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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

Brown, Columbia and Yale have agreed to pay eight-figure sums to see off claims that they colluded to hold down financial aid

European Commission stresses that ‘with academic freedom comes academic responsibility’, aiming to ‘de-risk, not to de-couple’ scientific collaboration

University hopes to build ‘culture of college-going’ with early offers to local high schoolers

Next EU framework programme should also deliver significant uplift in ERC spending, says funder

The rise of open-access journals in response to initiatives such as Plan S has tightened the grip of big publishers on the scholarly publishing market, analysis claims

Kiwis dodge debt overseas, as student loan costs spiral for individuals and government alike

Another alarm on university finances as Russell Group institution sees international student numbers fall by 16 per cent

Minister and NSFAS chair deny corruption claims, as fund struggles to get payments to students on time

The tentative agreement includes a retroactive 5 per cent salary increase for all faculty at the largest public university in the US, and potentially another in July

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne says quality of education under pressure due to rapid enrolment growth

OfS publishes latest minister-ordered business and management course investigations, finding ‘concerns’ at Bucks New and Wolverhampton

Interviews with council members suggest ‘business realists’ dominate and chairs are ‘too matey with senior management’, says CDBU report

As countries that are home to around half of the world’s population go to the polls, ����Vlog journalists consider what role higher education will play in the campaigns, and how it might be reshaped by the results

Tribunal rules criminologist Jo Phoenix was forced out of institution, which was ‘fearful’ about being seen to support gender-critical beliefs

Sandra Borch apologises for making ‘big mistake’ while completing her master’s thesis

Trudeau administration acts after long warning that it won’t tolerate abuses by private campuses and resulting housing shortages

Largest US public university system, saying it can’t afford union demands, plans to keep classes open during walkout

‘I would not accept his evidence as sufficient to establish any scientific proposition at all,’ says ruling

Union members voting on who should be next general secretary, with incumbent under pressure from all sides 

Difficulties experienced during OfS short-course trial show universities will have to work far harder to attract students, say sector leaders

Jamus Jerome Lim, who raised issue in Singaporean parliament, says diverse ideas must be ‘allowed to circulate and be subject to debate’

Craig Mahoney’s remuneration, including £340,000 compensation for loss of office, equivalent to about £4,500 a day

Bad debt provision pushes London university into deficit and affects banking covenant

Report authors warn focus on sciences risks making UK research sector ‘lopsided’

President of Lincoln University in Missouri voluntarily agrees to take paid administrative leave following death of Antoinette Candia-Bailey

Campuses in urban areas of Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia may be first to face federal cap on education visas

Almost no leaders in THE survey expect government to support a university in serious trouble, as domestic and international funding woes leave one v-c fearing ministers ‘want to drive us out of business’

Research quality more evenly spread than funding and ‘toxic cultural bias’ could be behind disparities, says geographical analysis for Hepi

Good for the goose but not the gander, after college’s university-standard performance failed to earn it sub-university branding

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

University courses franchised to colleges accounted for 53 per cent of £4.1 million of fraud detected by SLC last year, says public spending watchdog

Analysis of Ucas figures reveals which universities saw the largest falls in undergraduate recruitment

The senior lecturer in financial risk management discusses his academic career around the world, his admiration for Galileo and how a traditional game inspired his love of mathematics

German Academic Exchange Service advocates continued engagement, but on universities’ own terms

Viacheslav Morozov of the University of Tartu was detained earlier this month

Collaboration between Lancaster and Deakin universities aims to welcome first students in September

The departure of Claudine Gay from Harvard was said to be politically motivated but most other leaders have also fallen on their swords when their scholarship is questioned

Professors from different disciplines will join forces to tackle big societal questions

British-born leader leaves with immediate effect after less than four years at the helm

Creation of dedicated Whitehall office is yet to deliver on its goals, researchers feel

Amount students will be able to borrow to cover their expenses far below what it would have been had it kept up with inflation, says Russell Group

Analysis of accounts indicates significant increase in spending compared with previous years

Universities end offers of on-campus dormitories to career-focused master’s students

Scopus AI will be ‘valuable tool’ for researchers seeking to explore academic disciplines and study areas, says leading publisher

Exodus of junior scholars from Europe tips balance of university workforce

THE analysis of accounts of 115 universities suggests remuneration typically increased by 5 per cent last year

Fears over ����Vlog Office seeking ‘back door extension’ to review amid debate over terms of reference and what ‘abuse’ means

As Canberra considers reforms to make university enrolments more inclusive and abundant, key indicators are moving in opposite direction

Project aims to provide a blueprint for harnessing waste from energy-intensive facilities

Awards seek to ‘support the sustained enhancement of research capacity’ across regions

World-leading research institutes are switching focus and seeking new funds as core funding for Wellcome centres dries up

Despite some calls to replace Claudine Gay with another black woman, tradition and mercy might force persistence of white male leadership

Ewan Kirk, entrepreneur-in-residence at the University of Cambridge, says Westminster government is being ‘driven by the madness of the immigration debate’

Government hopes new institution will help to upskill the country’s workforce and grow the economy

But study notes later modifications to flagship policy have started to broaden out membership in terms of prestige and geography

Government says that higher education institutions manage their own events but that it might advise them to “respect…wider social norms”

Institutions’ projections for increased enrolments and reduced expenditure may be too optimistic, warns PwC

Questions over whether King Charles’ doctor holds certain institutional roles increase need for more formalised way of handing out honorary titles, critics say

Researchers unable to access resources to study issues Africa faces, says incoming leader of group of top institutions