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‘Astonishing demand’ to suspend book launch over claims that its essays ‘delegimitise trans people’ shows activists have been ‘emboldened’, say editors

Hesa research seeks to establish whether area-based measures of deprivation accurately reflect the challenges faced by specific households

Only a small fraction of casual academics are lecturers, Australian employer association says, but union challenges data

Beijing is ‘actively seeking to deter many young people from pursuing a degree’ to stem graduate unemployment, researcher says

New polling shows strong support for degrees from parents, while Tory tactic may be of ‘near-zero interest’ to public

Award forces US university science to face up to treatment of immigrant woman who worked past demotions and threats to help create life-saving vaccine

Start of classes pushed back, with longer postponement probable, as reservist staff, academics and students called up

Voters have little enthusiasm for paying higher taxes to fund universities, new polling finds

Matt Western calls sustainable sector funding ‘a big ask’ as two vice-chancellors back graduate tax

Sutton Trust finds limited progress on opening up leading universities to less affluent school-leavers

Harvard professor Claudia Goldin is third woman to win Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences

While universities bankroll more research from their own pockets they exercise less discretion about the things they study

New director promises political impartiality and a thorough consultation as English regulator gets ready to promote and protect expression on campus

Scholars say accusations of mismanagement against University of Hong Kong leader suggest ‘deep resentment and frustration’ in the ranks

Academics believe institutions have been ‘punished’ for perceived opposition to president Daniel Ortega

Census data on higher education qualifications, which is broken down by age and sex for the first time, shows that 60 per cent of some age groups graduated from university

Hesa figures suggest uptake has hit record high, with more scholars on teaching and research contracts having a teaching qualification than those employed as teaching-only

Sector organisations warn that country risks brain drain if it does not end stagnation in investment

Australian university to ‘review’ court’s dismissal of its appeal, as union urges it to abandon ‘stalling tactics’

Michael Fung, a former deputy chief executive of Singapore’s SkillsFuture programme, takes his methodology to Mexico and the developing world

In considering revisions for the 10th anniversary of its respected free-speech ideals, university turns to critics of academia’s public voice

Stringing out the numerous challenges could risk influence of Teaching Excellence Framework declining across the sector, experts fear

Agency accused of violating Lisbon convention for quizzing students who earned foreign credit after governance rift at the University of Theatre and Film in Budapest

Top-up to funds will reimburse university staff for money lost between April 2022 – when benefits were cut – and April 2024 – when they are set to be restored

Platform offers scholars a way of building a profile and livelihood away from universities, but what makes a successful Substacker, and is there really room for everyone?

Recruitment target is a ‘staged performance’ unlikely to yield real results, according to academics

There are doubts about the education ministry’s proposed quality measures, with major players warning firmer guardrails will be needed to protect the public purse and baffled school-leavers from bad operators

With tuition fees no longer an issue of contention, higher education reverts to bit-part role in forthcoming election

Union welcomes departure of former Imperial vice-provost, who will ‘seek new leadership opportunities’ in sector

Prime minister’s conference speech twice repeats ‘no more rip-off degrees’ line, sending signal ahead of election year

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov share science’s top honour for research into tiny particles now used in TVs and medicine

Small private US campus leader leaves wake of graphic allegations and questions of previous institutions keeping quiet

While universities have their work cut out for them, skills forecasting agency says more graduates is not always the answer

More than 1,000 signatories back petition demanding the Arts and Humanities Research Council examine how doctoral funding changes will affect disadvantaged students

New Birmingham City University leader, who struggled to find work after first-class engineering degree, discusses boosting social capital for minority students and staff

Decision might be politically motivated but will do little to help science graduates, researcher suggests

UK science secretary claims she is taking a stand against the ‘slow creep of wokeism’ in academia

Tory conference also hears ex-minister warn of ‘perverse situation’ in which ‘DfE is cutting R&D spending’ via tuition fee freeze

Tory conference hears much talk of apprenticeships, with education secretary on mission to ‘change every middle-class mind in country’

Anne L’Huillier is fifth woman to win physics prize, sharing award for research on ultra-quick light emissions with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz

Vice-chancellors express ‘near unanimous’ support for lowering costs and restoring benefits, and want it to happen more quickly than scheduled

Observers welcome efforts to tackle visa fraud but say new compliance efforts must be ‘robust’

Three years after province cut its budget by a third, leaner flagship university sees a moment to leap; students hope they can make it

Despite drop in Western students, cheap education and science-focused offerings continue to draw international learners from Russia’s political allies

WeWork-style project seeks to replicate some of the benefits of having a university in higher education ‘cold spots’

University of Pennsylvania’s ‘tenacious’ laureates reflect on coping with demotion, dismissal and desk rejection to continue their mRNA research

Union brands proposal to limit impact of industrial action on students ‘a spiteful attack on workers everywhere’

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman’s research led to jabs that ‘saved millions of lives and prevented disease in many more’, says award panel

Administration demands open process that allows anonymity, upsetting agencies seeking clearer rules in an era of partisan attacks

Sussex chief challenges ‘uninspected belief’ that additional cash for student learning – including grants for Covid-hit generation – is politically unthinkable

With deadlines rushed and then missed, even the straightforward work of Australia’s major higher education review is looking anything but

New Olympic Park campus will host one of UK’s largest universities and add thousands more jobs and students. What can it achieve?

Researchers suggest state school-leavers might be ‘reluctant to perceive their educational investments as unsuccessful’

Moving to the island from mainland China offers families a way to bypass gruelling entrance exam, researchers say

Jurgen Damen named as lecturer killed in attack at Rotterdam teaching hospital

Chapter withdrawn by Routledge after legal threats, with professor claiming that he had been identified, but denying wrongdoing

Accord panel should take note that fee changes ‘don’t change behaviour’, researcher urges

Poorer well-being among undergraduates versus those not in higher education ‘concerning’, but appears to disappear within a few years

Reports suggest the government is considering reforming A levels so that children study a wider range of subjects in post-16 education

Upskiling staff to thrive in clean-energy industries could mostly benefit graduates and high-skill workers, Andreas Schleicher tells conference