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Updated scientific rules for the social media age could set a global trend, with supervision neglect and management cover-ups also in the frame

Several city institutions will not ban unvaccinated students from campus outright but will subject them to testing and may limit access to housing

Attacker got help with doctoral degree while victim was told to find new career, she claims

Just 9 per cent of coronavirus papers have made efforts to help replication of experiments, European Commission open science champion tells summit

Tory peer hopes for role in selecting ‘thoughtful’ appointee to free speech champion role

Border closures, funding cuts and overnight classes have made life ‘unbearable’, learners claim

Investigation, despite little evidence, seen as reflecting growing power of conservative critics of academia

Covid helps end eight years of average increases, with wide state variations

Surveys reveal widespread support among professional staff for working remotely at least some of the time

Many EU academics also now likely to choose ‘simpler option’ of staying in bloc even after trade agreement, expert warns 

University broadens free speech exclusions on request of gender-diverse community

As marginalised becomes mainstream, Australian inclusivity practitioners are urged to adopt a mainstream focus

Experts on research security will help UK researchers to navigate concerns over growing research dependence on China

Intervention by Chapel Hill trustees hits higher education as dangerous new threat of political interference

Meta-analysis of meta-analyses finds incontrovertible benefits, particularly in ‘authoritarian’ teaching cultures

Senior leaders question why research funder has not tried harder to save at-risk projects

UPP polling suggests criticism of universities that are sticking with digital lectures may not be entirely justified

Scholars launch bid to create co-working spaces for researchers in cities around UK

Anna McKie speaks to three experts about giving feedback that enhances student learning − and some of the most common pitfalls along the way

Institutions accused of ‘opportunism’ over job cuts

For some students, but certainly not all, ‘this version of learning is way better than anything that existed before’

Issues for universities to address stretch beyond the supply chain, says Sydney statement

Survey of UK academics shows widespread belief that leaders have used ‘disaster management’ to shift focus away from research, cut jobs and increase managerialism

Covid and equity movement give HBCUs a moment – and money – to show their worth

Covid wave has revealed a deadly lack of welfare and job security

Scholars who stay at one university tend to take ‘safer’ and ‘less ambitious’ paths

‘Devastation and horror’ compound years of isolation and neglect, professor says

Proposals put forward in consultation could reduce increase in contributions from about 50 per cent to 34.7 per cent, according to fund chief executive

Funding body confirms expected dates for cuts to overseas research projects

Democrats accept nomination while extracting commitment on gender equity in science

Suggested new avenue for conservative donor influence opposed by students

Thousands of families are on a ‘high risk’ path to overseas education

Sector figures disagree on whether DfE is on board with using £7,500 cap to cut loan outlay and ‘squeeze’ non-priority subjects

Statistics Netherlands finds that a switch away from grants has cut some students’ education short – despite government promises

Despite backing removal last year, Oxford college says report noted challenges, including government policy

Underwhelming increases in teaching subsidies and student benefits, while research misses out

ANU vows to be a negative net emitter by the end of the decade, as Adelaide unveils the panels and batteries powering its country campus

New survey to mark launch of THE Student also reveals disruption to study plans wrought by the pandemic

Waleed Salem has been unable to leave home country after being jailed during research

Researchers press for ministerial code of conduct amid fears that latest political intervention may never be resolved

English universities argue foundation years diversify STEM intake, as Augar call to scrap funding comes back on agenda

OfS says it has ‘no plans’ to use new student outcomes measure, but government repeats warnings about ‘low-quality courses’

Long-running negotiations between Brussels and Berne have stalled, risking a repeat of 2014, when the country was shut out of EU research

Chief executive Dame Ottoline Leyser says existing ban on sharing project responsibilities does not help science

Former government science adviser Sir Peter Gluckman will lead international advisory body to examine reform of national research audit

After two forced resignations, exiled president tackles racism and selfishness undermining US higher education

Prisoners offer exceptionally honest answers to doctoral student serving with them in a US prison

High-impact research early in pandemic may have put rocket fuel under country’s citation performance   

Resurgent student flows set to bypass Australia and New Zealand as education agents in most regions usher clients to more welcoming countries

Nobel prizewinner Brian Schmidt warns that remaining institutions would become ‘bastions of the elite’

V-c admits university made ‘serious mistakes’ after external review finds it breached its free speech duties

Pennsylvania liberal arts college promises external investigation of incident

Foundation considers creation of consortium of universities across Gulf region

New short courses aimed at professionals come with £2,000 price tag

Part of a nexus of deals between Hungary and China, the project has become a flashpoint in local politics after it emerged locals will foot the bill

Researchers say system has potential to spot ‘hidden gems’ that may miss out on funding

Universities take sudden U-turns on restrictions, as new Covid waves hit

Ex-Miliband adviser turned Sydney Policy Lab director discusses globalised academia’s decoupling from ‘everyday society’

Government says it will give OfS powers to enforce ‘minimum expectations of quality’ before regulator responds to consultation on plan

Employers up their offer at final negotiations but UCU says they should ‘reward the extraordinary efforts staff have made’ during Covid-19