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Treasury officials will find it harder to ignore the deficit pressures caused by subsidising lower-earning creative arts students after analysis, researcher argues

Experts question whether new National Science Project will have wide impact beyond creating ‘a few islands of research excellence’

The teaching excellence framework “needs urgent fixing” at all levels, review is warned

Protesters allegedly called researchers ‘dirty Jews’ and ‘traitors’ in latest intimidation of scholars who emphasise Polish role in the Holocaust

New group of eight universities, joined by MIT and Stanford, sees lack of private investment in ‘niche’ university research as a key barrier

Former ESRC chief executive to replace Swansea’s suspended v-c Richard Davies after his ‘planned retirement’

Australian universities yet to sign up to guidelines, representative body says

Report on financial sustainability of UK universities suggests that any attempt to lower fees could have big impact on some institutions

Education secretary Damian Hinds’ call for more scrutiny of decision-making behind vice-chancellors’ ‘high pay’ may lead to problems, experts warn

The departure of the University and College Union’s long-time leader has intensified calls for democratic reform, and activists could take a greater role

But research finds students prefer the mode over more traditional teaching methods

President issues threat to universities’ federal funding in major speech

Deal follows long-awaited decree allowing foreign university campuses

ARC insists allegations of political subversion are ‘baseless’

Two Syrian academics travel to London to seek outside support for universities

Open access advocates hope move will create ‘snowball effect’ for others to ditch subscriptions with publisher

Two dozen agreements signed in whirlwind tour Down Under

Inflexion acquires company from TPG Capital

Student vloggers are the perfect 'weapon to target university applicants', increasingly regarded as more powerful than other marketing methods

Negotiations on €100 billion Horizon Europe scheme delayed by East-West tensions and could be slowed further by European elections

Investment will help institutions develop university-industry collaboration

Carolyn Fairbarn will urge ministers not to cause ‘needless’ damage to the ‘precious national asset’ of universities

Joshua Harmon’s savage play, Admissions, brings to London its tangled emotions unleashed by diversity policies

Number of international students in UK is at highest level since 2011, despite drop in arrivals from European Union

Universities ‘not well served’ by federal government’s approach to BRI, Universities Australia conference hears

Continued funding squeeze appears inevitable as major parties’ policies trickle out at UA conference

Tributes paid to footballer turned queer theorist

The Oxford professor and Costa Book of the Year award-winner on bringing a Holocaust survivor’s story into the present through ‘documentary novelisation’

David Green says exposing pay disparities within universities may encourage removing lower-paid staff from direct payroll

Adam Tickell acknowledges university has ‘failed’ staff and students in the past but says improving well-being is his top priority

Amherst students incredulous about going for days without services they consider absolute necessities

Labor has made an ‘unequivocal commitment’ to restore uncapped funding, vice-chancellors say

Failure to reach 50 per cent turnout threshold on pay ballot and exit of leader Sally Hunt must open the door for debate on future, union leaders agree

‘Why is being incredibly successful a problem?’ asks Universities Australia chair Margaret Gardner

Andres Manuel López Obrador’s controversial proposal could force lawmakers to reconsider the legal age of adulthood

New standards and guidelines for quality assurance in Africa aim to drive up standards on the continent, but can they overcome divisions in language, national politics and bureaucratic red tape?

Governing body neglecting its responsibilities, says union branch president and former senate member

Separate survey uncovers widespread opposition to recent research funding cuts

Deputy minister says new law will open universities ‘to the needs of the people’, after it sparked mass student protests

����Vlog editor John Gill asks Toby Walsh about the strengths that universities can bring to artificial intelligence research

Plans for Park College seen as a power grab by central management

University and College Union leader steps down with immediate effect after 12 years in charge

Community attitudes questionnaire also finds that Australians want caps on international students but not domestic students

Universities UK fears cost of assessment could nudge £250,000 per provider

Data analysis from THE suggests different drivers are coming together to alter universities’ UK-international mix

US study suggests hiring panels may offer worse terms to female scientists seeking jobs at their partner’s institution than to equally qualified solo candidates

After years of asking, National Academy of Sciences makes integrity push across university silos

Global study tied to gains in grades and graduate rates, though affordability remains a major obstacle

Seventy per cent of voting UCU members support walking out, but 41 per cent turnout is too low for action

Hundreds of students voted against creation of Jewish society on campus

Sir Fraser Stoddart says the most rewarding element of his work has been supervising research students, who supported him personally after his wife’s death

The publisher has reported steady growth and profit margins of more than a third but warned of threat to business from open access

Business and academia accuse each other of ‘more aggressive’ assertion of intellectual property rights

Party’s Lifelong Learning Commission will look at longer-term ‘structures’ in contrast to government’s ‘short-term’ review, says Gordon Marsden

Brexit copyright issues may prevent researchers from consulting Spare Rib, which for two decades served as ‘the most popular voice of women’s liberation’ in the UK

Australian and New Zealand open access advocates want more attention paid to ‘green’ model

Many presidents have pursued their careers just at one institution, raising questions about management skills, report finds

Admissions officers wrote of favouring ‘brown babies’, campaign group reveals

Researchers must ‘put on the gloves’ and bring the fight to their critics, says Arizona State professor

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