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White Fragility author challenges institutions to live up to their proclaimed values

Students and faculty to be asked annually about their personal opinions, with public funding tied to answers

Regulator’s financial report predicts significant drop in European enrolment, but for revenue to hold steady

Sussex head rose to vice-principal during previous five-year spell at Midlands institution

Josie Jolley, who had previously been homeless and allegedly sexually assaulted, described as ‘most talented postgraduate who has ever come through the geography department at the University of Sussex’

Young Koreans take advantage of a scheme to give jabs to test-takers

Federal prosecutor alleges that ‘Ilnur N’ passed on university information to Russian intelligence services in return for cash

Tory peer Lord Johnson’s amendment to skills bill intended to stop ministers using ELQ rule or number caps in lifelong loans

Registered reports model produces better outcomes on all 19 criteria covering novelty, rigour, and importance

Scientists for EU says country now needs a plan to regain lost ground as Horizon Europe kicks off

Applicants will have to certify that they have not been found guilty of bullying or harassment under new policy

Sector’s social purpose must be ‘unleashed’ post-pandemic, yet government policy could revive ‘old inequalities’, warns ex-Labour minister turned UAL v-c

Education secretary urges universities to go ‘further and faster’ on aligning courses with economic needs or government ‘will step in’

Australian consultants’ report reveals shortcomings in treatment of people who experience or witness sexual harassment or assault

UUKi says it will encourage UK government to consider findings when reviewing Turing mobility scheme

Oxford emails reveal efforts to block publication of DPhil thesis that was deposited almost six years after her viva

Tributes paid to lecturer who pushed his students to be ‘true detectives’ in helping companies solve their problems

Something distinctly unhealthy about environment where a few celebrity scholars are surrounded by ‘wannabes’ and embittered failures, claims new book

Postgraduate loans appeared to narrow gap between working class students and others but Sutton Trust warns that increased costs could wipe out this progress   

The retiring UBC scientist on inspirational partners, the precarious state of career options, and the formative value of stink bombs

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

Hepi-Advance HE survey finds growing frustration with UK university courses in a year of major upheaval

Fields essential to country’s development could become ‘unviable’ as faculty are forced out, observers say

Ex-BHP chief executive and current Shell chair defends himself as ‘committed to net zero’ in pre-appointment hearing

‘Patronising’ to expect lower standards from students from disadvantaged backgrounds, says OfS following newspaper report

Asian universities further boost their performance in list of world’s best universities founded during the past half-century

Institution confident of legal victory, but political costs loom in conservative state

New programme for universities modelled on version that increased racial equity within NIH’s own laboratories

Covid redundancy terms include non-disclosure and non-disparagement obligations, as corporate HR culture captures universities

Plans to reduce teaching grant are one of ‘biggest attacks on arts and entertainment in English universities in living memory’

Secret lists of preferred papers have been circulated prior to computer science meetings to help favoured scholars get ahead, says US professor

Many UK institutions say they do not plan to return to pre-pandemic methods and will use next academic year to test new approaches

Governments have focused on building up a lavishly funded research elite, but the forced switch online has made them realise losers in this system cannot cope

Young researchers forced to interact online ‘do not feel part of a team’ and may leave sector, educationalist tells summit

After criticism that it failed to declare Peter Daszak’s work with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, journal has also ‘recused’ zoologist from its coronavirus origins taskforce

Action against Bard College threatens novel liberal arts degree and widens Putin crackdown on higher education

Covid has created a platform for institutional newcomers to ‘leapfrog’ established frontrunners

Education Committee says Office for Students must take tougher action on dearth of disadvantaged white pupils entering higher education

Analysis by THE shows how specialist institutions would bear brunt of impact

The pandemic has not hit all students’ learning equally. Anna McKie talks to two experts on how to spot those who may have fallen behind and help them get up to speed

Koç University dismissed media scholar Amir Hetsroni for ‘inappropriate behaviour’, but he suspects a link to his private criticism of Turkey’s government

Problem threatens to delay recovery after losses in grant support and obstacles for young scientists

Expert applauds new measures to boost ERA’s rigour and transparency, but questions ‘softly, softly’ approach

Politician turned coal boss pulls out of appointment as Australian university’s chancellor

Boris Johnson will head new expert panel, with Sir Patrick Vallance leading Downing Street science unit

NSW universities spent more money sacking people than they lost in international student revenue

Charles Sturt a ‘stronger institution’ after addressing regulatory and governance issues

Dartmouth case seen as exposing national unpreparedness for online exams that predated Covid and still needs fixing

Scholars, fed up with decades of living from contract to contract, force government to remove video that seemed to celebrate insecurity

Former Tory minister warns using ELQ rule in government’s planned skills revolution would block careers in key sectors like fashion

‘Hua Zhibing’ to study alongside and interact with human learners

Social media photos reported, while outsider in conservative state bemoans loss of civil debate

Still much to be said for old-fashioned media that operate ‘at the speed of human thinking’, book suggests

Australian review finds that the switch from clinical practice into the ‘sausage factory’ of academia can elevate stress levels – even among the most stressed

University accused of destroying notes from a meeting, which it says is standard practice

Nationwide survey shows overall gains in capacity, enrolment and gender balance

‘Unwillingness to confront’ violence against women a global problem in higher education, British Council conference hears

Liverpool and Leicester plan to scale back moderation and external examining, and to use algorithms to generate grades

Modest programme spells hope for tens of thousands stranded offshore

Analysis of data from Scottish universities provides policymakers with food for thought ahead of next term