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UUK wants government to reinstate maintenance grants and increase support for graduate students

Funder bows to pressure after postgraduate students said soaring inflation was making it ‘unfeasible’ to complete their studies

Concerns over ‘sharp increase’ in number of firsts and 2.1s awarded warrant ‘further scrutiny’, according to regulator

Interim chief handed job permanently at crucial time for English regulator

Visa delays costing us top overseas staff and PhD students, Australian universities warn

Much vaunted summit also resolves that graduates should be allowed to work for longer after finishing their degrees

Enrolment growth will be in different types of institutions, regulator predicts, but universities say the regulatory settings enforce ‘homogeneity’

University report alleges students were charged extra fees in dentistry school, but faculty see racial politics and retaliation over whistleblowing

Safety net stretched to cover EU calls closing in 2022, rather than grant agreements due a signature

More than 70 institutions in the running for awards across 20 categories after 550 nominations

Changing world in research means substantial changes to UK assessment needed, says outgoing chair of Research England

Ballot result comes days before UCU plans to poll its members on whether to take action over below inflation pay rises

Jobs and Skills Summit sees vocational colleges awarded funding to deliver ‘the high value and often more complex qualifications’

Apprenticeships provider that became UK’s first edtech ‘unicorn’ to offer candidates chance to study ‘debt-free’

Jisc poll of 33,000 UK students finds support for a mix of online and face-to-face teaching

Jo Grady confident the union will ‘far surpass’ the necessary turnout of 50 per cent to secure a mandate for further industrial action

International relations expert discusses Western dominance of the field, what can be gained from amplifying new voices and balancing her academic work with being mayor of a small town in Warwickshire

After body’s decision to relinquish quality role, sector fears lack of options for replacement risks undermining autonomy

Embassies in dozens of countries now accepting visa applications, but many students still in the dark over anticipated move

Institutions told to ‘join up’ response with local officials, to have emergency medical care and forensic testing procedures in place

Easing student caps is a ‘step in the right direction’ but doesn’t solve issue of talent leaving for higher pay in other nations, academics say

Labor minister’s insistence that postcode should not determine opportunity sparks new initiatives

Grant delays worse than ever, researchers say, as ARC strives to meet demands of ousted government

While the sector laments its low profile in this week’s Canberra congress, policy expert expects it to generate ‘dysfunction’

National interest test for research grants to be simplified amid sweeping review of ARC

Patient cybercriminals may gain access to online systems and wait for months before trying to sell on information

Institutions emerge from lockdowns with an unusually large amount of money left over but say surpluses mask real financial difficulties

Former disability commissioner says universities have lifted their game, but employers not so much

But representative body says conclusions from analysis of university financial accounts are based on flawed assumptions

Iain Mansfield’s spell as key driver of policy ends – for now, at least – while ‘anti-woke’ campaigner is touted as potential education secretary

More fluid degree paths could help graduates develop critical thinking, academics say, amid concerns over how similar changes could affect recruitment

First postgraduate students start at new HKUST campus, signalling beginning of huge changes in the area

Beijing boosts early student participation in research as world becomes ‘less friendly’, but efforts could stall because of limited funding

Perennially underdone educational relationship ready to go to the next level, advocates say

Campaigners say academic publishers will have to ‘figure this out pretty darn fast’ as Biden sets 2025 deadline for switch to instant open access

Chapters’ severing of campus affiliation predicted to show US sector’s reluctance to challenge ‘Greek life’ abuses

‘Tentative signs’ the worst is over for lower tariff institutions after difficult decade since number controls lifted

Researchers say using improvisational comedy can improve their ability to communicate findings

As administration approves $10,000 baseline of loan forgiveness after long deliberation, universities promise hard look at pricing and value

US education firm involving ASU has 12 global partners and foresees future growth bringing scope to collect student learning data on mass scale

Australian High Commission in India web page on education had link to US company offering to write dissertations, application letters and more

In holdover from print-dominant era, top 330 academic science titles too often seen as banning or hindering published rebuttals of their articles

But academics note silver lining, with larger number of qualified local high schoolers gaining access to city’s high-quality institutions

Study that used MRI scans to measure neural change in students bills itself as offering path for neuroscience to aid curriculum development

First study of its kind estimates lack of in-person interactions hampered innovation as academics spoke only to those they knew already

Two top institutions plan to join forces in potential bid for ¥10 trillion fund, amid concerns over widening gap between sector’s ‘rich and poor’

Capping course intakes causes student surges elsewhere, university president says, calling for ‘urgent’ political action to stem international flows

Annual Hepi index seeks to track key measure of soft power

Union estimates UK sector made £3.4 billion in 2020-21 financial year and calls for funds to be invested in staff

Departures will give presidents more scope to change outlook of their university, although enrolments will often demand like-for-like replacements

Universities should keep basic health protections such as mask mandates in place, argues Australian epidemiologist

Fluctuations in gaokao admission scores indicate growing pursuit of career stability

Academics debate whether spike in interest is down to draft dodging or career reckonings prompted by upheaval

Biggest sector fund believes it is £1.8 billion in the black, after fears of multibillion-pound deficits led to cuts to benefits

Sector ‘re-righting itself’ post-pandemic means more miss out on places in ‘one of the toughest university admissions rounds in years’

Salma al-Shehab given 34-year sentence over critical posts on Twitter

About 20,000 applicants miss out on top choice as grades are deflated back to 2019 levels

College leaders wary of limited vaccines, Covid exhaustion and LGBTQ stigmatisation in an environment ripe for spreading, though serious harm judged unlikely

‘Ground-up’ system for estimating academic workloads suggests universities routinely set them too high

Research shows need for strong checks and balances on power of executive, according to authors