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Union accuses Huddersfield of ‘cold and calculated’ decision not to give Jonathan Duxbury his old job back

Decision by top court means another rebrand will be needed to help outsiders understand who’s who among republic’s reassembled universities

Experts warn of dangerous abandonment of long-standing ethical limits in pursuits of human vaccines and wildlife management

Gender critical theory and harassment move up agenda as major battles over pay and pensions loom

Figures suggest just a tenth of previous entrant numbers from some countries got a study visa

While many governments struggle to predict workforce needs, Australia’s new tropical alliance is giving it a crack

Appealing narrative attached to ‘first-in-family’ students may obscure the actual extent of their social disadvantage, says researcher

President to leave amid political interference by Republican governor, after strong record of student, faculty and research growth since 2015

Legislation gives Westminster government power to block or impose conditions on acquisition of intellectual property in 17 areas

Biden administration promises simplification long sought by research universities

French president seeks to rejuvenate thinking about common continental identity

Staff and students voice concern over CUHK’s condition that union can be reinstated only if it pledges not to break law

Creating unique datasets for online exams preferable to ‘naive’ honour codes or faulty online surveillance, experts say

In free speech battle, court agrees that university and conservative governor still pose a threat to basic faculty rights

Australia’s wealthiest university locks horns with one of its own academics, who says ‘the public has a right to know’

Cara Aitchison says UK universities should prioritise concerns like precarity, gender pay gap and ‘compassion for deep tired’ staff

Unequal distribution may explain ‘inequality in scholarly outcomes’ and lead to some areas becoming ‘systematically understudied’

But experts warn there is little hope of progress while relations remain in ‘freezer’

World’s biggest digital library of Chinese journals under pressure over copyright infringement

Julie Lydon and Sarah Springman recognised alongside vice-chancellors, UUK chief executive and former UCU leader

Cypriot university to launch degree focusing on Zuckerberg-backed virtual worlds

Reopening of international study opportunities looms large as Covid-19 continues to dominate news agenda

Ontario parliament demands documents over university’s unprecedented bankruptcy, though analysis may turn to realities of bankrolling remote communities

Government move brings meaning to the motto ‘Scholars for a Year, Cheveners for Life’, says advocate

Students collaborate to combat food shortages, as Covid widens the gap between Australia’s haves and have-nots

But despite characteristic consensus on unsustainable workloads, key details of Dutch government investment agenda remain unknown

Two years after student was beaten to death by classmates, calls for institutions to take more responsibility

Universities show the way on transforming leadership culture, tackling period poverty, boosting African science and promoting leading research during the pandemic

Outside a few elite institutions promising online formats for the coming semester, campus health experts fear monetary strains may overpower medical judgement

Six humanities projects reportedly vetoed and China collaboration nosedives as Discovery outcomes finally see light of day

HKU community sceptical of official explanation blaming move on fragility of monument

University of the People aims to fund 4,000 Afghans to study, with 600 already enrolled in its courses

University appeals against ruling sparked by union complaint over workload

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

Sector awaits key details on scheme requiring ‘complete remake of student finance system’ and likely to face Treasury scepticism

Cambridge professor discusses swapping engineering for history, why researchers overlook the Indian and Pacific oceans, and what it means to offer ‘an environmental lens’ on imperial history

Tributes paid to a pioneering political scientist who overcame the obstacles and stereotypes that often block women in the academy

Star professors who abuse their positions escape censure because universities fear hit to reputations and funding, says union report

But silence on flagship Discovery scheme leaves an estimated 3,000 applicants facing Christmas limbo

Conscripting industry players into research assessment roles will also turn the grant application process into ‘Frankenstein’s monster’

Jury takes three hours to agree nanoscience expert lied about Wuhan ties to sidestep pressure campaign against binational research partnerships

European University of Technology exploring how to become a single institution, but going beyond a legal umbrella raises regulatory and funding questions

Barely half of victims report threats to police, says Finnish study, which finds perpetrators of harassment are not infrequently colleagues of those they target

Policies risk inciting behaviour worse than 2000s immigration scams, expert warns

Omicron variant amplifying uncertainties, but initial indications suggest federal relief and economic growth may permit another year of post-secondary gains

University students’ experiences attract some attention in developing countries but almost none in the West, study finds

Commonwealth auditor general asked to review grant administration for the second time in three months

Universities see room for reasonable new legal restraints on foreign-funded scientists but fear overreach as final deal comes into shape

Analysts say generous grants, more housing and better information are needed to fix inequalities driven by parental income 

Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators at the heart of the sector’s biggest debates

New Australian lobby group targets transparency, collegiality and ‘reconceived governance’

Thousands of researchers face Christmas crisis as grant announcements languish

Survey of staff in 10 different countries also suggests general satisfaction with moves overseas, alongside lack of understanding from ‘onshore’ campus staff

Entrepreneur provides funding, but questions over student interest and regulatory environment

Castaway from EU programme must paddle harder to keep up and remain an enticing partner for the future, says university leader 

Researcher sees ‘no hope’ for regional institutions in particular, but other academics are less pessimistic

Admissions expert warns that fall in acceptance rate could be start of major issue in supply of places

Digital exchanges prove ‘more inclusive’, offering a ‘taste’ of the real thing

‘Appropriate action’ taken after investigation into executive chair Fiona Watt, says UKRI

Warned over reliance on students from abroad, career-focused campuses hope for more government investment while chasing prospects beyond usual supplying nations