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The UK’s youngest lecturer talks about an international upbringing that made her at home in academia and the fresh perspective of youth in research

Sheffield Hallam to develop new framework assessing English higher education institutions’ community development activities

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

Half of students feel universities are becoming less tolerant, and most back legislation on the issue, but survey reveals complex picture overall

Alternative to Horizon Europe should examine why ‘closed clubs’ of elite universities enjoy so much funding success, says Hepi report

Union’s survey finds majority feels social class determines career progression in higher education

Head of UK higher education’s biggest pension scheme to depart once successor is appointed

Closure mirrored US government decision to suspend Fulbright programme to Afghanistan, which it subsequently reversed

Campus cites 2021 state law in telling all employees not to promote abortion, while state’s other large institution suggests pointing students to outside counsellors

University leavers becoming ‘more rational’ as country’s economy cools

Hitting targets ‘not the be-all and end-all’, John Blake tells THE, as national risk register for higher education participation planned

New wave of funding schemes aims to counter ‘parachute research’ and brain drain

Government also set to introduce effective amnesty on doctoral plagiarism and loosen rules on candidates’ relatives from serving on hiring and promotion committees

Minister’s title no longer includes ‘higher education’ and responsibilities no longer include ‘universities and higher education reform’

Bigger focus flagged on Indigenous knowledge, climate science and critical technologies

OIA says universities should apply regulations ‘with some flexibility’ as more learners forced to take on work or struggle to make ends meet

SOAS director rails against ‘unjustly’ high mark-up on UK fees for overseas learners

Embracing the concept just as many other US campuses back away, top-ranked school school hopes for lawyers who pursue public service

Spin-off companies from Russell Group universities boast largest annual turnovers, data reveal

Party conference hears Tony Blair Institute economist and Coventry provost call for change of tone on sector expansion and cultural attacks

Shadow chancellor promises to reinstate top rate of income tax to fund ‘biggest expansion of medical school places ever’

Psychologist will become first American to lead institution when she succeeds Stephen Toope

Status quo ‘not sustainable’ for universities or students and even Tory government ‘will recognise that soon’, shadow minister says

Median age at degree completion shrinks, although share of field’s graduates with job commitment does too, American Academy of Arts and Sciences finds

Labour conference hears that levelling up is now ‘dead’ for Tories, meaning alternative vision for regional innovation needed

Universities face long road to recovery even if Lula is victorious, say sector leaders

Retaining Covid innovations seen as possible solution to dealing with backlog

University of the West of Scotland says twice-weekly meals are a response to cost-of-living crisis

Unions say one-off handouts will do little to deter members’ appetite to strike for better pay deals

Disappointment as ‘mini budget’ contains no new commitments on research funding or support for students

Westminster refers to alternatives rather than arbitration, after unproductive Brussels meeting triggered by legal action

Land of the free market outpaces UK’s muted ‘levelling up’ with funding to leverage power of universities in struggling regions

Aleks Subic suggests UK universities need to be ‘an active collaborator’ with government, rather than going on the defensive

Island nation looks instead to start university partnerships and boost mobility to reinvigorate its education exports

University promises more memorials, community engagement and Afro-Caribbean institutional partnership after study into slavery links, setting aside just £1.5 million for legacy fund

Intergovernmental institute says ‘symbolic’ split over full attendance at council meetings led to failure of talks

Some students reluctant to switch to English-language lectures because national exams are conducted in Chinese

Academic presses struggling to keep up with the demand for once-obscure books about war-torn nation

Trudeau government faces calls to follow Biden’s lead, although improvement in borrower repayment terms seen as more likely

Huge study by Colorado researchers finds one in eight academics studied for their PhD at just five institutions

Families increasingly having to help students to get through their studies as inflation erodes value of loans

A groaning university wants ministerial permission to impose separate English- and Dutch-language course caps

Higher education needs to ‘find the right balance’ between online and in-person learning, says Sydney professor, after confronting empty lecture hall for the second time

Graduates report feeling happier on Saturdays and Sundays, skewing findings for researchers trying to measure well-being

Institutions should assign a senior university manager to uphold academic freedom in same way as equality is promoted at board level, says report

Union members begin walkouts at 16 universities amid calls for higher wage rises due to cost-of-living crisis

Student groups condemn institution’s denials and call for ‘student-run’ body to look into sexual harassment on campus

Deal will ‘transform the events landscape for students looking to study abroad’, says chief executive

WA says legal contracts and payment through institutions will avert unintended consequences

Some doubt government will really lavish foundation-governed universities with extra funding it has promised

Author hopes her experiences battling burnout as an academic can inspire others to find ways to cope

Truss government and business secretary urged to affirm commitment to using research spending to drive innovation, particularly in regions

Private Orthodox institution acts after US Supreme Court upholds state court recognition order that’s likely to be reversed later

As biggest member state centralises power while failing to pay its dues, the headwinds battering the pan-regional university are getting a whole lot stronger

Shortage of doctors can’t be fixed by pushing back admissions decisions, says centre-left rival

Enrolments down and activism up, as staff brace for job losses and management prepares for shutdowns

Top US funder of basic research warns it will tally and punish cases of yelling, threats and other abuses by scientists losing grant competitions

Former University of Southern California water polo coach gets new trial as federal judge cites significance of USC accepting payment from student’s family

Research fraudbuster says publication of six papers with hallmarks of Russian paper mills indicates why periodicals must commit to more post-submission transparency

Lund University dean says many foreign researchers face ‘nuisance’ of an increasingly strict system