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Foreign student fees ‘powerful lever’ for autocratic nations

Authoritarians in the Academy explores how foreign influence is undermining freedom and integrity within US universities

Universities ‘at risk of over-assessing’ in response to AI

Concerns piling on more tests may harm students as artificial intelligence forces re-evaluation of assessment methods

PhD students ‘may be overlooked’ in sexual harassment regulations

Blurred line between staff and students could leave postgraduate researchers at greater risk

Is Europe really a safe haven for US academics fleeing Trump?

Europe has launched a raft of schemes to lure US academics. But as the far right’s power increases across the continent, would-be émigrés could be forgiven for fearing that universities in their...

We must help stop the haemorrhaging of medics from the Global South

Medical schools in high-income countries should expand training capacity, foster global collaborations and promote ethical practices, says Danica Sims

Teach students to spot paper mills, Chinese universities told

Study highlights lack of awareness of research ethics among Chinese undergraduates following attempts to crack down on misconduct

Ukraine will win the war in the lecture theatre as well as the battlefield

My trip to Kyiv revealed the unstoppable spirit of Ukrainian education even as Russia’s bombs continue to rain down, says Charles Cormack

Research institutes ‘should use data to solve gender pay gap’

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

Dundee staff ‘vindicated’ after report blames bosses for crisis

Union members call for new democratic management structure as interim vice-chancellor appointed to lead Scottish institution

Lancaster University to cut one in five academic jobs

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

Newcastle University offers students strike compensation

Bosses rule out compulsory redundancies and apologise to students for disruption

Tim Bradshaw to step down as Russell Group chief executive

Head of mission group warns research-intensive universities are “not immune” to financial pressures as he announces departure

The OfS’ new free speech guidance will transform English campuses

The beefed up document could temper the influence of anti-rational ideologies and restore public trust in academia, say Ian Pace and Abhishek Saha

Justice department targets noncitizen tuition fees in Kentucky

New Australian visa regime ‘encourages student poaching’

Government set to resurrect integrity measures, as predatory institutions profit from their competitors’ ‘blood, sweat and tears’