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Threshold indexing change, not mentioned by DfE in media briefings, brings lifetime hit of up to £19,000 for ‘lower middling earners’ who took out loans after 2012

Symbolic and practical support has come from across Europe, but views differ on whether continued Russian cooperation could end or abet the conflict

Amid chaos, non-profit groups work to help an estimated 20,000 Indians leave war zone

Selective institutions again face backsliding in perennial challenge of guessing how many admitted students will accept

Proportion of leavers going overseas for further courses on a downward trend that predates pandemic

Orbán administration’s illiberal intrusions into institutional governance will be ‘difficult’ to reverse, say scholars 

Warning comes as data on English student numbers suggest institutions growing international master’s cohorts

If just one in 20 supported technologies hits paydirt, new fund will pay for itself, says STEM lobby

Group that had input into document says it seeks to ‘shore up’ institutions’ reputations rather than make a difference for students 

Swinburne says former councillor and union rep was not targeted, but he says redundancy criteria were written for him

Scholars expressing ‘shock and horror’ call for ‘immediate stop’ to Putin’s ‘senseless’ invasion

Around one in 12 postgraduate researchers would publish fraudulent results if it helped them get ahead, says study

Scholars and PhD students voice frustration at lack of concrete plans in consultation on ‘new deal’ for postgraduate researchers

After helping to build version of Silicon Valley near Moscow, Reif calls Russian invasion unacceptable

Unexploded bombs and civil resistance corps on campus are now part of life in Ukraine, explains minister turned university president

Seattle institution pays back $5 million rather than accept free speech limits, but faculty fault refund as unwarranted

Back-to-campus plans postponed as classes make way for crisis centres

Westminster policy package described as ‘missed opportunity’ that leaves ‘difficult questions’ to be answered by next government

A ‘dashboard’ of metrics for assessing science communication could help generate 100 million hours a year of evidence-charged ‘dialogue’

Move by historically black Paul Quinn College aims to break generational persistence of poverty

Researchers support drive for quality over quantity but warn of unintended consequences

But academic expresses concern about first-time voters treating enfranchisement as a ‘TikTok moment’

And research job opportunities are booming outside universities, AI-fuelled study finds

Russia has ‘turned its back on the international community’, says Berlin

Survey suggests half of national associations consider higher education funding to be insufficient

Gujarat seeks to entice overseas institutions with ‘headache-free’ offices in gleaming tower blocks

No group should have exclusive ‘authority to speak’, New Zealand forum hears

Academics call on overseas colleagues to ‘stand with us’ as Putin’s army attacks

US ends Trump-era approach after scores of arrests, repeated failed prosecutions and growing criticisms

2022 winner brews up a fungi-based love story with a lot of help from his friends

Plans for students to apply to university after receiving their results have again been abandoned

Westminster government launches consultation on whether it should reintroduce student number controls, sector-wide or by institution

Audit of top psychology and neuroscience titles highlights relative lack of female editors and US dominance that may be harming science, say authors

Current administration has pushed through important reforms, but reorganising a complex sector around universities will be a tougher sell

Westminster government unveils major student finance changes creating ‘more sustainable’ system, as sector voices concern on minimum entry bar plan

Back-to-campus plans hit snags on both sides of the Tasman

Westminster government ‘starting a conversation’ on minimum entry bar, and proposals would affect only ‘tiny proportion’ of students, says Michelle Donelan

Westminster government appears set to publish consultation on series of policy changes, including minimum entry requirements

Research aims to gather evidence on whether international links with autocratic states pose threat to UK academic freedom

About seven in 10 Oxbridge entrants now come from state sector, in a marked uptick

Lawmakers moving to block lessons on race and politics after successful efforts to police school curricula

Dispute over future of Universities Superannuation Scheme far from over, says union

Undergraduate institutions should instil innovative thinking and research skills to prepare future PhD students, scholars say

Chair acknowledges that publication ‘caused renewed disquiet, frustration and anger’

Staggering REF over multiple years could cut costs and reduce ‘perverse’ hiring practices, consultation suggests

Universities say they proactively uncover underpayments, but former casual claims they only acknowledge the obvious cases

Job insecurity has been exacerbated by legislation intended to end it, with universities facing spiralling recontracting costs and no extra funding

Tone of threats ‘of a different calibre than before’ says examiner who left her QMUL post

Insular nation’s only private university hopes online teaching revolution means it can attract ordinary lecturers, not just adventurers

Improving deficit of Universities Superannuation Scheme post-pandemic strengthens case for further valuation, says union

Vertical campus ‘well suited’ to small group teaching, as students navigate degrees one block at a time

Top-ranked institutions now have the autonomy to evaluate and confirm which of their own disciplines will qualify for the project

Academic productivity hamstrung by nepotism, according to author of recent study

International community ‘should take in academics unable to continue teaching in Hong Kong’, say scholars

Younger learners seeking to reskill and upskill brighten UK online education provider’s fortunes, says new CEO Andy Hancock

Annual survey of 720 campuses pegs average stockpile at $1.1 billion, up 35 per cent in year, with student aid benefiting

Students and faculty welcome eased measures but remain wary, emphasising need for higher caps on daily arrivals

A year into office, head of California State University system felled after helping hide sexual abuse allegations against administrator

Canberra’s work rights strategy influences make-up of new arrivals, as Perth changes entry rules again

‘Vast majority’ of promised research commercialisation fund falls outside spending commitments, estimates committee also hears