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‘Excessively bureaucratic’ and ‘unaffordable’ rules on open access proposed for the next Research Excellence Framework should be discarded, say university executives

China offers reassurance after seemingly random attack

Share your views on parties and issues as UK goes to the polls

It may be a ‘hard case to make’, but admitting more refugee students is in low-income countries’ interests, conference hears

Stronger leadership, fresher thinking and better incentives needed to drive action on sustainability, says Auckland vice-chancellor

As climate catastrophes gain steam, early warnings offer the ‘most effective’ safety shield, modellers say

AI model released by students sparked controversy for similarities to one developed by scientists from Tsinghua University

British Academy report also expresses concern about fall in number of academic staff working in media studies

Head of Macau University of Science and Technology explains how strategic importance of region is growing as its economy matures

As Russia prompts security fears, steering group advises greater collaboration between civilian and military research.

Figures also showed record 50.1 per cent of postgraduate students for the 2023 admissions cycle were from outside the European Union

Party also commits to taking international students out of migration figures at manifesto launch

Caps being pursued ‘at universities’ request’ and will mirror treatment of domestic students, education minister says

Falling inflation and no strikes have taken the sting out of negotiations this year, but that hasn’t made reaching an agreement any easier

Petition says University of Plymouth proposal would increase monthly prices from £12.50 to £67.50

More than 400 climate change researchers put name to open letter ahead of general election

Shift to lump-sum funding model for key European Research Council awards could backfire, universities fear

As policymakers reduce funding, institutions seen as having little choice but to start charging students more

Experience of Palestinian academics living in Israel like ‘being in the belly of the beast’ since 7 October, Brismes event hears

Recruitment to vocational Bar course put on hold last year amid regulator’s concern over low pass rates

In rerun of US Congress hearing, Australian university executives reprimanded over both insensitivity to antisemitism and ‘complicity’ in Gaza slaughter

Swedish report finds almost a third of research and teaching staff held fixed-term positions in 2022

First drop in proportion of admissions coming from maintained schools since 2014

Course cuts will ‘revitalise’ language offerings, make students more employable and ‘address global challenges’, university claims

Population of students who have studied at college but not gained a degree grew by 2.9 per cent to 36.8 million, report finds

UCU says it has secured an average 15 per cent wage increase for supervisors at Cambridge, and pay raise of 14 per cent for some doctoral tutors at Sussex

Months after Harvard Law Review rejected analysis of Gaza genocide allegation, Columbia’s version does the same

International student caps will endanger research funding just as a leisurely R&D review considers how to fix it, Senate committee hears

Continuing on current path will lead to course closures, reduced research investment and mergers, says former Sheffield Hallam vice-chancellor

Institutions may be hoping to stay under the radar as parties clash over policy, given danger sector will come under further attack

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

Compulsory national guidelines for Australian university executive salaries will not necessarily reduce them

Founder of Black Female Academics’ Network discusses working in industry and academia, being a workaholic undergraduate and why Caribbean and Yorkshire values are strikingly similar

Collaboration between sector and government key to success of major reviews, Hepi webinar hears

Some students saw their university fees triple as the government attempted to lift the benchmark for the first time in five years

Nation’s main higher education grouping sees lessons from religious focus during time of political pressure, while stirring some cautions and even alarm

Economic carnage looms as Australian political parties adopt unity ticket in treating overseas learners as cannon fodder

Influx of MPs who have worked in universities could help the sector win battles and reset the debate on access, say analysts

Reports mount of academics not having contracts renewed in apparent retaliation for anti-war protests, as observers highlight precarity as key factor in restricting free speech

Shadow science secretary accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘talking down’ English higher education with attack on ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees

About 99 per cent of events and speakers were still approved last year, a similar proportion to previous years

Irish regulator expressed ‘serious concerns’ over university’s multimillion-euro deficit earlier this year

New research, endorsed by former prime minister Tony Blair, says UK needs to increase budget by a quarter to tackle ‘incoherent’ system

Postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers say they are often subject to supervisors’ whims, leaving some feeling exploited

Contrary to claims that holding vote out of term time will silence them, student voters may end up having more influence in rare July poll

Universities latest to see industrial disputes ramped up over plans to lose hundreds of jobs

Kamna Patel accuses Research England of ‘indulging’ science secretary’s ‘malevolent’ attack over Gaza comments

Major losses for the sector include the end of storied Philadelphia arts institution and retrenchment at leading Jewish-focused campus

Institutions see steep drops in proportion of fee income paid by UK students amid continued expansion into international markets

Several Chinese academics working overseas have disappeared or been detained on return to homeland as leaders expand national security laws

New agreement on salaries increases likelihood that high-profile campuses will create a small league of top-dollar programmes, cutting revenues for all others

Getting up and moving around during classes leads to increased attention and more enjoyment, research finds

Postdocs risk being ruled ineligible after biding their time to optimise prospects of success

Inventor’s Wiltshire-based training centre is first to go through new Office for Students process

V-c’s offer to meet with encampment to review defence and security research called both an ‘empty deal’ and a ‘capitulation’

Incoming right-wing government plans to reduce spending by €1 billion, just as efforts to reduce precarity and overwork were starting to have an effect

Scale of research precarity at top UK university and its effect on staff laid out in new report

Malawi’s first female university president Address Malata reflects on shaking up a male-dominated institution and why having more women on the faculty matters

First budget of new governing coalition seen as ‘neutral’ for universities as small increases in funding set to be offset by inflation

Number of English-medium degrees on offer outside traditional anglophone destinations increases by 48 per cent in five years