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Heavy hitters joining key higher education ministries raises hopes that new government can get to grips with issues quickly

Departing Manchester vice-chancellor discusses sector finances, pay gaps and letting go after 14 years

University and College Union and Unison want improvement on 2.5 per cent minimum rise

Mariyah Ali, a Muslim undergraduate student, argued that ending the protest would infringe her rights under the Equality Act

Top-ranked institution extends parental leave while also pledging action on fixed-term contracts, housing shortages and visa costs

Students show rising levels of satisfaction with courses at UK universities

Far-off trial date leaves uncertainty hanging over claimants and universities as new legal ruling issued

Experts can see that years of academic work and psychological preparation helped the football team in their recent victory over Switzerland, and could prove key against the Netherlands

Landmark partnership between two leading colleges will see students able to obtain arts degrees under umbrella body

Institutions put renewed hope in international collaboration after voters reject Marine Le Pen’s National Rally

Collection of essays honouring Lord Kerslake calls for redrawing of incentives to support universities’ work in their local communities, including possible levy on international students’ fees

Conservative peer steps down following long-running criticism of his political affiliation

University leaders U-turn on controversial decision to fire professor that sparked academic freedom row

Academics tell Elsevier that they recognise the potential of generative AI but want to see their concerns addressed

European Molecular Biology Laboratory boss will lead the Crick from next summer as Nobel laureate director steps back

Ivy League campus, however, keeps in place the dean who also participated, boosting concerns about its sincerity amid sustained political threat

Republican nominee promises to end department in second term, though experts see underlying details as the more threatening aspects

Planetary warming shown to attract very few of the subject’s scholarly articles, conference sessions and course listings

Latest gift brings tycoon’s total gifts to alma mater to about $4.6 billion

Former education secretary returns to old brief, while ex-science minister steps up following Donelan’s defeat

Judge tells university to pay damages but rules there was no breach of Siouxsie Wiles’ academic freedom

When too many students fail to graduate, small investments can make a world of difference, says commission

Scholars see opportunities to influence Labour’s thinking on universities and beyond as power of thinktanks wanes

Increased discrimination may be hangover from pandemic, say researchers behind International Student Barometer

Former Labour home secretary expected to be handed responsibility for higher education and skills

Experts left underwhelmed by appointment of Nobuhle Nkabane and warn of significant challenges ahead

La Trobe moniker celebrates a genocidal past, staff and students say

Covid-era chief scientific adviser backed party’s Great British Energy plan during the election campaign

More than half of newly elected UK MPs attended Russell Group universities, up marginally from the previous election

New education and science secretaries confirmed during Sir Keir Starmer’s first day in office

While turnout fell in seats where large numbers of students live during term time, Labour was able to weather this, and may have benefited from their votes back at home

Party regains power in the UK after 14 years on the back of campaign promises to ‘secure the future’ of the sector

Big business and states join universities in opposing proposed limits

Annual Transparent Approach to Costing data shows returns on international students fell again last year

Departments to move out of Grade I-listed King’s Manor by September 2025

British universities look set to follow their Australian counterparts in expanding into India

Head of UK’s biggest PhD school says promoting impact in doctoral studies would make students more employable and research more visible

Proposal an improvement on current ‘blunt tools’ that undermine policy and facilitate exploitation, says Australian Labor MP and former international education boss

Literary critic and cultural historian on utopian fiction, the patriarchy and the perils of budget cuts

Cost of living blamed as ‘placeholder’ applicants fail to enrol after results day

Exodus of experienced hands in midst of financial crisis leaves institutions seeking new generation of ‘risk-takers’

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

Hopes for Nusantara are high but it will take time to convince universities to invest there, say academics

Staff would receive an initial £900 rise in August followed by second uplift in March under plan outlined by Ucea

Hacking group claims to have published stolen data online

Nobel laureate says discussing vapid AI answers can help students understand true scientific rigour

Policy expert Down Under says widespread higher education review has brought its benefits but universities should not expect an easy ride

Chemistry laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart claims University of Hong Kong leader is victim of ‘tall poppy syndrome’

Outcry after UCU motion claims landmark review into gender identity services for young people has ‘serious methodological flaws’

Universities haemorrhage money as students face months-long waits

Effect persists even after controlling for numerous variables, leaving researchers to puzzle over how brain and body are affected by large rooms

US academics unwilling to share ‘socially costly’ views because they fear abuse, ostracisation and disciplinary action

Slow easing of Covid border restrictions helped international education avoid purges elsewhere, figures suggest

Further €92 million needed to cover existing staff costs, Irish University Association tells government

Relaxed regulations will allow more universities to recruit researchers at different stages in their careers

One in eight students in the UK admits to taking drugs in the past year, with many claiming they want to reduce their drug use

University of Glasgow philosophers behind viral ‘ChatGPT is bullshit’ paper claim student AI use is linked to dubious techno optimism of billionaire Silicon Valley moguls

Extending embargoes and permitting more exceptions are likelier than a full U-turn, suggest academic publishing experts

All eyes are on Tohoku University and its grandiose future plans as excellence initiative gets under way, but critics question whether goals are achievable

Sector leaders say international students and researchers, funding and academic freedom at risk if National Rally wins power