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New director of fair access calls for institutions to take greater role in improving attainment across education system

Cutting-edge facilities are welcome but they achieve little without people to run them, science advocates point out

Experts warn much of doctoral training must remain analogue, as European survey suggests almost all programmes are aiming for quality online

As president vows to lower drug prices, academia sides with corporates against allowing waivers to legislation credited with driving US innovation

Amid election-year debate on college costs, Biden extends pause on federal loan repayments and wipes away records of past defaults

Tyler Prize winner talks about a career combating climate change scepticism and why he is skipping his award ceremony

Unions accuse employers of intentionally stalling talks as industrial action over last pay award continues

Data on Canadian study permits suggests ‘spike’ in student numbers from some continental nations    

Iran’s universities have thrived despite the country’s sanctions, which could soon be lifted – but nation still beset by lack of postgraduate opportunities, scholars say

But positive results owe much to temporary government and stock market lifelines, according to early institutional accounts

Widespread withholding of potentially negative results has allowed misleading evidence reviews to gain traction, says study author

Leading recruiter claims firms can assist universities in looking ‘beyond the obvious’

Russian Foundation for Basic Research looking at Rb1.15 billion decrease, while Moscow State University told to slash budget by 10 per cent

Funded postgraduates could face real-terms pay cut running to four figures this autumn as UK stipends fail to keep pace with inflation

Universities urged to work alongside edtech companies and other online players to improve offering to students

Non-fungible tokens offer US higher education the prospect of major profits, but mostly in sports and with threat of long-term losses

As investigations into a third Romanian prime minister stall, experts say awareness and consistent policies are needed

As Republicans pile up assaults on academic freedom, experienced out-of-state president suggests extensive costs to brand value

Staff reportedly told Nato is to blame for conflict triggered by Russian invasion

Growth can help arts university deliver access and ‘social purpose’ despite English funding freeze, says v-c, architect of Blair’s HE expansion target

Identification of new species ‘a beautiful example of the impact indigenous culture and science can have when combined’

Two embryonic institutions are providing a teaching venue and mentorship for those fleeing from both sides of the war

Michelle Donelan ‘disgusted’ by claim student was threatened with expulsion if she spoke out

Efforts to encourage more academics into public debates should forget indicators and focus on training and support, Norwegian rectors say

MIT joins several state institutions in resuming SAT-ACT mandate as pandemic eases, providing opening to wider reassessment

Researchers warn of ‘impending public health issue’ as excessive demands placed on students to excel

Disruption to academic life ‘small price to pay’ for financial returns from gas reserves, British universities told

Government also demands English regulator mount 10-15 on-site inspections checking factors such as use of online teaching

Universities UK says contributions could be cut or benefits increased as USS finances bounce back after pandemic, but unions want reforms to be cancelled now

India and Malaysia take lead as best represented countries, followed by China

Academics experiment with allowing undergraduates to text each other during assessments, and get positive response

Chinese studies should be strategic priority course in HE and new A level would boost student numbers at universities, says Hepi report

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

New opportunities for funding have been welcomed but future clashes over intellectual property could prove challenging

The museums expert explains how every historical artefact has not just one story, but many

But promised infrastructure and research commercialisation funding could stretch thin

Incident could signal ‘big reversal’ of Chinese government policy on international academic exchange, academics say

Warning that trend has much wider implications for the UK system than missing individual expertise  

There was ‘no obvious solution’ on fees, but a more targeted review could ‘take politics out’ of accounting for university funding, says Jonathan Slater

Universities keep seeking local jobs for their overseas graduates, despite ‘massive’ economic pivot to Asia

Culture change becomes a numbers game as agreement drafters try to pin down progress without spooking major players

Australia’s big talk on science aspirations overlooks the skills needed to make it all happen, critics say

In fiscal 2023 budget plan, president seeks to bolster student and research grants, but without specific eye on community colleges and immigrant children

Hundreds of academics refuse to take part in system as part of ongoing industrial action, prompting institutions to draw up contingency plans

Campuses almost devoid of people nevertheless remained hotbeds of sexual harassment and assault

As Ukrainian universities resume online teaching, experts say longer-term solutions must avoid brain drain and look to post-war recovery

Allan Goodman tells THE that need to keep pace with other nations could push issue up political agenda

Cabinet minister says he would like to see new institutions in places like Doncaster, Wigan and Grimsby

Canberra’s policy changes helped turn its big-ticket infrastructure schemes into pipe dreams, university-industry report argues

After fighting off attempt to expel them, academics resign from learned academy over ‘untoward political focus’

Announcement comes amid growing criticism of extra regulatory load placed on universities by reforms 

With new divisions at NIH and NSF, federal government making long-promised structural changes to get universities and their scientists beyond their silos

Clash of views on whether controversial legislation’s support is dwindling and whether it will be carried over to next session of Parliament

Turbulence caused by pandemic may have reduced appetite for radical reform of research assessment and rewards, suggests study

Findings from Dutch confessional covering methods, supervision and publishing likely to be repeated in other countries, authors say

Ministers halt funding to programmes with ‘state and institutional collaborators’ but ‘small number’ of partnerships remain under review

Study finds that staff welcome better work-life balance but still face barriers

Penalties for student snitches and curbs on Confucius Institutes and Thousand Talents Programme among dozens of recommendations from security committee

As debut film portrays academia as racist to the core, Mariama Diallo talks of love for her Yale experience but even tougher realities than she could show

Ukraine war focuses attention on future of island and role of universities in defence