As Harvard University seeks a new leader following the short-lived presidency of Claudine Gay, the institution’s long-time president Derek Bok reflects on the need for elite US universities to react...
Students doing master’s and PhDs in the UK are ineligible for childcare grants, which are in place only for full-time undergraduates
Huang Feiruo placed on leave by Huazhong Agricultural University after whistleblowing report circulates widely
Research-intensives warn they are ever more reliant on Chinese and Indian students, as York’s sharp fall sounds alarm on global market shifts
Cash-strapped institutions face task of rebuilding per-student returns as well as student numbers, with earnings slashed by scholarships, offshoring and other factors
Union ranks institutions on efforts to better support precarious workforce, and finds most failing to get to grips with the issue
Unlike the institutions they work for, Australian researchers have less paperwork – but investment remains in the doldrums
Biden administration examining if favouring alumni families is a civil rights violation
Policy that has allowed universities to automatically charge students for course materials comes under threat from Biden administration
With careful prompting, the AI can offer personalised tutoring that helps students understand where they need to go, says Dan Sarofian-Butin
Requirement for new applications to be accompanied by letters of attestation means limits are effective immediately, universities say
Oxford researchers say more international students are staying in UK beyond two-year period allowed by post-study work visa, but many of them are not going into graduate-level jobs
Russell Group university follows York in dropping entry bar, but sector is warned of hit to reputation
Time reserved for research ‘being eroded’, says UCU, as university insists it is seeking to create ‘more flexible workforce’
Pregnant researchers and new parents describe how they were hindered by inflexible interview process