a £2.5bn funding black hole due to Covid-19 and the ensuing recession according to a new report, and the universities likely to be hit hardest are those that cater for significant numbers of international students.

Higher education institutions have been impelled to hone their transnational education provision to mitigate the potential changes in a post-coronavirus educational landscape.

UUK has proposed a delay to the new immigration system, flexibility on English language and other requirements for visa applications for 2020 starts and significant research funding support among a raft of measures aimed to shore up stability in UKHE.

UK universities should be recruiting staff and researchers based on their skills and talent rather than potential wages, a new survey has found.

Universities in the UK have taken widespread precautions to prepare a no-deal Brexit, but more than three quarters are "very" or "extremely" concerned about the prospect, a survey has revealed.

Universities UK has published a briefing that sets out the consequences a no-deal Brexit would have on the country's students, researchers and 136 member universities.

UK universities are increasingly concerned with the service provided by government-contracted Sopra Steria, which is tasked with checking visa documents and collecting biometric information for visa applicants. Universities UK has labelled the company's provision "woefully inadequate".