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Collaboration between Lancaster and Deakin universities aims to welcome first students in September

The departure of Claudine Gay from Harvard was said to be politically motivated but most other leaders have also fallen on their swords when their scholarship is questioned

Professors from different disciplines will join forces to tackle big societal questions

British-born leader leaves with immediate effect after less than four years at the helm

Analysis of accounts indicates significant increase in spending compared with previous years

Universities end offers of on-campus dormitories to career-focused master’s students

Creation of dedicated Whitehall office is yet to deliver on its goals, researchers feel

Amount students will be able to borrow to cover their expenses far below what it would have been had it kept up with inflation, says Russell Group

Scopus AI will be ‘valuable tool’ for researchers seeking to explore academic disciplines and study areas, says leading publisher

Exodus of junior scholars from Europe tips balance of university workforce

As Canberra considers reforms to make university enrolments more inclusive and abundant, key indicators are moving in opposite direction

Project aims to provide a blueprint for harnessing waste from energy-intensive facilities

Awards seek to ‘support the sustained enhancement of research capacity’ across regions

THE analysis of accounts of 115 universities suggests remuneration typically increased by 5 per cent last year

Fears over Home Office seeking ‘back door extension’ to review amid debate over terms of reference and what ‘abuse’ means

World-leading research institutes are switching focus and seeking new funds as core funding for Wellcome centres dries up

Ewan Kirk, entrepreneur-in-residence at the University of Cambridge, says Westminster government is being ‘driven by the madness of the immigration debate’

Despite some calls to replace Claudine Gay with another black woman, tradition and mercy might force persistence of white male leadership

Government hopes new institution will help to upskill the country’s workforce and grow the economy

But study notes later modifications to flagship policy have started to broaden out membership in terms of prestige and geography

Government says that higher education institutions manage their own events but that it might advise them to “respect…wider social norms”

Institutions’ projections for increased enrolments and reduced expenditure may be too optimistic, warns PwC

Researchers unable to access resources to study issues Africa faces, says incoming leader of group of top institutions

New president introduces legislation that would allow universities to charge, but many may be reluctant to do so

Questions over whether King Charles’ doctor holds certain institutional roles increase need for more formalised way of handing out honorary titles, critics say

Firm to axe a third of its workforce following ‘downturn’ in publishing trends

Fage survey also finds two-fifths of students must work to support themselves

After affirmative action ban, campuses prod students to describe their personal backgrounds, without going so far as to potentially encourage legal action

Progress made by deaf scholars in recent years ‘fragile’ in current climate, according to researcher appointed UK’s first deaf professor in deaf studies

Government bars recognition of degrees from Benin and Togo, and suggests it could extend this to Uganda, Kenya and Niger

A socio-economic alternative to affirmative action would be expensive but that doesn’t mean institutions shouldn’t consider it, say experts

Providers enrol just 6 per cent of 2,000 student target for short courses, says evaluation ahead of lifelong learning entitlement launch

University draws up plans to avert risk of breaching banking covenants, as sector-wide financial worries take hold

While overseas students still flock to the UK for PhDs, concerns are growing over weakening domestic demand, a decline in UKRI-funded starters and whether universities can afford to train the next generation of researchers

‘University check’ would allow for issues to be resolved in the drafting stage, rather than once policies have been announced, says EUA

Experienced leader says new structure, imposed despite significant opposition, makes it an ‘opportune moment’ to go

Practitioners who work with students considering quitting due to issues with pay, workloads and increasingly complex cases

Top US funding agency considers $70,000 (£55,000) minimum salary that could become wider model

Resurgence of virus among vulnerable overseas students prompts calls for better awareness campaigns and pharmaceutical subsidies

Soaring cost of government borrowing drives price of English system up by £10 billion per year, says new IFS report

Opening outpost alongside other Western universities designed to help drive collaboration in South-east Asia

With Claudine Gay accepting debatable instances of plagiarism as final straw, faculty see odds getting hopeless for countering unified political and economic power

Union describes payment made when staff were facing redundancy as ‘unconscionable’, but institution says it was following contract

Restrictions would increase registration fees for non-EU learners, but plans to make international students pay returnable deposits for residence are already in doubt

Top-ranked Canadian institution calculates financial and reputational cost of premier’s move to penalise use of English, and wonders how it can survive

University leaders warn of ‘deepening pain’ from latest cuts, amid ‘concerning headwinds’ on international recruitment

After brief pause to assess security, Birthright programme again gives Jewish students free tours of nation, but faces questions over limited Palestinian perspective

Revised policy fails to address key causes of research career precarity, university leaders say

Supreme court rules student leases can be ended early despite legal challenge

Difficulties finding new roles and uprooting families complicate desires to leave states such as Florida after political meddling

Union ready to ‘robustly protect education’ amid widespread job cuts, as leader changes tone ahead of re-election battle

Reimagined PhD that provides students with business training and industry contacts is attracting interest from governments and science philanthropists

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

The biographer of the first black American woman to study at Oxford discusses life in segregated schools in the South, why affirmative action still matters and ‘election-style’ efforts to unseat Harvard president Claudine Gay

Study explores under-researched aspect of ‘hidden curriculum’ that might affect racial inequalities at universities

Higher education providers participating in UK’s Erasmus+ alternative say application process was either very or fairly difficult

Some other larger universities also in deficit as universities publish accounts amid bleak climate on funding

Stepping down from SNHU presidency, LeBlanc joins Siemens in pushing US higher education to take the generative intelligence challenge far more seriously

The former science minister talks to Jack Grove about his concerns over recent visa reforms and his ‘lonely battle’ to keep Britain in Horizon Europe

As high-profile case drags on, legal experts say issues regulator has faced are a harbinger of what is to come