EU universities receive record US grant applications

EU universities receive record US grant applications

The European Union has received a record number of academic grant applications in 2025, including a tripling of US bids following President Donald Trump’s attack on higher education. Trump has unleashed a series of measures, including funding cuts and restrictions on research, against US universities partly over the so-called incursion of “woke” culture on campus. In response, other countries have sought to lure researchers from American univers…

US students are voting with their feet – and global universities are ready

A record number of American students are applying to UK universities, with applications up nearly 14% over last year. The shift reflects something deeper than academic preference. It’s a response to uncertainty – political, cultural, and institutional – within the US higher education system. Students are assessing the climate as carefully as the curriculum, and for many, overseas options are starting to look more stable, more supportive, and mor…