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Soaring youth unemployment could spur outward flight or lead young people to turn away from ambitions of studying abroad

Next prime minister urged to appoint Cabinet-level minister for science and technology to show ambitious commitments are ‘more than just words’

Working-class pupils particularly fearful, finds survey, with universities urged to give ‘additional leniency’ on admissions

Survey findings reflect escalating scepticism of media in all its forms

Four decades as professor and campus vice-president, with a stint in Italy, has Robert Berne seeing parallels to global intrigue and prison life

Biologist became household name during coronavirus pandemic

Court action to follow alleged incident at Armidale club, according to reports

Global poll of nearly 10,000 researchers reveals continued influence of bibliometrics in determining reputation and institutional ties

After Supreme Court decision, websites specialising in finding accommodation abroad report spike in enquiries

Authors of new Australian ‘ethical framework’ say academic senates should have as much power as university executives

Staff will end marking boycott under agreement struck between management and UCU

First-time Clearinghouse assessment finds most undergraduates don’t even have 12 credits per semester, too few to finish in five years

Just 20 years after their very existence was uncertain, LGBTQ campus leaders now writing the book on how to learn from their personal schools of hard knocks

Head of university employers’ body talks upcoming industrial action, cost-of-living crisis and future of collective bargaining

Rector credits Austrian diplomats with getting student’s three-year jail sentence overturned

Institutions team up to offer scholarships as well as practical resettlement help targeting those affected by the conflict in Ukraine

Collapse of government means any extra funding for costlier contracts ‘cannot come for months’

Front runner for PM’s first major intervention into higher education suggests ‘narrow focus’ and ‘no regard for logistics or legalities’, critics claim

As loss in Harvard and UNC cases seems likely, dozens of top corporations argue in filings that they do better with diverse workforces

Complexity of implementing new rules means ‘a lot of effort for little gain’ as most universities opt for status quo

Ambitious scheme would see higher education institutions across 10 countries agree common framework, with a helping hand from Europe

Internationally renowned experts relinquish quality role just as English regulator steps up interventions 

Whitehall advisor who devised alternative Horizon programme says stablisation funds should be released immediately while talks over UK membership continue

Universities face tough decisions as staff argue for wage rises to keep up with cost of living and budgets become increasingly stretched

Britain’s first history professor of African heritage discusses Colston, the ‘myth’ of Windrush and surviving in academia without support

Narratives describing research in departments should be replaced by institution-level document, recommends funder-backed study

Overall satisfaction question to go in shake-up of influential poll, regulator confirms

More innovative screening of grant applications that avoid full peer review could remove red tape burden on researchers, says Adam Tickell

New figures show record-breaking levels of progression to higher education for pupils on free school meals

Universities’ pleas to train more professionals may now gain traction as Labor government creates new jobs and skills body

Judicial leader of campaign to end abortion rights abandons constitutional law seminar at George Washington University

The annual survey, out in November, will be the biggest yet 

California continues trailblazing push with major publishers but sees fundamental cost problem still unresolved

Administration nears completion of regulatory overhaul with new rules on student aid, non-profit conversions and prison recruiting

Commonly used widening participation initiative not targeting those who would benefit most from such schemes, study finds

Human rights expert claims ‘inaccurate’ impact submission written on her work by old employer highlights why funding rules should change

Answering lawsuit, Biden administration agrees – for now – that native speakers can get full credit for foreign language mastery

OfS to introduce new quality condition, including proportion of graduates securing ‘managerial or professional employment’, in October

Swinburne v-c lambasts sector for following English model, but Monash head puts international education on par with key resource exports

‘Generation lockdown’ wanting a break from the books blamed for steep decrease as high employment rate lures some away from study

After predecessor exits to become higher education minister, Estelle Iacona is tasked with completing integration of ambitious, elite amalgam

Difficulties defining who has indigenous heritage complicates efforts to stop some profiting from made-up affiliations

Only 17 per cent of those enrolled in UK’s largest higher education pension scheme reported positive relationship after changes to retirement benefits

Spate of new senior roles created as universities seek answers on addressing sustainability, diversity and social responsibility

Blanket policies restricting even the victims being told about the outcome of complaints should be scrapped, report finds

Fears that resources will be spread too thinly as ministries and research organisations back majority of possible priorities for the scheme

Prospect of huge payout grows as Biden administration backs student claim that elite campuses colluded to hold down financial aid

Disproportionate impact must be considered by universities when assessing performance of staff, study finds

Signatories will discuss how to make research assessment fairer and defuse ‘publish or perish’ culture

Unison joins UCU in balloting on industrial action over below-inflation pay rises

In-depth look at scheme’s finances confirms deficit has shrunk since last valuation but ‘volatile market’ means benefits cannot be improved, yet.

Sinorbis report suggests interest in the UK particularly strong in ‘long tail’ of cities beyond the big names

Flow of students in both directions likely to increase as undergraduate and postgraduate degrees recognised by institutions and employers

Decade-long study of scientists’ output and attitudes produces book on why structural tactics to tackle gender and race inequalities fail

Institutions can harness civic role and research capabilities to make significant interventions in addressing long-standing problem, report says

Doctoral training centre sorry for email suggesting doctoral students work in fields and sell cosmetics to make ends meet

Taxi drivers are a good source of inspiration on profound questions of alien life, intergalactic travel and deep space exploration, says British scientist

Formula-driven funding for those hardest hit by deadlock with EU and more fellowship money unveiled under ‘Plan B’ road map

The Harvard refugee education expert discusses teaching classes of 200 pupils, living in post-apartheid South Africa and why she is optimistic for the children she meets in migrant camps

Rapid erosion of value of £9,250 is ‘stretching unit of resource to breaking point’ and will require new legislation, says Jo Johnson