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Linking salary rises to publication record has fuelled research ethics violations, with early career academics struggling the most

Union’s key decision-making committee decides against another strikes pause and putting agreement to members

Student Loans Company says staff working from home caused an increase in the number of people over-repaying

Judges find university’s policy of compulsory retirement at 68 not ‘proportionate’ as aims not proven

The national student body for the UK has maintained the investigation into allegations of antisemitism was robust

After claims of image manipulation in papers by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, neuroscientist promises vindication amid signs of faculty unease

Broad agreement on the impacts of loan repayment arrangements, but less agreement on the remedies

Dame Sally Mapstone will take up the role from 1 August

Students at prominent all-female college vote to endorse admission of transgender male and non-binary students, but leadership refuses

Sector’s progress in appointing women to top positions will help address remaining gender imbalances, but only with more work

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Former OfS chief executive turned Bristol professor defends regulator ‘looking out for the interests of students’ as it comes under scrutiny

The Seattle University academic and novelist talks about satirising a type of male scholar who wins the plum posts, despite harming colleagues

Academics left ‘traumatised’ by ‘absurd’ and ‘Byzantine’ corporate booking systems that drain departmental travel funds

Jeremy Hunt uses spring budget aiming to harness potential of R&D to boost economic growth

Union begins six days of action across UK universities after controversial decision to pause walkouts 

Agents posing as students will look for a wide range of legal violations, with for-profit sector especially alarmed

Memorial University president apologises and takes paid break after questions on strength of her claims of indigenous ancestry

Analysis shows Swiss publisher MDPI set up almost 56,000 special issues with a closing date in 2023

Fluctuating foreign fee flows helped fuel Australian sector’s addiction to sessional staff

Postgraduate training likely to be concentrated in larger universities as EPSRC and Wellcome make cuts

Institutions ‘can no longer afford’ cross-subsidy for research, says Jenny Higham, leader of UUK review of sector funding

Architect of English regulator also criticises universities for ‘sniping’ at it

Australian move to deny government subsidies to students who bomb out makes things worse for them, and no better for taxpayers

New guidelines on use of ChatGPT follows plagiarism concerns and authorship controversies caused by rise of generative AI

A year after his ordeal, Chinese American semiconductor specialist Gang Chen reflects on how a 12-month government investigation changed his life and work

Physicist who spoke out in anti-regime demonstrations faces uncertain future, unable to return to her university or country

OECD education director Andreas Schleicher urges shift towards lifelong learning, but says universities enjoy ‘nice monopoly rent’ from status quo

After Florida governor installs conservative leadership at small public liberal arts college, students join with Open Society to fight such moves nationwide

Republican house committee chair sets sights on passing comprehensive higher-education legislation as she returns to position held under Trump regime

As states weigh hundreds of calls to cut gender-related rights, institutions are predicted to face relocations even more extensive than those tied to abortion

Australian institutions suspend recruitment from India’s north, just as politicians and vice-chancellors launch charm offensive

Requests to withdraw from less lucrative areas of Europe’s research scheme will delay UK membership and cost universities billions of pounds, warn science policy experts

Ousted Cape Town vice-chancellor says her departure was a victory for the ‘opponents of change’, but insists she leaves the institution in good shape

Disquiet as sandstone university hires interstate corporate lawyer to bargain on bosses’ behalf

Taking turns seen as sensible way to bring balance to solo roles, as new law debated by parliament

Long-fought campaign by members finally secures union a seat at the negotiating table

As Deakin plans first overseas outpost on Indian soil, it says the learnings will flow both ways

Using Twitter to call people out has landed Jo Grady in potential legal trouble, but will a combative communications strategy force leaders into making concessions?

Agencies created to help institutions improve themselves, then asked to guard federal student aid, now face fight over battling partisan attacks on academia

Additional fees to institutions that breach OfS rules may focus attention on growing regulatory costs

Leading US public institution found by news investigation to still hold bones of 9,000 people, most in nation, more than three decades after federal ban

Lengthy government security checks on STEM postgraduates are causing chaos for university research as doctoral candidates go elsewhere, says Russell Group

Poll conducted for Universities UK finds 64 per cent of respondents want number of overseas learners to increase or hold steady

British professional basketball player turned US professor James Gerard Noel says criticisms of ‘safe spaces’ overlook the emotional vulnerability of black students caused by racism and gun violence

International students in particular are likely to rate the value of their course, despite paying higher fees

Educational institutions ‘should not act as correction agencies, but be centres of human flourishing’, scholar says

Dutch university can now dismiss Susanne Täuber, who had long accused it of flawed approaches to handling gender equality, discrimination and harassment

Move may help minimise the need for compulsory redundancies, acting vice-chancellor claims

Academics lay out plan for knowledge from Global South to take ‘rightful place’

Prohibition covers students that staff have direct responsibility for, ahead of introduction of new sector-wide rules

Fewer than one in three educators feels they are getting the support they need from their employer, according to survey

AI-powered tools without multiple mechanisms of censorship are unlikely to be allowed on mainland, expert says

±Ê´Ç±ô¾±³Ù¾±³¦¾±²¹²Ô²õ’ recent marshalling of public institutions for geopolitical, economic and societal ends has narrowed their room to manoeuvre, according to ·¡±«´¡â€™s autonomy scorecard

Government red tape on foreign research collaborations is ‘overwhelming’ and ‘demoralising’ staff, says report, which calls for national ‘clearing house’ to ease security assessments

Personal ties of professors also shape where learners can travel to, conference hears

Former Cape Town v-c Mamphela Ramphele warns that higher education has been captured by elites and needs to prioritise tackling climate crisis

Regulator’s former chair also says fears ‘half a dozen or more’ institutions would collapse in pandemic were averted via its support

Top-ranked institution joins UNSW, Wollongong and others in expressing support for indigenous voice to Australian parliament

Even as Covid travel restrictions are lifted, Xi-era crackdown on freedoms is making on-the-ground research much more difficult