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Glasgow named University of the Year for addressing legacy of its ties to the slave trade

Senior leader says universities should focus on improving and charging more for transnational education

Public engagement expert concerned about communities that scientists are failing to reach

Panel warns that action is needed to tackle excessive competition and casualisation if research careers are to remain attractive

Panel discussion hears that pandemic should be used as a springboard for real change by looking at leadership

Ex-adviser to UK government praises global scientific community’s ‘remarkable’ response and criticises ‘false narrative’ that he was ‘responsible’ for lockdowns

French scholars, accused of fostering terrorism, fear escalating rhetoric could curtail freedom of research

Australian officials mute as exasperated foreigners watch study and career opportunities evaporate

Ethnic minority students twice as likely to be assaulted in teaching space as white classmates

Tributes paid to a geneticist whose ‘trailblazing science’ was matched by her ‘fearlessness’ in calling out discrimination

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

English and Welsh ombudsman willing to admonish universities over Covid-related disruption only if they have not made effort to deliver quality online learning, case summaries reveal

Picking winners at random helps back risky research, boosts niche subjects and curbs nepotism, recipients say

The crime writer on how to teach mystery writing, why she loves self-help books, and the literary appeal of a campus murder

As Australia’s Kylie Moore-Gilbert prepares to come home, UN human rights observers express grave fears for Iranian-Swedish academic

Ucas signals that admissions body has moved towards supporting post-qualification offers

Chancellor’s spending review research boost leaves questions around earlier promises, as funds committed for Erasmus replacement

Indigenous peoples balance patience and autonomy with the lure of education and jobs

Unpublished Australian data show that number of regular support staff positions has shrunk while executive roles have expanded massively

Some students have been stuck on campus for months despite no local cases being reported

Plan seems to unite various factions after acrimony, but could hinge on Whitehall’s post-Cummings appetite for research ‘levelling up’

‘Technocratic’ solutions alone cannot solve a societal problem, expert says

Snowballing international earnings buttressed universities’ wealth ahead of this year’s crisis while relegating federal government to minority funder status

Victorian budget also confirms hardship packages for universities and foreign students and recovery strategy for international education

Prestigious journal group seeks to spread cost of publishing across a greater number of authors than those accepted for publication

Some find it difficult to make decisions on their own off-campus, survey suggests

Universities UK guidance says institutions must introduce training on concepts such as microaggressions and white privilege

Controversial Tory peer said to head Treasury committee, prompting concerns it could be eyeing funding and fee cuts

Pandemic hardship has helped make domestic students aware of their overseas peers, study finds

More than 100 universities sign up to take part in rapid testing programme, but plans for post-festive return yet to be set out

Survey suggests most of those giving help to colleagues feel undervalued

Plans for new research funding agency expected to go ahead despite exit of former top adviser to PM, but mission yet to be defined

New education minister threatens to withdraw funding from universities following abortion law protests clash  

Budgets and foreign ties likely constrained even with friendlier administration

Scholars say international students are drawn to cosmopolitan areas, which tend to be more liberal, while postgraduate students may be ‘sensitive to states’ political conditions’

Scientists ask why major journal published findings that female mentors may be bad for your career, even after reviewers pointed out flaws in the paper’s methodology

Premier offers latest on-again, off-again signal about resumption of student flows

Stalled research driving students into poverty and bleak career prospects, paper warns

Father of multiple intelligences theory says pursuit of deep inquiry is ‘a foolish investment’ in today’s AI-driven world

Words and their interpretations assume significance when lives are at stake, Australian research shows

Despite a pandemic-induced pause in March, research funders have concluded that submissions are ‘broadly on track’ and will not push deadline back again

Expert views conflict on humanities graduates’ employment prospects, and whether Australian funding changes will make arts the preserve of the elite

Leading psychologist issues stinging criticism of university treatment of employee mental health

Young researchers have been locked out of labs and clinics for 10 months because of Covid

Possible new US education secretary also pushes major federal college investment

Experts urge careful consideration of detailed options and their consequences, as education secretary sets out direction of travel

From acknowledging Covid stress to having every participant logged into Zoom, Paul Moss breaks down the art of mixed-cohort tutorials

Report from OfS shows slowing in rise of ‘unexplained’ firsts and sudden drops in share gaining top honours at some institutions

Paper from Social Market Foundation calls on government to either invest more or trust universities on providing information   

But survey finds that international applicants still overwhelmingly favour face-to-face teaching

Survey of taught postgraduates suggests many were unhappy with handling of move online 

Incoming US president stresses need for action but avoids key details

Latest edition of Global University Employability Ranking suggests systems with closest industry partnerships on skills are on the rise

Students who suffer financial loss from institutional failures should be compensated by sector scheme, says English ombudsman

Australian report also advocates expansion of online counselling

Sexual orientation may have greater impact on academic choices than race, US data suggest

Institutional agility in pandemic shows why heavy-handed regulation is a mistake, says Ecuadorean university president

Wider reckoning expected after White House ally Scott Atlas urges uprising against governor

UK remains third on list for number of scientists but Germany and Australia have made up ground

‘New versions of old pressures’ have emerged amid campus closures and budget cuts