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Labour’s official science slate is dull but radical moves to reform research funding and engage industry could be close, experts believe

Government proposes full-cost tuition plus application fees for non-EU applicants, while aiming for international recruitment increase

Alumnus and trustee to become Ivy League institution’s first non-interim female leader after narrowly avoiding faculty censure at Stony Brook

Unite branch leads walkout, saying industrial relations in union are ‘broken’, just hours after general secretary delivers unity message in opening speech

Universities are not ‘speaker’s corner’ and governments should not impose ‘diktats about what we do on campus’, New Zealand forum hears

Tory plans to close low-performing degrees to fund apprenticeships ‘miss the mark’, says UK sector

Late responses to PhD applicant enquiries and lack of signposting might contribute to poor ethnic minority representation at doctoral level, researchers say

Academic exploration of leading university’s traditions uncovers dispossession, eugenics and grave robbing

Lower work rights cut-off would have excluded most doctoral graduates, critics warned

Chinese leader calls for greater alignment of degree programmes with the country’s workplace needs

In congress address, general secretary pledges to work to end in-house industrial dispute and to ‘hold Labour’s feet to the fire’

Few remaining obstacles for one of the biggest university amalgamations in history

‘No easy answers’ in what has become ‘a conflict about the conflict’

Universities face a delicate balancing act between ‘mob veto’ and safety obligations, says free speech advocate

Report into scandal highlights danger of relying on singular sources of knowledge, in contrast to inquiry itself, which utilised vast range of expertise to get to the bottom of what happened

University leader turned Palestinian Authority minister pledges to rebuild destroyed campuses

Coalition agreement involves major cuts to research and university funding alongside harsh new measures for students

THE analysis finds some UK universities had fewer women in the top pay bracket in 2022-23 than they did in 2014-15

While administrators, faculty, students and police get main attention in protests, those paying the bills – especially in wealthier families – pursue more decisive roles

Department of Education says data shows return to the pattern of consistent growth observed before Covid-19

Mosa Moshabela says he will seek to learn from the challenges faced by his predecessors

‘Good data means better policy’, educationalists stress

Surrey was one of only a handful of UK institutions that was found to have a negative flow of cash in its 2021-22 financial statements

Shadow education secretary puts focus on tweaking student finance and encouraging knowledge exchange as election looms

As politicians stage another public hearing to shame academia, university leaders display new level of resistance, joined by students at Harvard and California system

Lai Ching-te uses inauguration speech to ask for return of mainland students to island universities but installation accompanied by rising cross-Strait tensions

Emotions and rhetoric run high, but student campers are packing up

Plans to move University Post to intranet amid cost-cutting criticised by journalists

Members of Oxford Action for Palestine accessed office of vice-chancellor Irene Tracey

Key post-study work rights to be kept under review but reprieve puts off any changes at least until after coming general election

Rishi Sunak’s decision to hold a snap poll leaves several key sector issues hanging as political focus switches to electioneering

Eighty per cent drop in number of family members given permission to come to UK

Poll finds most researchers are using AI but only a tiny number trust technology companies on data privacy

Transgender students fearful of political climate and face additional barriers but many still thrive at university, report says

The higher education researcher reflects on transitioning between Australian and Chinese institutions and how universities are searching for ‘new deals’

Energy required to run and cool supercomputers is at odds with universities’ sustainability targets, particularly in hotter parts of the world

First international conference on how jokes can improve teaching in higher education was inspired by a lecturer’s drab college course

Researchers say emails suggest disapproval of social media posts on transgender issues contributed to rejections

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

European Commission’s plans for international qualification should not only prioritise in-demand technologies, says guild

Rishi Sunak looking at launching a clampdown on recruitment agents but has backtracked on reforms to UK’s post-study work rights, according to reports

While offering no assurances over her party’s stance on forthcoming legislation, shadow education minister is a ‘big fan’ of preparatory courses

More students are coming to Taiwan under the New Southbound Policy, but some believe both the quality of incoming students and the education on offer are being compromised

Policy expert told he would have to cover publication fee himself post-retirement alleges ‘blatant age discrimination’

As Pro-Palestinian encampments spread to more than 20 UK universities, a new organisation of Jewish academics has formed over concerns around the rise of antisemitism on campuses, and another warning against ‘dangerous rhetoric’ from government 

Deep financial dive at top US medical school found less money than expected and leaves some faculty feeling their research accounts were raided to fill gaps

Forty jobs set to go at university

Members of US House issue bipartisan demand for details of private foundation giving $1 million annually using controversial Chinese company’s donations

Canberra should not stifle university revenue while unrolling expensive equity reforms, says implementation committee member

Politicians apologise after tensions between international students and locals culminate in violence in capital

House education committee, in new front for attacking academia, backs right-wing analysis that alleges political tilt in Truman and Rhodes awards

Professor faces dismissal from Leiden after reports of inappropriate behaviour, also involving her husband, spanning more than three decades

Ministers urged to resist policies that will ‘massively overcorrect’ student numbers as key migration statistics unlikely to reflect reality of institutions’ declining enrolments

Economist questions whether private institutions’ focus on profitable social science subjects matches labour market demands

Royal Society and British Academy back increase in education research spending after study reveals funding gap compared to health

After nationwide failure to stop their presidents from arresting student demonstrators, college instructors ponder which approaches – and friends – they can turn to

Academic says he has ‘never seen anything like it’ after being told that classroom cameras were being used without his knowledge

Education secretary uses Education World Forum speech to praise benefits overseas students bring as government considers making changes to the graduate visa

Ahead of proposed enrolment caps, foreign earnings fail to prevent a slide further into the red

Announcement made as world’s largest gathering of education and skills ministers gets under way in London