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Rise in unemployment shows how graduate outcomes data can be affected by factors other than higher education

Despite condemnation in consultation, English regulator pushes ahead with cuts that ‘recklessly level down’ London institutions

Research teams worked separately to investigate similar problems when combined studies might have delivered meaningful results

Public survey reveals divides among voting, class, age and educational background on the value of higher education

Regulator proposes new conditions of registration that also include standard on grade inflation

Publishing a well-received paper could boost a scholar’s income by $13,500, says US study

Governments urged to work with universities to expand capacity or system could be ‘overwhelmed’, forcing students to learn online at home

A model for conservative politics in US higher education, Virginia campus seen as reverting to intolerance

Court order has little immediate effect but has generated new Democrat vows to seek citizenship for child immigrants

Pandemic drove down wages at two-thirds of institutions, AAUP annual survey finds

Nobel laureate among professors vowing to move courses on to non-profit alternative platform after deal with 2U

Sizeable number of staff members struggled over course of pandemic and are suffering from chronic stress and exhaustion, researchers say

Hundreds of roles at risk as fresh wave of coronavirus restrictions sweeps across country

Students from Syria and Sudan unable to progress because of lack of access to certificates

We need to work against the grain of platforms that incentivise us to behave in unscholarly ways, argues author

For the first time prestigious funder has explicitly told academics they must not include metric when applying for grants

Latest financial data show how some institutions are more exposed to EU student demand than others

Tens of millions of euros in grants were still agreed by 2020, but UK collaborations may have been affected

University council backs shuttering despite widespread opposition

Outgoing UKRI chair says this autumn’s spending review will be a ‘make-or-break moment’

Georgetown analysis, testing argument of Harvard opponents, sees little ethnic gain from SAT-only metric

Survey was completed during major lockdowns in the UK when most students were studying online 

Editors of Journal of Controversial Ideas hope to puncture ‘cancel culture’, but other scholars warn researchers ‘can’t stop being an accountable moral agent’

Paid time off for gender affirmation among the latest categories of special purpose leave demanded of universities

Years of restrictions have stymied scholars’ work on topics such as the Algerian war of independence, and a new law could cement this lack of access

Latin America Summit hears that hostile political climate and lack of research funding in Brazil are preventing the return of scholars overseas

Trudeau creates mandatory review ahead of grant awards, aligning nation closer to US in suspicion of China

Reduction in paperwork demands comes amid a series of administration initiatives to help low-income borrowers

Leaving after tenure dispute, celebrated black activist professor criticises leadership

Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk moves some scholars to near ecstasy but may have lost its rationale in the shift to digital education

Four different datasets, four different stories: Australian university staffing statistics ‘impossible to reconcile’

Low-income women the least likely to get an earnings boost from higher education, study shows

Institutions are lagging behind global peers on prestige and funding levels

Exam dates and national policy addressed in first week 

World Bank’s head of education calls for focus on creating ‘single ecosystem’ in tertiary education

Frustrated by rises in publishers’ article processing charges, the country wants to expand non-commercial journals instead

As a union steps up the fight in the UK, wide variation in the treatment of PhD candidates continues around the world

Decline in female representation at undergraduate and master's level is cause for concern, says Royal Economic Society

University and College Union warns English universities could become ‘incubators for Covid’ without robust safety measures

Pandemic could reverse gender-equity advances in Asia-Pacific region, researchers warn

Li Wei also expresses concern about state of modern language teaching in UK

Hannah-Jones case points out pathway for wider trustee reform but may just embolden academia’s political enemies

Institutions slashing sticker prices by as much as half

Opposition says it will vote against bill at second reading and urges Tories to join them

Academics feel responsibility to speak publicly on issues such as press freedom and ‘fake news’ 

Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green tell the inside story of how they fought back against conspiracy theories, bureaucracy and hostile press coverage

Funder’s policy lead on open access talks of ‘ring-fenced path’ to cover costs

North-west institution is second university to be ‘greylisted’ by UCU in three months

Non-appearance of consultation first promised for spring suggests ‘no agreement yet’ between ministers on what they want from change

Online ban is ‘unprecedented’ in scale and likely involved cooperation from multiple parties, expert says

Another delay in reforms could negatively impact internationalisation, expert says

Viruses are much more predictable than governments, summit hears

Australian regulator allows Perth institution to address its problems behind closed doors

Share of freshers returning for sophomore year hit 74 per cent last autumn, 2 percentage points below usual level

Recent detentions may put a dampener on field research and outreach, even if borders reopen

The former Austrian molecular biologist explains how a boring childhood was an advantage, why he switched careers and how designing board games is like basic research

Scholars say that the new institute, whose remit describes the genocide as ‘baseless’, will lack credibility

Demand from some countries has fallen by three-quarters, Ucas data show

But about 20 universities appear to be keeping fees at UK levels for at least one more year, according to The Knowledge Partnership database

Tributes paid to a Nobel laureate forever seeking ways to ‘apply the fundamentals of chemistry in our everyday lives’