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Minister aims to bring academia in line with other regulated professions after outcry over harassment within universities

While staff protest efforts to cut hybrid working arrangements at Western institutions, university employees in Asia have long been back in the office full-time

Cost to sector ‘significant’ as reports say chancellor planning to limit tax-free contributions

Industrial action also planned at University of Derby as rows over employment conditions deepen

Tension within union over whether pay dispute is a distraction, or helpful in galvanising branches trying to halt job cuts

University proposes to merge existing administrative functions into central hub but unions fear move will add to ‘enormous pressures’

University says moving employees from more expensive scheme will save it up to £11 million a year

University says financial uncertainties continue as government’s proposed student levy will ‘wipe out any benefits’ from rising tuition fees

Poor health blamed as full-time employment also down among young Australians, according to longitudinal surveys

Union branches plan walkouts across UK amid increased tensions with senior managers

University reports itself to watchdog after employees receive letters with the words ‘redundancy process’ clearly visible through an envelope

Union claims that professional service staff have been told to move on to subsidiary firm with less generous pension scheme, or face losing their job

Alignment between study and work improving, particularly in health and education

Institutions should retrain staff affected now rather than ‘sustain jobs which machines can do better and cheaper’, expert argues

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

UCU Scotland members back taking action over job cuts plans, while staff at Nottingham reject deal that would have postponed any compulsory redundancies

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

National University of Singapore scraps policy that allowed one work from home day because of the ‘value of in-person interactions’

Almost 40 principal lecturer posts affected and 14 jobs lost in planned restructure, while staff at Imperial College London strike over ‘below inflation’ pay offer

Flexibility of hours and drive to do meaningful research among the things workers prize most highly, but could also be driving them to quit

Union plans to call four weeks of continuous strikes as university reviews staffing across several academic departments

Possibility of even slower visa processing ranks among the factors fuelling ‘pessimism’ about Australian university finances

Long-term employment contract better explained as form of worker protection, says author of new book

Little enthusiasm for US-style crackdown as voters back initiatives such as ‘broadening the curriculum’

University leaders rule out forced redundancies as proposed UTS cuts claim the spotlight

Staff criticise vice-chancellor’s failure to protect jobs despite additional government funding

Turnout required to move ahead with industrial action ‘very hard’ to achieve, say academics

University employees back industrial action after rejecting two per cent pay award

Soumitra Dutta to be replaced by interim leader after reports he was investigated for harassment

Incoming leader of new entity says course sharing on the cards ‘where it makes sense’ as unions fear merger will result in more job cuts

Union threatens ‘coordinated’ strikes to cause ‘maximum disruption’ at UK universities

Australian employer association says ‘system complexity’, not governance or deliberate dishonesty, is ‘root cause’ of widespread underpayments

Union’s new policy mandating three office days a week resisted by some staff, who are refusing to come in at all

Vice-chancellor feels ‘pulled in different directions’ as health concerns force pause in job cuts plans he says are needed to break even

Neighbouring Edinburgh Napier University also announces job cuts as pressure builds on Scottish sector

Chemistry and engineering among latest subject areas at risk at south Yorkshire university, as Liverpool settles hybrid working dispute

North-east university to open new base in Czech capital to ensure students can finish studies after affiliated provider runs into financial difficulties

Calls for regulator action as no universities voluntarily sign up to scheme that aims to prevent ‘passing the perpetrator’

Majority of those participating in consultative ballot say they would take part in industrial action after being offered 1.4 per cent rise by employers

Union demands ‘pause’ on ‘all job cut plans’ as management says it has achieved 60 per cent of savings target

‘Nothing seems to be safe,’ union says, as UTS insists there will be ‘no permanent decisions’ before consultation

Staff to walk out again over plans to save £16 million, with university open day also affected

Chancellor insists she acted with ‘respect, courtesy and civility’, amid claims of intimidation and bullying 

Institutions not participating in annual negotiations again reward staff with more generous pay increases, with some paying double what employers have offered collectively

Staff at Liverpool Hope announce 10 days of action at start of academic year, while union members at Lancaster and Leicester vote on taking action

Commission claim that decades-long discrimination dispute has been resolved described as ‘incomprehensible’

Promotion freezes at UK universities exacerbate frustrations caused by mass redundancies and low pay rises, with academics warning it could force more people out of the sector

International students ‘contribute more to demand than supply’ despite working far more hours than they used to, Reserve Bank analysis finds

Female-only recruitment ‘part of the solution’ for male-dominated profession facing workforce ‘crisis’

Long-running initiatives that aim to tackle issue not working, say experts, with change in approach needed

Address early career ‘glass door’ as well as promotion glass ceiling, policymakers urged

Number of roles affected could be almost double previous estimates when voluntary schemes and hiring freezes factored in, say researchers

University says it will have to ‘carefully assess’ financial impact of not implementing changes, as union hails ‘huge victory’

New regulations are due to take force next month but leaders are not doing enough on prevention and response, say Graham Towl and Clarissa DiSantis

UCU claims institution hasn’t ruled out compulsory redundancies as it cuts further 75 roles

Union says Monash should now ‘pay staff what they’re owed’ as judge resolves ‘ambiguity’ over ‘contemporaneous’ meetings

Australian National University’s 60-year-old school to become a ‘programme’, as performance, composition and theory give way to ‘music and well-being’

Toufic Haddad alleges he was unfairly dismissed by East Jerusalem-based research institute because of his beliefs

Upcoming restructure of New Zealand’s research organisations opportunity to resolve salary disparities, Kiwi scientists say

Institution says it is ‘not immune’ to financial challenges as it looks to axe 400 jobs