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Scottish Funding Council review condemns how bumper payments to secure ‘orderly exit’ of Sir Ian Diamond were awarded

Universities did not prepare adequately for a ‘foreseeable’ downturn predicted to slash at least A$2.8 billion (£1.45 billion) from education exports, claims sociologist

South African political geographer to succeed Baroness Amos in January 2021

Lawyer investigating Charles Lieber case and US admissions bribery scandal focuses on legal transgressions and disregards policy ambiguity

Recruitment agents say most students will defer enrolment rather than cancel overseas study plans altogether

Journal’s decision to publish reviewer reports shows a growing consensus on transparency, publishers claim

Opponents see campaign to ‘diminish the regard for academic inquiry’ as political manoeuvring rather than real problem

University makes statement that centre is ‘open to everyone’ following controversial video

Experts say appointment of separate universities and science ministers means no one in government will ‘care about universities as a whole’

While much harm has been done by epidemic, institutions could use crisis to sharpen strategies and practices in areas such as internationalisation and e-learning, experts say

Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances, says professor

Researchers say funding bodies and university management have most influence over state of scholarly autonomy

New recommendations offer flexibility to university employees who want to create start-ups

Coronavirus response driven by ‘political objectives masquerading as public health decisions’, according to outspoken academic

Vice-provost for education will replace Alan Langlands at Yorkshire university

Alienation of Chinese students and graduates risks encouraging a monoculture of the ‘male, pale and stale’, senate told

Analysis of 17,000 articles in the field finds lack of integration between different areas of study

Professors ride a wave of ‘public anger’ over coronavirus outbreak in airing anti-government views

Danish-Australian paper finds researchers unconsciously adjust to accommodate assessment exercise

Other universities likely to rein in their costs as travel ban threatens their bottom line

Chippenham MP appointed following sacking of Chris Skidmore

Boris Johnson’s shake-up ends second of two spells in post for Kingswood MP, with Andrea Leadsom also sacked as business secretary

Universities scramble to offer ‘targeted solutions’ for Chinese students stranded by coronavirus

Ivy League institutions cited as US ramps up higher education offensive

The ecologist with more air miles than most on alternative pathways to the professoriate, Australia’s natural boom-bust cycles and whether there is hope for the platypus

Changes will give platform in universities to anti-abortionists and climate change deniers, claim opponents

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

Institutional, pedagogical and workload issues more problematic than technological impediments, experts say

Analysis of responses to major experience survey suggests teaching factors have bigger influence on mental health than student background

University president who became a New York ‘Living Landmark’ remembered

Proposals are likely to raise concerns over the future of longer-form academic publishing

Olga Burlyuk explores the different conceptions, challenges and possibilities within the practice

‘We’re all in this together’, v-c insists, as universities scramble to teach 100,000 stranded students

Law scholars see wider battle against hierarchical abuse in US dispute

German research institute aims to reshape academic incentives with cash bonuses

Overall success rate for applications to six research councils stood at 27.4 per cent

Wits’ Adam Habib says universities should be ‘more focused on the developmental outcome’ of internationalisation

Streamlined applications for grants will be trialled on two UK Research and Innovation schemes

Proposed new measures, intended to ‘inform’ government, include proportion of graduates working in ‘essential public services’

Ministry of Education forced to review decree that limits the number of researchers who can travel to events after outcry

Rebalancing to the regions will bring a battle over ‘excellence’ and ‘place’ models, along with questions on the best mechanisms to deliver change

Vice-chancellor of new global alliance says network will involve ‘multilayered cooperation’ and different levels of membership

Excessive focus on teaching and research is undermining a key function of academia, inquiry to hear

Postgraduate-only outlet â€˜the first of many to come’, says minister

UCU faces debate over whether to compromise on demands over pay, pensions and working conditions

Transition away from end-of-course exams may also increase staff workloads, says report

Ed Byrne warns Office for Students could be creating a model where university leaders have less freedom

Australian university cancels term for up to 10,000 students, saying its timetable will allow them to graduate without delay

Mission group calls for flexibility to use funding to support lifelong learning

University fundraising income continues to grow, but comes from shrinking group of wealthy benefactors

Professors on the mainland and overseas defying government guidelines as outbreak spreads

Harvard case was meant to get academia’s attention, and did, prosecutors proclaim

Former editors-in-chief at European Law Journal say the departure of editorial boards raises issue about ‘who owns’ scholarly journals

While xenophobes get headlines, conservative students show political flexibility

Australian researchers fear wasting weeks writing potentially pointless applications

Australian university promises ‘carbon negative’ footprint as v-c reflects on a summer of fire, ice and virus

Academics studying gender-based violence highlight emotional impact of their work

UK’s capital becomes first area of country to see more than half of 18-year-olds applying to higher education

The award-winning junior researcher on his love for experimental projects, communicating bold ideas to the public and how universities can foster creativity

Tributes paid to ‘one of very few business academics who truly changed practice’