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Premier institution loses first black leader after record short tenure amid persistent partisan pressure and evidence of her own scholarly failings

Prime minister’s drive for ‘political capital’ on net migration risks ‘long-term damage’ to international reputation, UK sector warns

Chungbuk National University head says simply ‘selling degrees’ is not in the interest of students or the sector

Leading cell biologist says outstanding young researchers are missing out on funding as panellists are focusing excessively on open science contributions

Former leader Dame Louise Richardson left with equivalent of year’s pay on top of her usual salary, accounts reveal

While new salary threshold has been announced, clarity on level of discount applied for key roles in higher education is yet to come

Partial elimination of tuition fees could prove self-defeating by undermining the private universities that educate more than half of the country’s students

John Edmunds commended alongside Bristol health chief and Leicester chancellor

La Crosse’s Joe Gow threatens lawsuit and claims free speech rights have been violated following dismissal over films produced with his wife

Universities in conservative region decline to add DEI component to their conditions of accreditation

International students, post-study work visas and opinion pieces captured readers’ attention this year

Paperwork pain eases, revenue pain rises as universities confront new year

LLE can overturn ‘mad idea’ that university must happen between ages 18 and 21, says David Latchman, stepping down as Birkbeck v-c after 21 years

Autonomy, tertiary sector integration and sustainable research funding are crucial to sector’s future, Brian Schmidt says, as he relinquishes leadership role

Professor says Nigerian students feel ‘targeted’ by Westminster policies

Cutting entitlements will be counter-productive unless countries address cultural barriers keeping international graduates from meaningful work

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack warns of increasing trend for attacks on female students protesting for their right to education

Winning entrants focused their efforts where the need was greatest and embraced innovation to maximise impact

Higher Education for Good is a new book that seeks to build a better future after years of turbulence and acute crises

Staff and students lock themselves in offices as student gunman carries out ‘premeditated violent attack’

New system can help democratise science and speed pace of discovery, says study

Educator and equity analyst discusses bilingualism, academia’s misguided values and the societal benefits of scientific uncertainty

Serious financial concerns at a handful of English universities over potential breaches of banking covenants

Ádám and Dávid Tárnoki, radiologists at Semmelweis University, discuss their shared ‘trajectory’

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

Political philosopher was most recently deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney

After analysing surprise $240 million budget shortfall, university reduces scholarships and freezes faculty pay and hiring, while calling athletics a core element

While Republicans seek momentum from fiery hearing and Penn ousting, professors gain clarity on the size of the fight ahead

Removal of personal and affiliation details means assessors judge the idea rather than the researcher’s track record

History centre shut during University of Brighton cuts could continue as autonomous organisation

Geneticist Anne Ferguson-Smith is the third new female leader of a UK research council named in recent weeks

Groups representing 61 research-intensive universities across Germany, France, the UK and Switzerland say that stronger research partnerships strengthen the whole of Europe

Canberra’s attempt to reduce backlog of ‘permanently temporary’ graduates hamstrung by trade agreement

Former political staffer and representative group head to take the helm at umbrella body

President wants to turn national research institutes into ‘programme agencies’ and give universities more autonomy, but experts question how effectively the plans can be implemented

‘Fantasy rhetoric’ that university leads to the ‘good life’ leaves students feeling ‘betrayed’, Australian study finds

While Americans return to institutions worldwide, Biden administration talks of post-Covid academic reset with political rival but largely prevents it

Five more institutions achieve gold awards after OfS resolves challenges to original ratings

Year-long delay to the next Research Excellence Framework must be used to correct fundamental flaws of proposed exercise, say sector experts

Seven in 10 Chinese students more likely to stay in the UK because of the graduate visa route, Ucas report adds

New complaints scheme may help ensure more open debates on campuses in time but Gaza crisis necessitates action now, say campaigners

Amid yawning teacher shortages and one-sided funding regime, colleges warn that their successful model of localised training faces collapse

Australia’s now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t approach reflects policy patterns in other leading education destinations

Flexible post-18 education funding went through ‘against Treasury’ says its architect after spell in No 10 developing scheme

Biden officials call for publicising details of bad science allegations brought to the government, raising institutional warnings of privacy and legal violations

People ‘backing off’ from higher education should ‘have another look’, says departing Universities Australia boss

Health and social care expert to examine performance of Office for Students

Inclusion of symbol of Palestinian resistance on flyer leads university to pull permission for staff-student session discussing current situation

Report calls on universities to expand and diversify overseas delivery

More miscarriages inevitable unless courts become ‘more science-sensitive’, learned academy warns

But institutions may face paying regulator’s costs under new proposals outlined by England’s new free speech champion

Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators at the heart of the sector’s biggest debates over the past 12 months

Rise in financial aid of 10 per cent ‘like an early Christmas present’ amid rising costs, says national student group

Financial pressures also force Sheffield Hallam to open voluntary severance scheme to all academic staff

University will also offer eight weeks of paternity leave, doubling previous offering

Many international students who stay in the country using two-year graduate route end up in low wage jobs, finds key government body

University still looking at closing single honours programmes after declines in recruitment

Russell Group university will treble its graduate medicine intake by training students on England’s south coast

Education exports and high student loan repayments help offset damage from inflation and interest rates, according to Australian mini-budget

Cost-of-living crisis has not spawned improvements in university food options, Australian analysis finds