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Government plan would also mean alternative non-degree qualifications being downgraded in eyes of employers, MillionPlus warns

Merger of two of the biggest plagiarism checkers will help combat more sophisticated forms of cheating, Andreas Ohlson says

Just as campaigns to promote societal benefit show strength, activists admit setbacks in wider battleground for basic academic freedom

Dutch universities among those fearing multibillion-euro redistribution

Olivette Otele criticises employer’s reliance on her research, saying overwork and back-stabbing led her to burnout

Average deficit incurred by English universities for teaching a UK student will more than double to about £4,000 in 2024-25, Russell Group warns

Minority public medical school enrolment seen down by more than third in five years in US states that banned racial considerations in admissions

University follows Cambridge in offering gifted state school students chance to take fully funded introductory year

Ombudsman says difficulties finding alternative remedies during pandemic partly to blame for £1.3 million bill

US project leaders with history of China collaboration ‘saw dent to citations’

UCU pushes on with shrinking rounds of strike action despite calls to regroup and rethink

As staff reel from an austerity drive, Victoria produces its first A$3 billion institution

Education Department admits data-diverting code in federal aid website, toughening politics for institutional performance monitoring

Scholars question whether open access platforms could step in to replace dominance of China National Knowledge Infrastructure

Findings raise red flag for Australia’s economically crucial international enrolments

UA92 hails success of strategy attracting disadvantaged students but remains loss-making

Generation-high inflation raises particular issues for humanities students and universities confronting a demographic bulge

Kremlin’s push on technological sovereignty met with scepticism as West shuns partnerships over Ukraine war

Universities UK backs plans but stresses that they must be easy to understand and avoid bureaucracy for all involved

Other institutions likely to follow in steps of University of Hong Kong if motion passes, say observers

Rector among those placed on leave amid probe into ‘rigged’ recruitment rounds

Universities should have awkward conversations early and ‘be ready to write off costs’ when tie-ups are soured by conflict

Science minister suggests disagreements with Michael Gove over role of Oxford, Cambridge and London institutions

New report on alumni giving and other fundraising warns over declining donor numbers

Warning accompanies fresh effort to strengthen Europe-wide protections

International unit director to succeed Alistair Jarvis later this year

Population declines and employment shifts key factors, but universities also seen ignoring non-teaching career pathways

THE survey finds that applicants are using sustainability over other factors to decide where to ultimately enrol

Some grant holders exploring joint appointments with continental institutions as funding deadline looms

Move also means students fleeing conflict will have access to student support such as loans 

Western Sydney University deputy v-c discusses ‘pragmatism’ in climate change research institute title and shopping centre campus, after rankings success

‘Essay mills are now illegal entities, and you should not carry their advertising,’ says minister’s letter to sector

University and union branch offer ‘exit strategy’ as further walkouts prepared in long-running dispute

Universities have the connections and resources for sophisticated risk management, not just ‘bureaucratic box-ticking’, says British-Australian academic

Institutions in UK, Ireland and Canada much more optimistic about post-pandemic outlook than counterparts in Australia and New Zealand

Academics warn against ‘technocratic’ solution when venues for publishing in languages other than English are struggling

Quantum physicist describes breaking stereotypes about age in science, her venture into the start-up world and how she ultimately chose academia

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

Westminster government moves to defund the vocational qualifications come under scrutiny in Hepi paper

Australian university tops fourth edition of global ranking measuring institutions’ social and economic impact

Institutions from over 100 countries offer dedicated courses on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, THE data show

Government must do more to fast-track visas for talent, says top Indian official

Half of free school meal-eligible pupils in London – and 40 per cent of black school-leavers – would be caught by cap

Naviance, available to nearly half of nation’s high school students, admits years of Caucasian filtering for campuses building candidate lists

But co-author of Unesco report says need for them could wane with better inclusion elsewhere 

Some institutions embracing in-person assessment again after lifting of Covid-19 regulations

Canadian campus aims to trade reminder of indigenous abuses with branding that signals modern sophistication

Three-year review details racism permeating history of top US institution, but some raise concern at too meagre a response

University data expertise essential to ‘capacity building’ for city government on issues ranging from air quality to localising UN sustainability goals, THE summit hears

Staff at 41 universities may refuse to assess students’ work, meaning that graduations could be delayed, but exact dates for action are yet to be set

Campaigners say English legislation unlikely to result in many prosecutions but will change student outlook on essay mills

Universities minister reaffirms plans to tackle campus ‘cancel culture’ and condemns ‘upsurge in physical threats’ against controversial speakers

Ukrainian MP, scholar and ex-deputy education minister tells universities not to offer scholarships to Russian students in summit speech

Swedish welfare system, political model of consensus and universities committed to industry collaboration key to innovation success, THE summit hears

Some Advanced Grant winners must wait and see where their share of funding will come from

One in 14 students who took tests monitored by ProctorU last year were caught breaking the rules

In hesitancies on student aid and loan forgiveness, Biden and allies may be missing major opinion shift, authors warn

Melbourne institute’s mission to heal relations with India clashes with academics’ desire to spotlight subcontinent abuses

Conservative thinktank calls for creation of new study centre to address failure of universities to study radical ideologies

Union wants income-contingent loans scheme gone, while universities want it extended