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More people need degrees just to keep up with the crowd, analysis of Australian census data suggests

Academics say largest US research funder’s policy aimed at stopping ideas theft could also apply to search engines

Researcher who revealed censorship of gender critical feminists says no-debate policies on transgender issues are causing ‘scholarly paralysis’

Disappointment comes months after v-c told alumni that government funding was ‘becoming extremely inadequate’

US study finds doctoral students who are supervised by leading inventors, or who are male, are much more likely to file patents

Irish university pulls back from plan to handpick internal members of governing authority

Report calls for campaign to boost ‘esteem and attractiveness’ of sector’s advancement profession

Faculty member shot dead at UNC, gunman chased from Florida HBCU kills three black shoppers, student dies trying wrong house

Post-Brexit expansion comes amid a shortfall of 30,000 beds, with student groups warning universities need to be more upfront about the issues 

One in five waiting more than a year for doctoral visas despite claims processing times have been speeded up

‘Narrow-mindedness’ over China in US universities driven by fear of losing government funding, says Denis Simon

Drop in international students applying via Ucas, down to lowest level since 2014, might offer signs of market pressures

Australian rule changes, like UK clampdown and mooted Canadian cap, coincide with exploding enrolments from South Asia

US universities look to alternative ways of ensuring diverse views are respected, reflecting differing approaches to the ‘crisis’

Graduates seen as poorly prepared in country with spiralling murder rate but top-down syllabus update said to ‘violate’ normal practice

National Bureau of Statistics suspends release of figures, leaving universities in the dark over how situation is developing

Leaked draft of summertime power grab has spooked scientists, but most admit country’s network of 76 institutes needs reform

Figure emerges as Intergenerational Report highlights research’s role in arresting productivity plunge

Divisions on both sides mean finding compromise that suits all is proving impossible, with sector’s reputation on the line

University one of the few to avoid pushing an institutional line on the forthcoming Australian referendum

Stanford University chemist unrepentant about his contrarianism during the pandemic despite some of his bold predictions proving incorrect

While the removal of opportunities for political ‘meddling’ has drawn widespread approval, research advocates want more funding

Experts counter analysis suggesting that mismanagement, not declining government subsidies, is cause of financial woes

With housing shortages at crisis levels, including on campuses, Trudeau minister suggests placing limits on country’s burgeoning international sector

Government steps up scrutiny of university over BJP-critical paper while academics urge Ashoka to reinstate its author

Admissions figures on track for ‘largest-ever fall’ in English student entry rate bring worries for universities accustomed to growth

Canberra may have chosen the right time to revisit university funding, as institutional accounts suggest a widening divide between the haves and have-nots

Union blames ‘recalcitrant’ executives for walkout but university says it has bargained ‘in good faith’ and negotiations have been slow elsewhere

US grant agency hopes to ensure a more scientific approach after years of political battles over risks of China collaborations

Period of relative stability offers chance to reassess discipline but also risks world losing interest, says director

Scientists involved in road-blocking and invading private jet terminals say they’ve lost out on promotions and been reported by students but others cite their protests in grant applications as forms of research output

A domestic university ranking system could hold universities to account for all aspects of their performance, says shadow education minister

While sector welcomes changes to be rolled out ‘imminently’, subsequent reforms could prove less popular

Changes aimed at protecting students and taxpayers adding uncertainties that could lead to institutions closing rather than joining forces, experts warn

Canberra also confirms plans to overhaul research assessment exercise and ‘take the politics out’ of grant decisions

Changes in heads of state mean fewer US alumni at global top table, but its figures are bolstered by Stanford graduate Rishi Sunak

After decades of questioning grade inflation and race-based policies, one of Harvard’s biggest critics of affirmative action departs in wake of Supreme Court decision

Highly regarded institutions lag behind others on overall student positivity due to low scores in section that looked at views on assessment

‘Glass ceiling’ still prevents low-income students from reaching top institutions, says researcher

Possibility of tensions flaring again on first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death sparks attempts to keep students away from campuses

Leading US public system eyes legal loophole to help children of illegal arrivals but offers no guarantees scheme will come to fruition

Rampant discounting blunts income being made from steep increase in overseas students, as regulator plans action on recruitment

Analysis of 862 scientific projects – paid for with 131 million yuan of public funding – identifies no knowledge-transfer outcomes

Freedom of speech and student welfare concerns are also likely to influence whether staff flag potential extremism to authorities, says major study

Institutions face stiff fines and worse for breaches in student support policies, as government courts sceptical opposition

New models beckon after ‘golden age’, sociologist predicts, as source countries seek to plug skills haemorrhage

With 55,000 missing predicted grades, universities looking to fill places via clearing hope to convince those who missed out to recalibrate 

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

Trip Down Under seen as a positive sign for international education on both sides of the Tasman

Minister hints at punishment with unprecedented letter to National Science Centre over project exploring the role of bondage and domination in the development of trans identities

The Ucas data also shows that the number of international students accepted on to courses also fell

ONS moves to improve student flows data seen as opportunity to separate international recruitment from UK’s toxic politics

Review of surveys involving more than 4,600 participants suggests rates of academic misconduct rocketed during Covid-19 pandemic

Critical care medicine professor explains why she was compelled to write the remarkable tale of how students, scientists and doctors united to fight polio 70 years ago

Scholars say India’s growing pool of wealthy alumni could be a boon, if institutions can tap into them

‘Unfair‘ discrepancies persist in annual leave allowances despite moves by some universities to introduce parity

Colleges conclude that international experience too valuable to delay, but also show caution about mandates and size

Critics say joint venture is doomed to fail in an ‘ultra-competitive market’, but Massey insists it has done its homework

Estonian minister says Brussels must drop idea that ‘big is beautiful’ and argues that being ‘agile’ results in faster responses to advances in research

As part of Biden-endorsed response to Supreme Court ban on race-based preferences, Ivy League elite requires applicants to describe life experiences