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Patrick Zaki earned gender studies master’s remotely after serving 22 months in pre-trial detention for writing about the experiences of Egypt’s Coptic Christians during studies in Italy

Highly ranked university makes investment in staff salaries amid bitter national pay dispute

While Treasury’s effort to look beyond economics boasts just a handful of education metrics, O’Kane panel has been asked to change that

Analysis shows 17 of 20 seats in England with lowest proportion of university qualifications are held by Tories

Sector must meet demands of students who increasingly expect help landing a job, scholar says

Learned societies question quality of data, mismatch to EU goals, choice of indicators and ignorance of social and political contexts used by planned monitoring tool

Research funder investing in leadership capability to support academics and encourage collaboration across disciplines and sectors

English regulator rejects most criticism of proposals, but acknowledges that it should consider an institution’s ability to pay before it finalises costs

Half of firsts cannot be explained by changes in prior attainment or choice of subject, sector regulator claims, although this is down from Covid-era peak

Despite increasing agitation over fee freeze, politics around student support seen as weighing against lifting of cap

The research director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Centre on Media, Politics and Public Policy talks about growing up in an environment of aggressive scepticism, and then battling an academic culture that can’t handle it

At risk to their careers, women teaching sciences shown in nationwide survey to be more willing to admit struggles with depression, poverty and attainment

Single department or minister should cover both teaching and research elements of universities, says Nicola Dandridge

Over 1,000 professors will get €30,000 a year to spend as they please as a remedy to the low success rates of national and international competitions

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

Marc Tessier-Lavigne agrees to step down after months-long university investigation finds failures to correct errors in articles

Funding assumptions for 2023 valuation confirm rosier outlook for UK’s largest higher education pensions scheme after years of pain

Dithering by Downing Street raises concerns that more funding for research will be clawed back by the Treasury

Needs-based student funding and second national university also among accord panel’s ‘spiky ideas’, aimed at improving equitable access

Shortly after US Supreme Court rejects sweeping debt forgiveness plan, administration embarks on new attempt using different legal basis

As fund records ¥60 million deficit ahead of disbursement, academics voice concern over ‘strings-attached’ model

While Australia has long been a favoured education destination for the mountain kingdom, it now hosts a ‘major proportion’ of the population

Anglocentric norms are a blind spot in the effort to diversify the research workforce, global survey suggests

Canberra agrees to funding guarantee, governance reform, ditching of ‘fail rule’ and uncapped funding for all indigenous students, as it mulls ‘wider change’

MPs and peers issue call for ministers to guarantee survival of graduate visa route into next Parliament

Announcement that government will finally follow through with threats to restrict admissions to ‘low-quality’ courses leaves sector leaders with as many questions as answers

Top House Republicans warn that joint venture appears to be giving military advantages to rival nation

Ex-Treasury secretary sees alumni preferences as key test for elites, and wishes he had done more to attack the practice while leading university

‘If you can’t see it, you can’t be it,’ minister says, ahead of review report promising other ‘immediate’ recommendations

While Covid-19 interrupted the inexorable rise in university leaders’ pay packets, many still pocket seven-figure packages

Interim vice-chancellor insists renowned institution can be rebuilt after mass job cuts while protecting arts courses

Fears that UK scientists will be frozen out of networks once association is agreed are overblown, say leading researchers

Recent drops of up to 15 per cent in enrolments blamed on tougher security screening, stingy stipends and a hybrid system creating a crowded market for top-level qualifications

Academics launch lawsuit in attempt to get restrictions relaxed to allow them to study the platform used by two-thirds of American teens

Judge blocks attempts to force breach of contract claim to be dealt with by OIA as more than 100,000 students plan similar action

Sheffield Hallam says policy means pay deductions are applied ‘fairly and consistently’

National interest not served by ‘overstating the threats’ or cultivating a ‘climate of uncertainty’, report says

Home Office offers more flexibility for those hoping to work in UK after studies but some are seeing life plans fall apart

More than 20 public agencies could be turned into just three, but sector leaders are wary of the government’s intentions

University withdraws Austrian role due to funding deficit but staff say longstanding post was well worth the small investment it entailed

Long-awaited consultation response parks proposal to introduce sector-wide minimum entry requirements but slashes foundation year fee limit

‘Glocal’ scheme aims to boost universities outside Seoul and drive innovation in the face of demographic decline

In apparent attempt to persist with Covid-related campaign against Fauci, House members argue procedural flaw endangers $25 billion in medical funding

Universities seek to recruit more – and more diverse – students by offering range of enrolment points

Opening of colleges running at 10 times the rate of development of new universities

Editorial board of Design Studies quits alongside long-standing editor-in-chief, who blamed publisher’s ‘deeply exploitative’ approach to running the title

Researchers say big increases to cost of study and work visas, and NHS surcharge, will make country less attractive to international students and staff

Assessment rationales have not kept pace with AI translation and writing support tools, conference hears

A long-awaited law might face further delay after Mark Rutte's government collapses in a ‘polarised’ political landscape, while some universities are already capping places for non-Europeans without waiting for the legislation to arrive

Echoing conservative Supreme Court, coalition of advocacy groups formally demands end to Harvard’s admissions preferences for relatives of alumni

With institutions reluctant to match soaring prices, per-student income is eroded further

Treasury announces first of 12 zones ‘based around a university and clusters of high-growth industries’

Sector leaders insist rises of up to 7 per cent announced by Rishi Sunak are ‘irrelevant’ to higher education dispute

China is ‘stealing UK academic research’ in ‘plain sight’ and suppressing political dissent on campus, says intelligence committee

Department for Education statistics show social mobility impact of A-level assessments affected by Covid-19 policies

Multi-campus eastern institution announces union with land-based college

Study finds submitting an individual to UK research assessment cost institutions £6,000 on average

Ethnicity and disability status also significant factors influencing likelihood of researchers being submitted, report finds

After working in 10 institutions across five countries, chemist explains why scientists need to leave the ‘comfortable life’

Number of UK 18-year-olds starting university later this year is expected to be the second-highest ever – but down from last year’s record