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London South Bank hires PwC’s Paul Kett as next vice-chancellor

Former director general in the Department for Education joins university that also runs schools and colleges

Basic research funding ‘must be protected and grown’ – Vallance

Funding for curiosity-driven research ‘easiest area’ for governments to cut, warns science minister

Secretly recorded by anti-DEI group, ‘no longer employed’

Atec urged to act as regions miss out on domestic student growth

Data shows surge in enrolments concentrated in metropolitan universities, as new Australian commission comes into being

Students see affording living costs as ‘own responsibility’

Financial pressures changing nature of student experience as higher education increasingly viewed in transactional terms

Nobelist: US science took support ‘for granted’ before Trump cuts

Frances Arnold says US science is ‘paying the price’ for not explaining benefits of research funding for ‘far too long’

Teaching students overseas ‘more vital than ever’, says DMU v-c

Ability to run courses and research in Leicester relies on income from international operations, leader warns after criticism of expansion plans

Ending bullying and precarity should be the Cambridge chancellor’s focus

In recent decades, the post has been seen as purely ceremonial. But there is precedent and justification for a more interventionist role, says Wyn Evans 

In a male-dominated field, my success became misconduct

When student complaints were made against a high-achieving female scientist, her institution launched a one-man inquiry that found her blameworthy merely ‘for doing my job’, she writes: a ‘textbook...

Non-EU fee changes ‘not enough to bring students back to Norway’

Universities to be given power to set own prices after mandatory rules dropped, but sector says plans must go further

Manchester bans some staff-student relationships after criticism

University that previously said it did ‘not wish to prevent liaisons’ introduces new rules ahead of regulatory changes

No bonuses for senior managers as Canberra targets recovery

Cash-strapped university tightens executive pay as it hopes to return to ‘break-even’ position in 2025

Researchers ‘cautiously optimistic’ NIH will restore grants

Will ResearchPlus avoid pitfalls that brought down 1994 Group?

Group attempts to capitalise on new era of university collaboration – and show collective worth to government – but will it end up as a ‘pale imitation’ of Russell Group?

Universities need to ‘redefine cheating’ in age of AI

Widespread use of new tools has ‘blurred lines’ between academic support and misconduct, study finds