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Faculty group’s first boycott order in decade affirms pro-Israel interference, but president Meric Gertler pushes back

Joint statement from research-intensive institutions criticises plan to exclude UK and Swiss scholars from grants covering space and quantum computing

Losses far worse than they appear on paper, v-c warns, as institution reels from plunging investment and international income

Universities fear ‘emergency brake’ will halt essential medical training and lab work, but in the Netherlands, Denmark and Portugal campuses are reopening

Book sets out to challenge the simplistic and divisive thinking to be found in disciplines as diverse as economics and literary studies

Encouraging students to start a business could do more harm than good, researchers say

Scotland 2070 authors call for doubling of research spend and for institutional mergers, to boost global clout and innovation focus

Conference hears argument that freedoms are ‘better achieved’ by maintaining public support for universities

Vice-chancellor says philanthropy has been especially transformational in low-income countries

With suggestion that academia profits from ‘slave labour’, senators back new threat to research ties

Trudeau backs spending despite deep deficit, yet still disappoints academic researchers

Politicians emphasising jobs while students want impact, Eric Barron tells THE summit

Advocates of healing find challenge in predecessors with Confederate sentiments

UK watchdog calls for universities to commit to tackling essay mills, after Australian agency warns of malware redirecting students to contract cheating sites

Polling accompanied by call for Westminster government to set out more details of lifetime learning plans

Report backs post-qualification offers model, rejecting other option set out by government

Conference hears local job opportunities for partners of researchers may be just as important as institution’s scholarly prowess

Sir Adrian Smith tells MPs that scientists must redouble efforts to win European grants to offset huge drop in science funding

Universities should rethink their role as a ‘neutral but powerful force’ in times of crisis, summit hears

UK university tops third edition of global ranking measuring institutions’ social and economic impact

Countries have each made most progress in three tables related to the Sustainable Development Goals

Region retains pre-eminence in league table based on alignment with UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Unfavourable policies stem from ‘frustrations’ over stymied reforms, former education minister says

Study highlights growing importance of fundraising activity but raises concerns about burden on academics and students

US professors often extend off-campus invites, but generally without official guidelines

Likely to enter government in the autumn, the party wants a big expansion of student support, 40 per cent female quotas in universities, and academic freedom at the heart of foreign policy

Attacks on the disciplines are ‘source of alarm’, as they are central to employability in teaching ‘how narratives fool us’, THE event hears

Sectors should bury the hatchet and bolster each other’s intelligence capabilities, Australian paper suggests

Experts warn that some will be left behind amid rapid sector transformation 

To tackle the SDGs, understanding local context is important for universities in both the Global North and South, conference hears

Opposition pledges unity ticket with government on ‘single most important piece of microeconomic reform that faces the nation today’

University tries to allay fears that reporting mental health issues could result in students being barred from campus

Rama Thirunamachandran says metrics could be effectively used to assess quality for many disciplines

Amid demographic decline and geopolitical isolation, island hopes to have more English-language courses

Office for Students calls for universities to review sexual misconduct policies by summer, following publications of thousands of claims of abuse across sector

Australian astrophysicist adapts galaxy modelling techniques to track path of current employment practices

Chief executive of biotechnology giant urges governments to provide long-term clarity on support for research

Reading room of historic Jagger library ‘completely gutted’

Sector leaders say governments should ‘nudge’, not direct, university commercialisation efforts

Centres of invention such as Silicon Valley ‘a model for burgeoning inequality’, summit hears

Australian minister offers no new details on proposed commercialisation scheme or timing of international students’ return

Boris Johnson ‘completely wrong’ about vaccine success, while UK industrial strategy vacillation ‘reeks of insecurity’, innovation expert tells THE summit

Academics question whether autonomy will be protected as an ambitious national policy is implemented

Senators warm to massive federal funding hike, but with greater share for non-elite institutions

Initial data suggest a drop in published proceedings amid shift to virtual events

German study finds academics favouring Springer Nature and Wiley, with authors warning smaller publishers could be squeezed out

Universities UK and GuildHE say ‘unintended consequence’ of pandemic was less time for socialising, more time for studying

Co-authorship between academics based in Middle East, North Africa and Turkey is limited, study finds

Making historic ‘misrepresentations’ a reportable offence could affect even overseas study   

THE survey finds applicants are just as likely to rate university sustainability and graduate employment prospects as top priorities

Advert for student finance director post indicates minimum entry requirement idea proceeding, as sources suggest government may use GCSEs rather than A levels

Stranded students ‘won’t put their lives on hold’, diplomats warn universities

In 15 out of 20 cities analysed, researchers just passing through tended to have the biggest impact  

Union passes motion in favour of industrial action over risk to 145 staff

Future association funding ‘fairly secure’ but must be discussed again with Treasury, says business secretary

Video platform made powerful by pandemic agrees to largely let universities police content

Tributes paid to ‘the best thing that’s happened to Cornell in the last half-century’

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

London Higher says government proposal will ‘take away a lifeline’ for city’s universities

US and Israeli institutions lead way on demanding immunisation but leading epidemiologist questions added value of ‘green pass’