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State governments, policy experts and law council present united front against federal proposal

Universities ‘not ready’ for imminent launch of complaints scheme, says legal expert

Candidate with a record of pushing for affordability in higher education nears White House run as Republicans go in other direction with J. D. Vance

Nobel prizewinner reflects on the early hype over graphene, why Brexit damaged British science, and how geopolitics is harming research

Age at which academic staff forced to leave the university to increase from 67 to 69

UCU accuses university of creating ‘two-tier workforce’ by employing people through a subsidiary company to prevent access to expensive scheme

Office for Students highlights issues with continuation and completion rates as well as graduate outcomes at range of institutions

Benefits of having a shorter commute diminish beyond 15- to 20-minute mark, mirroring findings of ‘15-minute city’ movement

Sports scientists are working with athletes to enhance performance and safeguarding ahead of this year’s Paris games, but on-the-ground research is a hotly debated subject

Go8 report outlines 10-year ‘roadmap’ to boost investment, arguing ‘substantial’ change needed

Education secretary to update parliament amid reports of three institutions heading close to bankruptcy 

College says latest round of cuts will secure its future but academics wonder whether much of what made the institution special will be left

Sorbonne Paris North University to transform existing college partnership into non-profit university following passing of March law allowing private institutions

National Education Policy prioritises Indian knowledge, but many are against embedding certain historical documents into the curriculum

Computer systems, library resources and payments disrupted by defective Crowdstrike software update

Applied Business Academy faces scrutiny over management and governance arrangements, as well as data reporting

Data from Higher Education Statistics Agency shows that providers received £2.2 billion in donations and endowments last year

Outspoken enemy of sector regulators steps down as principal of private college, more than six decades after entering higher education sector

Changing student expectations and labour market challenges also drive shift towards interdisciplinary programmes

Universities from across 15 countries and territories submitted more than 400 entries

Goldsmiths creative writing lecturer talks about the difficulties of revisiting his psychological breakdown for his acclaimed memoir The Bullet

Applications now down 1.6 per cent year-on-year, with bigger drop among international applicants

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

References to equality, diversity and inclusion all rising sharply, according to Open Syllabus database

Postgraduates with children ‘fall between the cracks’ as ineligibility for government support ‘disincentivises’ study, report warns

Search for new leaders at OfS and UKRI offers chance for new government to break from the past in its approach to universities and research

New technology that allows AI avatars to deliver lectures could be used to ‘democratise’ access to higher education, says professor

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University find that giving students more control increases the time they spend studying and improves their performance in tasks

Cambridge study finds long-lasting benefits to mindfulness sessions, but these did not extend to improved academic performance

Prime minister promises to investigate ‘murders’ after student protests against government hiring practices turn deadly

Ministers to create new skills body for England and expand apprenticeship levy

English universities can expect ‘new chapter’ after facing ‘destructive behaviour’ under previous government, former Labour business minister says

Government employees with qualifications from a private college in Rajasthan face scrutiny after allegations of fake degree ploy emerge

Extra financial assistance would support wider unseen benefits of university-led research, says science advocacy group

Hefty pay packages and patchy record on declaring financial data should prompt tougher scrutiny of for-profit sector, says critic

University says donation was meant to have been made personally by Ravi Gill, owner of the operating company

While Australia says it wants universities ‘going to the world’, its policies are making it harder

‘There’s an assumption that if you pay for something, it is going to be better quality than if it’s free,’ says librarian involved in Hong Kong collaboration

Students at National Taiwan University subjected to further harm after reporting misconduct, according to investigators

Five years after arrest in Trump crackdown, Chinese-born Franklin Feng Tao gets vindication – and wants his job back

International students not being offered a back door to prestigious institutions, review finds, but issues with progression and different conditions flagged

Industrial action turnout threshold set for axe, minimum service levels going nowhere, but new rules on zero-hours contracts on the way

Survey finds widening gap between hopes and expectations of students from richest and poorest backgrounds

Some universities are in the final stages of agreeing branch campus plans while others are treading more cautiously

Report by Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes examines the earnings and employment status of more than 1 million individuals

Fresh five-day walkout announced as 97 staff members face redundancy 

Programme details released as Adelaide’s universities enter final stage of merger

Head of prominent public historically black institution troubled by programme performance and commencement slot for hemp farmer turned donor

Blanket rules preventing master’s students from bringing family with them said to be harming UK’s world-leading specialist institutions

Microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles, who was harassed over pandemic commentaries, fears New Zealand’s universities still too slow to protect staff

Rising number of applicants from abroad secure visas but don’t show up at campuses

‘Low-hanging fruit’ has been picked, says expert, leaving institutions needing to make ‘step change’ investments at time of financial crisis

University of Arkansas’ decades-old gift traced to raft of disputed research now playing key political role

Tom Jackson resigns at Cal Poly Humboldt after ordering police raid on student demonstrators, amid nationwide pushback against hardline responses

Institutions hope to show worth to new government by training more doctors and teachers, but say they need policy commitments in return

The pioneering French physicist explains why she still lectures and how she kept her Nobel prize news under wraps at the lectern

With students studying in England no longer quizzed on their overall satisfaction, THE crunches the numbers to calculate which UK university has the most satisfied students

Former city MP suggests Nuclear AMRC should be removed from university control as job cuts loom

UCLA lecturer says ban necessary due to fears that those discussing contentious issues may face repercussions

Body found in river after gathering of a fraternity and a sorority that both had histories of alcohol-related violations