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With public rivals putting a ceiling on tuition fees, the demands of debt servicing and digitisation mean private schools must keep growing to avoid mergers or bankruptcy

Policy requiring dons to depart at 67 ‘has not opened up opportunities for younger people’, say professors

Extraordinary growth in income caused by higher enrolments and post-Brexit fee uplifts bolsters finances of Russell Group institutions

Meeting between unions and employers ends with no new proposed wage increase presented

Former universities minister warns that UK’s political consensus over benefits provided by students from overseas is ‘weakening’

Hesa data also reveal proportion of black professors remains at ‘appallingly low’ levels

Some editors publish most of their papers in their own titles, study finds

Deans warn of ‘wasted opportunity’ as Westminster government rules restrict intakes to international students only

Discovery of classified Biden papers inside university’s Washington office threatens to reverse reputational high from its seemingly prescient political cultivation

Union may have united membership again but 18 days of strikes could lead to support ‘withering away’, commentators suggest

Lack of consensus over how to define economic worth of programmes to student and taxpayer hampers education department’s efforts

Concerns over regulator’s independence and sweeping new powers necessitates parliamentary investigation, letter to Robin Walker states

Ministers accused of adding bureaucracy then ‘putting the costs on universities’ with planned rise while cutting student support in real terms

Flexibility of guidelines for universities wanting to open outposts praised, but concerns raised over academic freedom

Average leader’s remuneration stood at £308,000 last year, according to analysis of 118 university accounts

But having a fellow academic as a partner helps, major study finds

Survey portrays field as especially dangerous case of obsession with journal metrics, although chief accreditor promises aggressive bid on societal awareness

As deadline for submissions approaches, OfS outlines how revamped exercise will benefit sector

Trump administration found by congressional watchdog to have largely abandoned investigative office, while Biden team pressed to fix things quicker

Four Fields Medal winners and former European Research Council president among advisory board for independent research institute

Scientific publisher hopes new credit scheme will reward and incentivise peer review

As academia pushes to raise grades and completions among disadvantaged students, San Francisco professor shows value of Bandura, von Bertalanffy and kaizen

Academics warn of ‘collapse’ of higher education system after Taliban forces 70,000 female students out of private universities

UCU committee backs escalating action in February and March after rejecting employers’ initial pay rise offer

Admissions service also making changes to teacher references, and plans to release details of grade profiles that were accepted onto courses

Incidents including a student leader using the words ‘the final solution’ left Jewish students feeling like ‘pariahs’ within the UK student body

London’s revered ‘night university’ enters bicentenary year mired in financial crisis

Union’s higher education committee meets to finalise next steps in campaign after messy debate

Data lay bare how Russell Group institutions have hit the brakes after years of expansion, as post-92s make up ground

Westminster government criticised by sector over 2.8 per cent uplift as concern mounts over impact of cost-of-living crisis on students

Ban could prompt brain drain, warn experts, while university foundations are likely to be restocked with loyalists

George Freeman ‘still pushing’ and ‘still hopeful’ on association, but thinks forthcoming plan for UK global science role could be catalyst

Ensuring students are involved in interventions will help tackle stigma and end ‘culture of silence’, experts say

Haitian-born DesRoches aims to grow enrolment and diversity, boost research and create new global footprint

Covid-19 trials were as well designed, if not better designed, than other, similar medical experiments, finds Oxford study

BERA report indicates education departments tend to be older and more white, with men in most senior positions

Lack of agreement on whether industrial action should continue while talks are in progress hampers chances of resolving dispute

Expert panel requested by Congress suggests conditions under which universities could be exempted from its general ban on partnerships with Chinese government-backed educational programme

Pay and working conditions to be a key priority for incoming leader

As administration awaits court action on blanket loan forgiveness, it promises regulatory change to sharply cut average costs for undergraduate borrowers

Mass polls of global scientists could help to debunk myths about extent of division on contested issues

As bids are polished for the latest round of university alliance grants, debate is building over where longer-term funding should come from

Ahead of announcement of maintenance loan rates for 2023-24, Russell Group warns next cohort will likely have to get by on significantly less

Outcry over cancellation of planned post for former Human Rights Watch director

Three months after CBC review finds no basis for claims of native ancestry, prominent figure in law and academia announces retirement and university promises further examination

Former US senator and secretary of state to teach students, help attract global policy thinkers, and boost international engagement with women and youth

Cautious optimism for on-campus life and international mobility as China lifts travel restrictions and loosens on-campus pandemic controls

Supporters hope to spread benefits of the model, for years the preserve of a few progressive institutions, worldwide

Accusations of plagiarism regarding a sacred medieval book have led to an extraordinary dispute involving online threats and allegations that staff and offices were invented

Involvement of university staff in prosecution of Olesya Krivtsova a major cause for concern, observers say

Named as founding law dean at High Point University, Mark Martin denies refusing congressional investigators but also keeps quiet about advice to defeated president on day of Capitol building assault

Move to ‘ease burden’ on applicants could leave institutions with ‘no choice’ but to raise other costs, scholar warns

But situation may change with scale-up of programme, potentially causing talent shortfall in US, authors suggest

London South Bank students will offer information on reducing consumption, cutting bills and improving efficiency

Labour leader says party has ‘a number of propositions’ on the issue that will be put forward before the next general election

Federal prosecutor declares that prosecutions changed elite university operations, although wealth-based privileges seen as still robust

Only 3 per cent of firms in survey had hired someone using the new graduate route

New Research England head reflects on her roundabout route into academia and the future of research evaluation

London-based institutions and post-92s face losing millions if brakes put on overseas enrolment

A widening access alumnus and practitioner on the difficulties of coming into academia from a background of poverty