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Trade war squeezes science out of Canadian election campaign

While newcomer and frontrunner Mark Carney might be expected to back innovation funding, academics do not expect a loosening of student migration rules any time soon

PhD students who complain about supervisors ‘never hear outcome’

‘A poor communicator who ghosts me’: disaffected research students and supervisors have similar grievances about each other, survey reveals

Bournemouth University ‘devastated’ as 200 jobs put at risk

South coast institution latest to cut back on staff costs ahead of coming national insurance rise

London campuses ‘here to stay’ as Sunderland expands capital site

North-east university aims to educate 7,000 students in city after spending £10 million on revamp

Scientist fears ‘frightening implications’ as NIH pulls funding

Indigenous course requirements prompt ‘indoctrination’ claims

Compulsory assessment tasks that highlight cultural histories of Australia and New Zealand help prepare students for future careers, universities insist

‘Cool heads needed’ as ministers mull further franchising rules

Leaders warn that over-regulation could shut down provision entirely after fraud connected to partnership agreements comes under the spotlight again

Indian states vie to become next branch campus hotspot

Attempts to establish alternatives to Gift City and Delhi bring new incentives for global universities but some fear such investment will heighten inequalities 

‘Culture of silence’ on campus sexual harassment, even in Sweden

Students less likely than employees to report or disclose sexual harassment, according to study of major Swedish university

Sussex’s fine underlines the folly of censoring rival arguments

Any academic who adopts a social constructionist view of gender without studying the alternatives is embarrassingly superficial, says Eric Heinze

‘LSE seven’ challenge university’s ‘hostile response’ to protest

Institution’s president called disruptive Gaza protests ‘a temper tantrum by children’ in emails released as part of investigation

Fulbright students remain in the dark about their future

Static student loan forecasts ‘overly optimistic’, Canberra told

Budget projections that changes in repayment rules will incur no extra expense ‘lack credibility’, expert says

Recruiting US scholars can protect ‘threatened research’ – rector

Universities should offer opportunities to US talent because it can ‘prevent fruitful lines of enquiry from being abruptly cut off’, says head of leading European institution

Universities face free speech ‘uncertainties’ after Sussex ruling

OfS defends ‘thorough’ investigation that legal expert says leaves institutions ‘without clear guidance’