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Canberra agrees to funding guarantee, governance reform, ditching of ‘fail rule’ and uncapped funding for all indigenous students, as it mulls ‘wider change’

Top House Republicans warn that joint venture appears to be giving military advantages to rival nation

Ex-Treasury secretary sees alumni preferences as key test for elites, and wishes he had done more to attack the practice while leading university

‘If you can’t see it, you can’t be it,’ minister says, ahead of review report promising other ‘immediate’ recommendations

Interim vice-chancellor insists renowned institution can be rebuilt after mass job cuts while protecting arts courses

Fears that UK scientists will be frozen out of networks once association is agreed are overblown, say leading researchers

Recent drops of up to 15 per cent in enrolments blamed on tougher security screening, stingy stipends and a hybrid system creating a crowded market for top-level qualifications

While Covid-19 interrupted the inexorable rise in university leaders’ pay packets, many still pocket seven-figure packages

Academics launch lawsuit in attempt to get restrictions relaxed to allow them to study the platform used by two-thirds of American teens

Judge blocks attempts to force breach of contract claim to be dealt with by OIA as more than 100,000 students plan similar action

Sheffield Hallam says policy means pay deductions are applied ‘fairly and consistently’

National interest not served by ‘overstating the threats’ or cultivating a ‘climate of uncertainty’, report says

University withdraws Austrian role due to funding deficit but staff say longstanding post was well worth the small investment it entailed

Long-awaited consultation response parks proposal to introduce sector-wide minimum entry requirements but slashes foundation year fee limit

‘Glocal’ scheme aims to boost universities outside Seoul and drive innovation in the face of demographic decline

ÌÇÐÄVlog Office offers more flexibility for those hoping to work in UK after studies but some are seeing life plans fall apart

More than 20 public agencies could be turned into just three, but sector leaders are wary of the government’s intentions

In apparent attempt to persist with Covid-related campaign against Fauci, House members argue procedural flaw endangers $25 billion in medical funding

Universities seek to recruit more – and more diverse – students by offering range of enrolment points

Opening of colleges running at 10 times the rate of development of new universities

Editorial board of Design Studies quits alongside long-standing editor-in-chief, who blamed publisher’s ‘deeply exploitative’ approach to running the title

Researchers say big increases to cost of study and work visas, and NHS surcharge, will make country less attractive to international students and staff

Assessment rationales have not kept pace with AI translation and writing support tools, conference hears

Treasury announces first of 12 zones ‘based around a university and clusters of high-growth industries’

A long-awaited law might face further delay after Mark Rutte's government collapses in a ‘polarised’ political landscape, while some universities are already capping places for non-Europeans without waiting for the legislation to arrive

Echoing conservative Supreme Court, coalition of advocacy groups formally demands end to Harvard’s admissions preferences for relatives of alumni

With institutions reluctant to match soaring prices, per-student income is eroded further

Sector leaders insist rises of up to 7 per cent announced by Rishi Sunak are ‘irrelevant’ to higher education dispute

China is ‘stealing UK academic research’ in ‘plain sight’ and suppressing political dissent on campus, says intelligence committee

Department for Education statistics show social mobility impact of A-level assessments affected by Covid-19 policies

Multi-campus eastern institution announces union with land-based college

Study finds submitting an individual to UK research assessment cost institutions £6,000 on average

Ethnicity and disability status also significant factors influencing likelihood of researchers being submitted, report finds

Number of UK 18-year-olds starting university later this year is expected to be the second-highest ever – but down from last year’s record

After working in 10 institutions across five countries, chemist explains why scientists need to leave the ‘comfortable life’

China continued to produce more publications last year than anywhere else, according to new report

Just months after ending largest-ever walkout among teaching staff, workers at 10-campus public system complain about unfulfilled promises and arrests

More than 500 scholars condemn South Asian University’s actions against faculty who supported students during hunger strikes

While South Australian vice-chancellors see few downsides from an amalgamation, their western counterparts take a different view

Flexibility and ability to watch footage back thought to be behind preference for retaining Covid-era innovation

Surveys suggest concern about student borrowing transcends age and political divides

Institution says it stands by decision to offer staff wage rises in order to end marking boycott despite being ejected from national body

Union threatens more walkouts unless management ‘work with us to avoid further job losses’

Methods used by new tools ‘inadvertently flag’ work written by those who tend to use smaller variety of words and phrases

Conservative former universities minister tables amendment to allow annual uprating, to ‘flush out’ Tory and Labour positions on ‘funding crisis’

Weeks into the job, Freddy Boey promises to cut red tape, rethink teaching – and unsparingly weed out underperformers

Scholars suggest reproducibility testing might be helping to self-correct psychological research

All institutions face multimillion-pound price tag for decarbonising supply chains, built environment and transport systems, says study

Flexibility of big firms not replicated in most heavily regulated professions

Geopolitical tensions between two superpowers force institutions to rethink collaborations forged in friendlier times

Ministers only want to protect freedom of speech that they agree with, claims former Oxford vice-chancellor

In a busy decade following two decades of inaction, the ranks of institutions bearing the ‘university’ title has expanded at almost one a year

‘Vanity project’ to meet domestic health workforce needs would be ‘more socially accountable’, proponent says

Yale University professor’s new book on history’s most notorious cyberattacks explores academia’s close ties to the world of hacking

MPs’ vision to cut student numbers may signal future direction of party, but experts question its appeal to voters

‘Seat scalpers’ and institutions put a price tag on their workspaces, sparking debate about fairness

Education faculties say they are already delivering the ‘core content’ now mandated in their degrees

US funder wants overseas partners to share all data and lab notebooks every three months

ARC responds to allegations that assessors were using chatbot to write feedback on applications

Nearly one in three UK university applicants had mental health-related school absences, survey finds