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Times Higher Education data analysis reveals the top universities from across the 13 latest European Union member states

President outlines ‘new path’ towards providing debt relief for as many borrowers as possible

With national talks aimed at ending the marking boycott at a standstill, some universities are looking to take matters into their own hands

Researchers recommend training after survey also finds that while four in 10 respondents are uncomfortable about staff getting drunk with students, three in 10 don’t mind

University leaders pin hopes on forthcoming review, as funding erosion and regulatory inflexibility threaten core capability

Latest impasse with European Commission over UK push for ‘correction mechanism’ to avoid being major net contributor 

Statistics also show degree classification makes little difference to a graduate’s chance of finding a job after university

Territory has moved past wave of brain drain, with some beginning to return and new opportunities for international recruitment, according to Rocky Tuan

As world’s most famous archaeologist makes his last big-screen outing, real-life researchers reflect on how the character and his famous hat and whip have influenced their discipline

Applicants to one of Australia’s major funding streams report spotting tell-tale signs of chatbot use

Trump-appointed conservative supermajority rules that $400 billion forgiveness plan stretched intent of emergency relief

Ucea chair says all students at his university are graduating with full degrees but it took ‘huge effort’ to get there

Shorter degrees and more apprenticeships among other plans to boost staff recruitment

Renewed efforts under way to show worth of creative subjects to students and society as some ‘cheer’ their possible demise

But almost half of surveyed students still want to work more than the newly raised cap

Government waters down proposal to shorten length of master’s degrees

Academic leaders see grounds for improvement despite Supreme Court ruling, though track record suggests reason for sceptism

Trump-installed conservative supermajority ends decades of precedent that allowed consideration of racial diversity in undergraduate enrolments

Berkeley biologist Randy Schekman tells researchers to stop ‘posting pet photos’ if they want to leave the lab on time

Malka Al-Haddad fled her academic career in Iraq more than 10 years ago

Suspicion at all levels of France’s hybrid research system means resources and national influence are closely guarded. Fresh proposals to raise quality and stem brain drain face an uphill struggle as players try to hold hard-won positions

Figures show that 2.1 per cent of all students withdrew from their studies by end of May 

Union president at transgender row university backs action against ‘bigots’, but draws the line at property destruction

UCU branch is first to settle dispute locally with frustration mounting at national impasse

Calls for EU politicians to trim fat from next framework programme, better protect its budget from raiding for pet projects and create a new category for Switzerland and the UK

Switzerland’s Kurt Wüthrich clashes with female researcher after he claimed he was discriminated against at major conference

Staff ‘shell-shocked’ as declining enrolments, mounting costs and investment reversal trigger call for voluntary redundancies

Germany’s only female Nobel scientist questions notion that diversity is key component of research success in modern science

Critics say a temporary boost, in the form of money that had been earmarked for universities anyway, will not compensate for starvation rations

Tory former universities minister urges shift of responsibility to DSIT and binning of ‘Thatcherite rhetoric’ against industrial strategy

London-based provider told to remove text from website that implied it could award postgraduate degrees

While college press has a special place in the nation’s psyche, a legal ‘loophole’ leaves it exposed

Chemistry laureate Avram Hershko says ChatGPT should be forced to cite its sources and state uncertainty levels

While admitting the much-protested model is dead in the US, Dartmouth’s Hanlon leads expert panel in setting out ways that similar language-culture teaching programmes could grow

Charity’s opposition to genetically engineered ‘golden rice’ is immoral given crop’s potential to end hunger, says Sir Richard Roberts

Distance-learning provider seeks to fill university ‘cold spot’ in Milton Keynes

Observers welcome ‘funding correction’, bankrolled from ‘transfer of underspends’ amid flagging enrolments, but say permanent solutions are needed

Redevelopment of hospital abandoned since Hurricane Katrina seeks to spin innovation from medical and public health strength

New guidelines for government-funded universities in India lack critical engagement and follow a political agenda, scholars say 

On a bipartisan basis, members of Congress see value in federal government tweaking rules to allow and encourage quicker pathways

Loss of organisation, blamed on funding ‘uncertainty’, described as ‘shocking news’

Laureate says research laboratories ‘are not kindergartens’, but other prizewinners urge a more supportive approach

The prospect of a Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis run for the White House has enraged many across the sector but others have decided to remain conspicuously silent

Aaron Ciechanover criticises profits of Nature publisher and backs mega-journal model

The University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa leads first ever THE ranking for the region

Regional Australian university to resurrect city campus, as graduate work rights and online study limits douse interest from international learners

Three-year time limit to gain competence branded ‘unrealistic’ given high workloads

Surge in downloads ‘reflects industry failure’ to meet sector’s needs amid rising demand for papers, researchers say

Student growth is a key reason why Lucy Cavendish is admitting more state school pupils than any Oxbridge college, says president Madeleine Atkins

UCL and King’s researchers clash over ‘sarky’ critique of paper that questioned root causes of depression

Part-time entrants at levels 4 and 5 saw the largest proportional fall of all qualification levels

Stanford team tallies productivity decline after top global prize – though without assessing benefits of career transition

Union says at least 5,000 students will not graduate this summer, but employers’ poll suggests disruption is ‘isolated’ and ‘limited’

English regulator ‘making it up as it goes along’, critics say

Overhaul of rule that removes student access to government subsidies if they do not complete at least half of their subjects under ‘active consideration’

Chinese firms’ confidence in student flows is being expressed in business licence applications, analysis finds

Designers say pre-application lottery is the best way to reduce costs without compromising on the quality of projects or the diversity of grantees

Chief executive Susan Lapworth defends English regulator against sector criticism

An ‘uncomfortable truth’ underlies the approach taken by too many Western universities on collaboration with Asia, conference hears

With OfS under fire, shadow minister praises ‘innovative’ new Welsh post-16 education and research regulator