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Pro-regime letter attributed to 10,000 professors condemns ‘aimless riots’ as students across the country call for change

Inexperienced and over-zealous officials blamed for spike in visa rejections

British Council finds wide range of benefits associated with overseas provision, but making money still looms large

But lukewarm interest from China and India suggests more work is needed on safety, work prospects and perception of quality

But report concludes that balance of face-to-face and online learning is ‘not the key’ factor in teaching quality

Members hope closer cooperation will help disrupt innovative multinational fraudsters that target and blackmail vulnerable students

Institute of Student Employers says rising inflation means graduates face a 7 per cent pay cut

President also castigates Republicans as hypocritical for their opposition, as issue appears to favour Democrats in congressional elections

Even as institutions offering mediocre engineering qualifications go out of business, private providers are expanding into the digital space

Britain’s inflexible and expensive visas for science talent have been exposed by recent pro-migrant reforms by rival countries, experts say

Scores of North American universities now cover local and national news for an audience running into the millions

Ex-minister George Freeman urges sector to ‘mobilise’ to show R&D key to growth, despite securing Treasury commitment not to cut science budget

Evelyn Welch reflects on the legacy of slavery, preventing student suicides, and lessons for academia from her pop star daughter

Universities’ marketing and motherhood statements fall short of students’ ‘more nuanced’ perceptions, Australian audit finds

Universities UK says putting limits on overseas recruitment would be ‘bizarre’

Claiming nation’s first-ever student-centred strategic plan, university says nation has gone too far in the direction of leaving its students to navigate basic challenges

Universities’ policies of ‘inclusion’ have proven superficial and ineffective, say scholars

New recruits at specialist creative arts university get far inferior pensions, says union

Survey of more than 12,000 students and recent graduates finds a quarter say they do not have any friends at university

Foreign interference and cybersecurity are ‘right problems’ for university leaders to be focusing on, minister tells chancellors

MSU’s third consecutive leader to be forced out over handling of sexual misconduct cases joined by students in protesting governing board overreach

Changes will exempt many more researchers from forced retirement at 68 but critics say policy is still unfair

Coming out becoming ‘increasingly risky’ on Chinese campuses, says academic who left the country

Comprehensive rejection of ‘Magna Carta’ leaves radical government ‘paralysed’ as key issues go unaddressed

The University of Sydney will host the next THE World Academic Summit in September 2023

Universities have done themselves a disservice by playing politics and overlooking the public mood, chancellors say

After long being attuned to primary and secondary needs, lender and donor sees urgency of tertiary-level development

As companies seek to supplant university courses, Nobelist fears policymakers blinded by promises of cheap and easy

Lack of institutional support in meeting the growing demand for data sharing must be addressed, says global study of attitudes towards publishing

President says experience of ‘provocateur extraordinaire’ provided a tough test of principles that are now paying off

‘Universities can’t sit in isolation’ but academics remain too ‘internally focused’, says Arizona State president

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

The mathematician and author talks about how her experience of racism and ‘not fitting in’ prepared her for being a woman in maths, and how abstract maths can stimulate empathy

Legal accountability may increase early cancellation of hostile speakers as institutions bury booking processes in red tape, Hepi study suggests

Up to 50 staff at wealthier Australian institutions out-earn the average English vice-chancellor, FOI documents reveal

Asian superpower’s drift away from international partnerships a result of the pandemic, says president of National Natural Science Foundation of China

Outgoing Oxford v-c critiques Westminster fiascos and social media trolling, while making case for more women in leadership

English regulator ‘moving forward’ with registration condition and student survey that could spotlight individual universities for intervention

New minister Nusrat Ghani tells MPs that research spending commitments remain ‘in place’

NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan highlights need to exploit vast talent beyond the nation’s elite universities

But administrators must weigh the risk of hanging on to data against getting rid of it too soon

Global balance of research power shows signs of shifting as US stagnates and China improves

Number of African countries in rankings doubles since 2018, with 25 universities making debut appearances this year

Universities face growing public pressure but this only means their mission is more vital than ever, NYU president Andrew Hamilton tells Rosa Ellis

Covid’s impacts are yet to take the sheen off local universities’ rankings performance, with their average scores now topping the world

Single visa for three stages of higher education would keep students in UK without facing ‘bureaucratic burden’ of applying for new visa, according to London Higher

Cyprus state telecoms company’s pension fund alleges financing agreement on campus construction funding was breached

Some presidents advocate cutting ties with universities in rival states, while others urge maintaining academic links even when diplomatic ones are straitened

Academics must work closely with students to foster innovation, says KAUST president

Head of New York Public Library warns that ‘two-tier’ higher education system is broken and ‘letting kids down’

‘If you are worried about the quality of online teaching, worry about the teaching part,’ says Clay Shirky

Universities should equip students to deal with changing nature of work through broad education, says National Humanities Medal recipient

Rocket attack hits Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, damaging ‘symbolic’ institution that has ‘shaped national statehood and culture’

Former business secretary resumes role after brief spell in final Johnson Cabinet

Report attributes shift to dependency on international fees and heightened competition

Celebrated Harvard economist opens THE’s World Academic Summit by showing academia’s top leaders the ways their sector continues to stratify society

‘Short horizons’ of grant-givers holding back early career researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds, says Glasgow principal

Rectors set up emergency measures to allow Russian students to participate in courses even if they cannot leave their country

Tory conference attacks on universities bring frustration, while new government tipped to drop entry restrictions plan

NTEU council rejects outright condemnation and resists push for expulsions