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Conservative billionaire-backed bids for university’s Overseers board produces complaints about process and vows to try again next year

‘Blunt’ measures predicted as politicians ‘panic’ over population explosion

Lawyers say ruling shows need for universities to intervene to protect staff, but how does that fit with free speech duties?

Many who study science do not pursue it as a career, sociologist John Skrentny has found, and toxic work cultures mean that few of those who do enter industry stay for long

While the world’s most populous country is a bit player in Malaysian international education, diplomatic overtures and an IIT outpost could change things

With new project to study advanced computing, NSF doesn’t ask major online companies to share secrets but hopes they eventually will

‘While many aspects of the reporting misrepresented the admissions process and criteria, we recognise the concern this has caused,’ vice-chancellors say

Universities should focus on standards as enrolments stagnate, says Science and Humanities Council

Biden administration stumbles in bid to increase federal tuition subsidies and ease application process, snarling acceptance timelines nationwide

Emmanuel Macron reaffirms goal of welcoming 30,000 Indian students by 2030 during state visit

Maria Leptin says Horizon Europe successor must vastly increase research funding for Europe to compete

University blames external factors for cutbacks as accounts show improving financial position

While accord recommendations that suit some universities might not suit others, overall benefit should be the litmus test, says new IRU chair

Universities urged to join initiative that shares details of disciplinary processes between employers

While surveys unearth positive views among New Zealand locals and international students, accommodation is a major concern in both camps

Sherri Ann Charleston described as having repeated instances of multiple sentences matching others’ writings, mirroring complaints that took down university’s first black president

Conservative majority in House of Representatives backs idea of forcing universities to cover unpaid student loans, widening attack on academic foundations

The University of Miami dean of medicine describes tough but valuable school years in Brooklyn after his family escaped Haiti, and their role in committing him to a diverse model of excellence

Universities begin to phase out module feedback exercises in favour of less formal check-ins and peer reviews

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

Researchers are leaving the profession in alarming numbers, but study suggests gender has surprisingly little to do with it

Universities Australia’s budget pitch a departure from argument that fees ‘do not deter students from undertaking higher education’

Survey finds evidence of ‘emerging digital divide’ as majority of undergraduates say they use generative AI to help with assessments

Students doing master’s and PhDs in the UK are ineligible for childcare grants, which are in place only for full-time undergraduates

Huang Feiruo placed on leave by Huazhong Agricultural University after whistleblowing report circulates widely

Union ranks institutions on efforts to better support precarious workforce, and finds most failing to get to grips with the issue

Biden administration examining if favouring alumni families is a civil rights violation

Cash-strapped institutions face task of rebuilding per-student returns as well as student numbers, with earnings slashed by scholarships, offshoring and other factors

Unlike the institutions they work for, Australian researchers have less paperwork – but investment remains in the doldrums

Research-intensives warn they are ever more reliant on Chinese and Indian students, as York’s sharp fall sounds alarm on global market shifts

Policy that has allowed universities to automatically charge students for course materials comes under threat from Biden administration

Requirement for new applications to be accompanied by letters of attestation means limits are effective immediately, universities say

Oxford researchers say more international students are staying in UK beyond two-year period allowed by post-study work visa, but many of them are not going into graduate-level jobs

Russell Group university follows York in dropping entry bar, but sector is warned of hit to reputation

Time reserved for research ‘being eroded’, says UCU, as university insists it is seeking to create ‘more flexible workforce’

Commissioner for fair access warns that rate of progress may be slowing as he sets range of recommendations for government

Pregnant researchers and new parents describe how they were hindered by inflexible interview process

Other universities could follow Trinity and announce action, says union president

George Freeman says he could not cope with doubling of monthly bill on annual salary of £118,000

Plans to charge overseas students ‘return deposit’ must be tossed out, Constitutional Council rules

Report in The Sunday Times conflated international foundation years with full degrees, say Russell Group and Universities UK

Palestinian scholars mourn ‘deliberate targeting’ of higher education but pledge to rebuild once war is over

‘Heightened’ crackdown on academic freedom expected as party committees merge with presidents’ offices on leading campuses

Scholar found to have faced ‘hostile environment’ due to gender-critical views warns ruling has implications for all universities, but fears more troubling cases to come

Pressure to publish seen as ‘contributing factor’ to recent suicides, as Madras faces backlash on doctoral monitoring

Evolving norms, expectations and laws usher both risk and opportunity for universities, according to blind law scholar

Vice-chancellor announces ‘major independent review’ after acknowledging ‘in several areas we fell very short’

European University Association says being forced to disclose international funding could lead to institutions being wrongly ‘suspected of representing foreign interests’

Dismissal over workload dispute ‘merely the latest ploy’ in Australian university’s long-running campaign to oust ‘conservative academic’

SET University president Iryna Volnytska discusses the challenges of building a new institution in wartime

Provinces promise action against private operators, but universities fear Trudeau is going too far, too fast, without consulting sector

Partnership with Institute for Replication will support reproduction and replication attempts tied to papers published from 2023 onwards

University wants to drop ‘Central’ and become ‘The University of Lancashire’, as existing location description has ‘little or no current relevance or meaning’

Experts describe drop as disappointing but caution that a number of statistical reasons could be behind the decrease

Head of UK Research and Innovation announces she will not seek to stay in office beyond next year

Eighty finalists from 17 countries and territories in the running across 10 categories, as prestigious awards enter sixth year

In Vermont, a flagship for the first time counts more freshmen from a neighbouring state than from its own population

It might sound ‘wishy-washy’ but joyfulness can succeed where KPIs fail in supporting the institutional mission, new book argues

A change in atmosphere has encouraged academics to return to the country where they were once maligned, but funding pressures and issues with polarisation continue

Fund of £20 million to support early- and mid-career researchers from black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani backgrounds