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Discounts, chatbots, money-back guarantees are tricks in contract cheating websites’ promotional armoury

Rector Shalini Randeria wants displaced institution to broaden appeal at home in Vienna and for international student cohort

Refreshed guidelines allow universities to choose which academics face scrutiny of their overseas affiliations

Office for Students examining whether university met obligations on academic freedom and free speech, following criticism by minister

Staff at 58 universities set to walk out

Academia should look to business-linked Israeli universities as a model for change, according to energy boss Francesco Starace

President of Canadian institution admits mistake in moving quickly amid concern over sexual assaults on campus and nearby violence

Fearing for protester well-being, university’s president promises improvements in dormitory conditions to conclude uprising at prominent institution

Closing gap entirely will be ‘challenging’, says analyst behind annual list of Highly Cited Researchers

While mocked as a cast of falsely aggrieved outcasts, planned private upstart raises fear of fundamental new avenue of well-resourced partisan attack on academia

Economic and Social Research Council will look again at criteria that exclude PhD graduates from most modern UK universities from applying for postdoctoral funding

Pacific expert’s selection coincides with policy push to boost islander participation in higher education

AI analysis of online activity reveals ‘really nice’ sentiment and sophisticated understanding of government structures

Universities bill partnership as bringing ‘global programmes’ for students as well as joint research on worldwide challenges

After extended run of pandemic and political obstacles, Biden officials celebrate revival even as totals still lag pre-Covid highs

Linda Doyle on making history, meeting Macron and why Normal People doesn’t fully capture her university

Green paper ‘asks the right questions’, including whether crown research institutes should collocate with universities

Half of respondents to survey admit cheating overall, but only 21 per cent of students from Singapore own up

Maria Leptin says that if improving success rates means expanding the funder’s budget, voters could play an important role

‘Sense prevails’ as New South Wales declares that incoming students will be treated like locals

University and College Union general secretary says sector leaders who focused on turnout were ‘not listening to a consistent message that staff have been delivering to them’

London institution’s president received highest basic salary across English sector in 2019-20, says regulator

Visa requirements mean only limited numbers of students will be able to enter before Christmas

New Office for Students strategy also promises action on free speech, sexual harassment and ‘levelling up’

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

Tributes paid to a performer of ‘steadfast dedication’ who pioneered a new style of opera production at Rice University

Universities face ‘reckoning’ on societal relevance akin to last major transformation after Second World War, says Harvard professor on Unesco commission

Sports corruption investigator on feeling sorry for drugs cheat Marion Jones, ‘barely graduating high school’ and how sport might clean up its act

Refugee academics claim they face steep accommodation fees and scant relief from institutions

UK Engagement Survey finds less than two-thirds of undergraduates feel universities ensured quality of academic experience during Covid-19

University governance bodies an ‘outlier’ in Australia, with sectoral experience an oddity

Handling multiple complaints against same alleged perpetrator separately often means pattern of behaviour is harder to spot, academics say

University says ambassador’s event ran for scheduled duration

Survey by European University Association finds gap between institutions’ commitment to innovation and their capacity to carry it out

In first policy conference since Covid and Floyd, state higher education leaders told they may be harming racial progress more than aiding it

Experts say exhaustion and worry over disruption to students hit appetite for industrial action but shouldn’t mask the unhappiness across sector

UK scientists may increasingly want to take the £7 billion for research offered by Treasury rather than wait for EU wrangling to finish, say research experts

OfS releases latest figures on universities adopting definition following ministerial pressure

As Australian policy focus pivots from international education to research commercialisation, ‘it’s the right time for us to shine’, says new head Andrew Parfitt

Minister to speak as major English reforms awaited, alongside sector leaders and solutions-focused workshops

In-house appointment breaks with trend of selecting leaders from outside the country, or outside academia

Chief executive’s departure may help new chair to reshape English sector regulator

Paper also suggests higher performers in business schools received lower salary bump if climbing the departmental ladder

Ninety per cent federal funding cut will leave research projects unfinished and cause massive brain drain, experts warn

Suggestions of significant ministerial plan to ‘improve higher education’ this month bring warning not to harm universities’ levelling-up work

Institutional affiliation counts for little in determining students’ future earnings, analysis suggests

Deteriorating political climate causing self-censorship, conference hears

The problem – amid a general mood of satisfaction – may trace to unrealistic expectations, American Academy of Arts and Sciences says

Donna Heinel likely facing three years in prison after using role to serve as main conduit at university with most bribery cases

UK universities could easily cope without Elsevier access for lengthy period, says Berkeley librarian who led system through two-year cut-off

Funding preschool instead has compelling rationale, but US should extend both ends of compulsory education, say experts

Funding changes will help generate ‘intellectual infrastructure’, but universities harbour reservations

‘Families who have more resources will find ways to go around the policy,’ says scholar

Job prospects and Covid-19 among biggest issues for young people, wide-ranging study finds

Combined with results of pensions ballot, union has mandate for walkouts at less than four in 10 institutions polled

Australian analysis also finds that women now tend to out-earn men immediately after finishing university

Philanthropist outlines details of five-year investment but says government spending cuts will demand ‘ruthless’ funding decisions

Scholarships can be important, but the risk of brain drain must be borne in mind, say experts 

After banning professors from testifying against the state in politically charged cases, flagship university can’t escape probes and fears of lasting harm

Barely half of campuses pass 50 per cent voting threshold required for walkouts to go ahead