Dundee University staff will strike for five weeks from September over further job cuts, intensifying a long-running dispute that highlights the financial pressures facing UK higher education.
England plans to introduce a £925 annual levy per international student from 2028, exempting offshore transnational education while increasing costs for universities recruiting international students to England.
Italy launches a €420 million initiative enabling 150,000 secondary students to study abroad, strengthen language skills and gain international experience.
Johns Hopkins has laid off 110 employees amid continuing federal research funding cuts, underscoring growing financial pressures facing research-intensive universities across the United States.
The University of Hertfordshire will cut 200 jobs to save £20 million, citing financial pressures from stagnant funding, rising costs, and weaker international recruitment.
University of Dundee plans to cut 190 jobs after 675 voluntary redundancies, aiming to save £20m amid ongoing financial crisis and union strike action.
UK universities are adopting collaboration, digital transformation, and cost-cutting to navigate financial pressures, with staff reductions, course closures, and research cuts becoming more common.
The University of Sheffield plans chemistry and materials science job cuts amid mounting UK university financial pressures, raising concerns about scientific capacity, international recruitment, and the sustainability of laboratory-based education.
China approved over 200 new transnational education partnerships in May 2026 as Beijing expands “internationalisation at home” efforts to reduce overseas study costs and retain billions in education spending domestically.
