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Sector says overseas learners should be able to focus on their courses, but government also has an eye on labour shortages

Postgraduate student Xiyue Wang alleges broad failures by university in three-year imprisonment, while experts see more complicated reality

English universities should ‘deliver face-to-face teaching without restrictions’, says Department for Education

Monsoon physicist talks through her journey resisting pressure to be ‘ladylike’ and becoming the only woman of 54 in chemical engineering class

Label would apply to providers failing to get a rating and in England would limit the fees they can charge, according to consultation

Data reveal 69 per cent increase in outlay between 2016-17 and 2019-20 in England

Latest stage of English plan to tackle ‘poor quality’ via absolute baselines for student outcomes brings threat of punishment for institutions that fall short

Ex-prime minister says cancellation of funding ‘betrays government’s hostility to higher education’

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

Tributes paid to administrator of ‘immense ability’ who spent 17 years as secretary of the Open University

Agreement covers more than 1,000 victims over four decades of campus doctor, just days after university president fired for employee relationship

After years of escalating protests, controversial law professor to face disciplinary process at Ivy League institution

Firms that sell co-authorship on papers accepted by reputable journals are likely turning over millions of pounds a year

Ex-governor also wants UK to offer visas to youth born after 1997 to counter clampdown on free speech

Researchers decry ‘ridiculous’ travel for 30-minute interviews and ask colleagues and funders to commit to flying less

Rigorous ‘no deal’ planning paved way for significant concessions, says library head

Brussels officials say their new European universities strategy, including cooperation on higher education laws, will improve student mobility and academic cooperation

In biennial assessment, NSF analysts admit US still losing ground on many metrics but remaining most likely common partner for breakthroughs

Further walkouts expected in disputes over pay, pensions and working conditions

Six universities sign up to new pledge committing not to use ‘gagging orders’ in dealing with claims of sexual misconduct, bullying and other harassment

Watching online lectures at faster speeds does not significantly impede understanding and may allow students more time to revise, say researchers

National survey of pro vice-chancellors indicates widespread shift away from humanities subjects in near future

Deadline arrives for universities to choose between shifting student places out of major urban centres or cutting them altogether 

Representative body says institutions should consider contextual data on issues such as local and NHS employment, alongside metrics preferred by ministers

Soon-to-retire septuagenarian tells students to keep their distance amid Covid-19 surge, saying he ‘couldn’t give a flying fuck any longer’

Anonymous complaint produces evidence of long-running relationship with employee; former president Coleman to temporarily lead institution

Following conviction of Harvard’s Lieber, expected clearing of fellow Cambridge nanotechnology expert fits with broader failures of Trump-led academic prosecutions

Students complain of being ‘kept in dark’ over immigration status and pushed into MBA programme

MP’s draft transparency law comes after failure to self-regulate against threats such as autocratic influence, says academic

Trudeau government set to fulfil campaign promise for version of legendary US innovation agency, amid mixed expert assessment of its wisdom

New schools of future technologies and modern industries part of 10.7 billion yuan plan

Pledges of $90 million help Ivy League campus join small club depleted in recent years by financial stress and prioritisation of domestic applicants

Delayed roll-out of booster jabs among UK’s younger population means thousands of students will be at risk of serious infection, say researchers

Continuing to offer anonymous surveys just invites abuse of lecturers, say Australian researchers

While its educational niche may confer unique advantage, D’Youville shows it can maintain student services with one less day

Provost at Virginia expected to take office in July, replacing Gutmann after high-profile 18-year tenure

Scholars asked to refuse to speak or help with examinations at university where 46 jobs remain at risk

England deputy chief medical officer, on secondment since 2017 from the university, has been one of most high-profile faces of country’s pandemic response

Isolation and anxieties of Covid and Trump eras drive campus matchmaking model, and possible reinforcement of elite

Search for wider solutions must continue while Berlin’s postdoc contract law faces judicial scrutiny, experts say

Northern Powerhouse Partnership appeals to universities to follow Sheffield Hallam’s lead on pandemic mentoring for secondary pupils

Union updates guidance to branches that also calls for ‘high quality’ face masks to be made available to staff

End of negotiations echoes events of 2008, when union was floated and then dropped

Former director of fair access Chris Millward says government move to cut university places ‘serious prospect’ but unlikely to succeed

Facing lower tolerance for free speech, academics and students share their approaches on retaining autonomy and avoiding unwanted scrutiny

Researchers say study adds to ‘growing body of evidence’ on poor mental well-being for doctoral students

Selective institutions more likely to show their favouritism publicly, study finds

Biden team aims to block Trump-era political interference in research findings, although its top adviser faces her own such questions

Lawsuit brought by five former students of 16 top-ranked institutions alleges costly violation of limited federal exemption for coordinating scholarship packages

Major union win includes access to arbitration or mediation on discrimination and harassment complaints

Review recommends end of prison education programme following ‘unimaginable grief’ caused by 2019 killings of two delegates

Covid and public funding cuts hit London arts institution, while union also criticises new bank covenants

University Grants Commission says doctoral students on fellowships should get eight months’ maternity leave

Leading providers of university insights and data will reach combined audience of more than 50 million annually

Leading scholars from Australian universities have joined scientific bodies to demand reversal of pre-election veto of humanities grants

Detention of Faizullah Jalal sparks protest in defence of legal scholar who publicly denounced the ruling regime

Success rate for prestigious starter grants drops below 10 per cent

Once a conservative rallying cry, calls to ease protections spread in academia as fast-moving Omicron variant appears less threatening

Data suggest that European mobility and recruitment from Asia are rapidly diversifying campuses on the continent 

Sciences Po Grenoble director calls for ‘calm and rationality’ after suspension of Klaus Kinzler leads to loss of regional funding