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China continued to produce more publications last year than anywhere else, according to new report

Just months after ending largest-ever walkout among teaching staff, workers at 10-campus public system complain about unfulfilled promises and arrests

More than 500 scholars condemn South Asian University’s actions against faculty who supported students during hunger strikes

While South Australian vice-chancellors see few downsides from an amalgamation, their western counterparts take a different view

Flexibility and ability to watch footage back thought to be behind preference for retaining Covid-era innovation

Surveys suggest concern about student borrowing transcends age and political divides

Institution says it stands by decision to offer staff wage rises in order to end marking boycott despite being ejected from national body

Union threatens more walkouts unless management ‘work with us to avoid further job losses’

Methods used by new tools ‘inadvertently flag’ work written by those who tend to use smaller variety of words and phrases

Conservative former universities minister tables amendment to allow annual uprating, to ‘flush out’ Tory and Labour positions on ‘funding crisis’

Scholars suggest reproducibility testing might be helping to self-correct psychological research

All institutions face multimillion-pound price tag for decarbonising supply chains, built environment and transport systems, says study

Flexibility of big firms not replicated in most heavily regulated professions

Weeks into the job, Freddy Boey promises to cut red tape, rethink teaching – and unsparingly weed out underperformers

Geopolitical tensions between two superpowers force institutions to rethink collaborations forged in friendlier times

Ministers only want to protect freedom of speech that they agree with, claims former Oxford vice-chancellor

In a busy decade following two decades of inaction, the ranks of institutions bearing the ‘university’ title has expanded at almost one a year

‘Vanity project’ to meet domestic health workforce needs would be ‘more socially accountable’, proponent says

Yale University professor’s new book on history’s most notorious cyberattacks explores academia’s close ties to the world of hacking

MPs’ vision to cut student numbers may signal future direction of party, but experts question its appeal to voters

‘Seat scalpers’ and institutions put a price tag on their workspaces, sparking debate about fairness

Education faculties say they are already delivering the ‘core content’ now mandated in their degrees

US funder wants overseas partners to share all data and lab notebooks every three months

ARC responds to allegations that assessors were using chatbot to write feedback on applications

Union condemns Maynooth’s claim that ending elections will improve diversity

Hundreds of universities invited to sign guidelines on equitable partnerships in science

Nearly one in three UK university applicants had mental health-related school absences, survey finds

All 44 members of Critical Public Health board resign over Taylor & Francis’ article processing charges and alleged push for minimum paper counts

Trial ahead of LLE failed because of ‘utilitarian’ course offer while ‘top university’ prestige harms credit transfer prospects, says leader

A Labour government would be ‘constrained’ by ‘badly damaged’ economy left by Conservatives, warns leader, who says funding policy will be outlined ‘in due course’

Labour leader says he feels ‘very uncomfortable’ about industrial action leaving students unable to graduate

‘Psychosocial harm’ clauses in workplace safety laws elevate administrators’ mental health obligations, expert warns

Party urged to commit to reversing long-running decline in university funding, after signs its focus is on tweaking status quo

‘Morally supportive’ but implicitly dismissive, universities exacerbate students’ struggles with their ‘child-free’ ethos

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

Orwell Prize nominated writer on decolonising medicine, being inspired by her father and her experiences working as a sexual and reproductive health registrar in the NHS

Universities could be marked down on research culture if a handful of researchers dominate submissions, says research assessment officials

Universities operating in difficult environments can have more of an impact by pooling resources, summit hears

Reports that Rishi Sunak could sign off Horizon membership next week after Brussels and Whitehall officials reach cost consensus

Claire Coutinho argues the free speech act is already having impact on campuses and praises university leaders for response

Professors in global North should come south as temporary solution to immigration headaches, Rwandan ambassador tells event

Universities UK taskforce expected to report its findings later this summer

Institutions seek to remove barriers to ensure student mobility is open to more than just the ‘very privileged few’

Relocation would answer Milton Keynes’ call for an undergraduate university as competition and lifelong loan entitlement threaten distance learning modus operandi 

Publisher’s replacement of editor-in-chief comes as it pushes for seven-fold increase in acceptances

Committee wants bystander training as regulatory condition and calls universities’ use of NDAs to silence victims in sex cases ‘disgraceful’

Analysts are enthusiastic about microcredentials but unsure about their suitability in universities

Experts raise concern that US applicants will be forced to spin ‘sob stories’ about overcoming discrimination

Influx of foreign investment brings opportunities to train skilled workers but institutions must adapt to capitalise

Oxford’s vaccine success shows what universities can do in a crisis, but following up with climate solutions means being proactive with funders, Irene Tracey tells THE summit

Investing in structures and processes that allow students and staff to develop their own relationships is the best way to avoid woolly diversity work, conference hears

Western Sydney University joins Victorian and Queensland institutions in seeking presence in the world’s third biggest democracy

Students’ sometimes unexpected use of AI, from generating emails to translating their original work, is encouraging a ‘rethink’ by academics

Institutions offer more support to tackle historically low participation rates

Government expected to initiate system of caps, potentially using new quality measures, but drop minimum entry requirement idea

Universities consulted on increasing limit from current level of 20 per cent in face of demographic decline

While the two governing councils have agreed to a combined university, many still need convincing – not least, opposition and crossbench parliamentarians

‘Pride’ scholarships aim to make university a world leader in research field

Private university founder calls for governance overhaul as the rector of one of Poland’s leading public universities says it is considering an endowment to secure a more stable financial foundation

‘New Conservatives’ want to axe post-study work visas and stop ‘poorest performing’ universities from recruiting overseas