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UQ flags new residential complex as accommodation council urges students to ‘pounce’ on mid-year vacancies

Legal backers say €40 million class action case could set precedent for universities in around 50 countries bound by the Lisbon recognition convention

Activists meet in Glasgow to discuss industrial action next steps – but ongoing divisions threaten to derail unity message

Senators hear that a waiting period for pregnancy coverage is endangering mothers and babies

Academics warn of damage to progress on equipping officers for modern-day policing and creating a ‘bona fide profession’

Revised conditions that will force universities to store millions of old essays and assignments will cost millions of pounds in annual running costs, say experts

The latest figures show more visas were granted to Nigerian dependants than to main applicants

Restructure proposal follows enrolment crash and sub-inflation boost to teaching subsidies

As Universities Accord shines a spotlight on equity, new research finds that the most propitious pathway is little trodden

OfS sets sights on transnational education after finding students living overseas now account for 16 per cent of English registrations

Once-largest US online university, embracing new public partner after Arkansas rejection, agrees its for-profit sector deserves scrutiny

The statistical literacy professor talks about her working-class upbringing and her passion for helping young people break barriers

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

Analysis finds those working in higher education often enjoy better benefits than elsewhere but precarity leaves many excluded

Action could pave way for 100,000 students to sue, with cases prepared against 17 other universities

International Higher Education Commission calls for shift in international student numbers towards full-time degrees

But young carers with degrees are more likely to be in work than carers without degrees, study finds

Doubts over effectiveness fail to douse enthusiasm from duelling governments and businesses

Piggybacking on the Hollywood glitz surrounding its local football club, Wrexham Glyndwr University sets sights on America

Purchase of Vienna-based university by Mathias Corvinus Collegium seen as attempt to spread ideology of populist leader abroad

As hopes of reaching agreement fade, department heads are under pressure to pass all those who took classes taught by graduate workers before they walked out in March

International students coming to UK will be prevented from bringing family members, unless on postgraduate research courses

Universities could help alleviate any issues if they were told which of their students were bringing family members, leaders say

Advancements in technologies can also present substantial opportunities for innovation in the sector, investors say

Australian universities outside cities say building more accommodation will help students and local communities

A rapidly declining student population makes closures inevitable – but scholars say where the axe falls should not perpetuate inequalities

Pyotr Kucherenko was taken ill on a return flight from Cuba, with a journalist later claiming he had privately called the invasion ‘fascist’

Vice-chancellor and union rep make rare joint statement appealing to national negotiators to resolve dispute

Economist Nicholas Barr, whose research shaped Labour’s 2006 fee policy, says mixed graduate tax and loan system can fix funding crisis

Bill to enforce two-year participation ‘meant to target critics at home rather than defend country’, scholars warn

PhD candidates face ‘inconsistencies and inequalities’ in the support provided by supervisors, says British Academy-funded study

Wide-ranging new powers aimed at cancelling cancel culture predicted to have a ‘seismic’ impact on English universities

Gatekeeping systems used by big brand institutions ‘legitimise race and class inequalities’, scholars claim in book

Census data shows 44 per cent of adult residents born outside the UK had a higher education qualification

While national budget includes big increase to tertiary education funding rates, it still falls short of inflation

Mechanism needed to stem ‘unlimited recruitment’ by wealthy institutions and resulting job cuts at other universities, say UCU activists

Challenge of balancing huge international expansion with sustainability leaves academic-turned-politician urging careful thinking

Investigation will look at whether enough has been done to welcome Jewish students and staff

English regulator wants institutions to have ‘contingency plans’ in case of ‘sudden drop’ in numbers

Case prompts renewed concern over plight of lecturers on temporary contracts

Australian Research Council promises more work on national security after internal review

Students may be using homework help service to gain ‘solutions to assessment tasks’, Teqsa worries

Flagship programme that places graduates in local schools to teach faces uncertain future as participation dwindles

New report examines the financial sustainability of non-elite institutions across four countries

Rapid growth of country’s universities and inadequate teaching have short-changed students, according to scholars

Former minister says major reforms to governance and disciplinary rules needed after exit of ex-dean Martyn Percy

‘Reassuring’ analysis reveals that sector is in surplus when pension provision changes are excluded from financial accounts

‘Border integrity’ focus has blinded authorities to dodgy onshore practices in international education, Australian parliamentarians say

As anger mounts over cost of open access deals, moves to finance diamond journals and expand state-run digital platforms have divided opinion

Buildings and academic positions endowed by the US family linked to US opioid crisis will be renamed

Minister says strong financial health of majority of institutions suggests struggles may be due to poor management, not lack of funding

Delaware associate professor of marine science faces sacking after top journals retracted her articles, but she claims a faculty report exonerates her

DeSantis, in derisive showing at politically battered campus, enacts measure that also ends diversity hiring

After brief term leading NIH’s biggest division, former Harvard surgeon embraced as established talent at time of turmoil

Universities seek to change procedures to ensure greater flexibility in case marks are delayed

Amid speculation that visas for dependants will be restricted, new report finds that students from overseas contribute £560 per citizen

Death of a lower-caste student prompts calls to focus on how students may experience ‘subtle segregation’ on campuses

Posters calling philosopher a ‘fascist’ appear on campus after she backed event branded ‘dehumanising’ by her boss

Mariya Gabriel’s resignation splits her education and research briefs just as officials are shaping the successor to Horizon Europe and other flagship programmes

Saint Anselm College says event was part of democratic process but faced condemnation, given former president’s track-record of spreading misinformation