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Researchers face a lean Christmas as veto fiasco triggers more delays

Australian universities may have to wait months to find out how much funding they will forfeit

New centre could supply the ingredients to bring home-grown Fields medallists back, says director

Democrat gains may not convert into legislative wins for higher education, lobbyist warns

Stuart Croft warns that loss of access to international research networks could exclude UK from ‘scientific forefront’ for up to 50 years

‘Seriously negligent’ university overcharged students on franchised course ‘persistently’

Universities criticise source of new cash splash

European governments urged to consider banning certain nationals from working on sensitive technology on national security grounds

Research reportedly picking up the tab for Australian government’s regional cash splash

Higher education delivering solid returns, but vocational education could leave women worse off

Figures have ‘alarming’ implications for equality in US academia, says researcher who analysed professoriate’s background

Ardent pro-European calls for government to ‘go back to the people’

Andrei Volkov says rankings are only part of the initiative, alongside improved culture and diversity

Emergence of lingua franca in science should not lead to other languages being neglected in teaching, conference hears

Rapid expansion of Southern New Hampshire University sparks interest but also concern

Academic says unpredictable visa refusals ‘damage’ students and the country’s higher education reputation

Deputy chair of Russia’s academic excellence programme encourages institutions to adopt innovative approaches to learning

Education reforms designed to improve uptake of science subjects may harm them if creativity is not taught, claims V&A director

FutureLearn course will offer certificates from both Deakin and Coventry

Country is on the verge of achieving its now scrapped enrolment target, years before the deadline

UCL announces drive for academic-led collaboration with major global cities and their universities

Russell Group university’s return to the local highlights higher education’s role in the wake of the Brexit vote in addressing post-industrial decline, and supporting austerity-hit councils

Universities told to upgrade student welfare support in wake of alarming figures

Academics debate how to respond to increasing influence of People’s Liberation Army

Pioneer of the genetics of hearing talks about how her research interests have been shaped by wine and music – and how she would cope with deafness

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

Tributes paid to Cambridge literary critic

Hearing that an editor does not want to publish your work can be crushing, but learning from the experience can make you stronger

Conference hears scholars should focus on challenges like climate change and global sustainability, not the corporate world

Voters back increases in university spending in series of local ballots

Case may show that Canada needs a broader strategy to become an innovation powerhouse

Chief executive Anant Agarwal explains how the Harvard-MIT platform has defied sceptics and financial pressures to stay true to its mission

Leaks suggesting plans to lower fees could chime with government agenda on tackling cross-subsidy

Nuanced signals suggest a long-haul future for world’s biggest market

A downturn last decade offers a textbook example of the risk universities face, say Melbourne researchers

Increased stresses and decreased stigma leading to surge in rates of students under treatment

Office for Students chair says institutions must be ‘better at managing their affairs’ after reports that some are in financial trouble

Representative organisation criticises vice-chancellors’ aversion to sharing funding with vocational education

Sir John Kingman hints that research councils could withhold funding in cases where universities do not address unfair treatment of staff

Royal Historical Society survey also exposes crisis of overwork in discipline

Toronto historian warns academics against shying away from the complexities of the past

Response to row over vetoing of humanities grants could result in curiosity-driven scholarship being pushed out

Leader to move on after ‘the most challenging tenure’ leading the fire-hit institution

Organisation joins Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in signing up to the Plan S open-access initiative

Parent institutions siphon off majority of most UK business schools’ expenditure, survey says

Education Committee calls for radical reshaping of higher education towards ‘flexible’ model, and for breakdowns of how fees are spent

Many students who do not complete their course at the first attempt often return to their studies, say experts

Too many institutions fail to abide by their own statements of values, leaders warn

Leading Italian academics often leave the country, which struggles to attract highly rated foreign researchers

Military initiative to connect Amazon communities to the internet will allow students to enrol on distance-learning degree courses through the Open University of Brazil

Australia’s freeze on teaching grants protected struggling institutions, not education budget

Parties must wait for a ruling on affirmative action policies, with a Supreme Court judgment likely years away

Institutions face ‘never-ending rollercoaster’ of assessment, conference hears

Academics express anxiety about ultimate reach of proposed policy tying gender to birth

Plan S task force leader suggests developed nations could contribute towards article processing charges in poorer sectors

Sector representatives sceptical of ‘kickstarter’ spending

Scientific excellence must mean more than ‘how good someone is with a round-bottom flask’, conference hears

After the death of a student athlete, university directors backed their football coach over their president, but subsequent protests led them to quickly reverse course

Record revenue fuelled by large foreign intakes at the country’s biggest universities

Deepening deficits of up to £14 million at English universities prompt warnings of damage to cities and towns reliant on universities as ‘anchors’