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Foreign interference concerns should not blind policymakers to the benefits of collaboration, forum hears

Report from Canadian recruitment platform says greater share of searches are now for cheaper courses 

Key details on scope of English student loan changes yet to be finalised as consultation looms

Scholar criticises lack of anonymised peer review at Law Quarterly Review

Once rare, now commonplace, use of private companies to hire new presidents coming at large cost to US universities, research team finds

While progress has been hamstrung by lack of scale or regulatory force, advocates say the time has come

While Canberra’s decision is ‘great news’, students still face competition for flights and a mishmash of state rules

Study finds that post-war baby boom probably led to scores of women being lost to American science 

 ¥30 million fund a start towards bridging the divide between sectors, researchers say

Greater cross-border collaboration key to peace and prosperity, says learned society

Letter from 22 academics warns of ‘life-threatening circumstances’

Breadth of study and ‘authentic learning communities’ can transform many different dimensions of graduates’ lives

Major science organisation targets periodicals publishing too many papers or high proportion of brief articles

Year of collective assessment after Floyd killing leaves nation’s top universities promising firm diversity goals with publicly measurable outcomes

Research at undergraduate level engages students and helps keep the academic pipeline flowing

Equity challenges loom, but solidifying evidence of value brings academic stature to science of partnering with the public

While some disciplines naturally have older researchers, more job security is needed to attract young, experts say  

Former corporate finance analyst promises to help students negotiate campus aid awards in return for a cut

Massive cuts to GCRF-funded research hubs will not continue next year after they won praise from a Whitehall review, UK Research and Innovation confirms

Allowance needed for ‘upfront’ time cost of creating digital content, event hears

Vice-chancellor to take over as president of New York philanthropic fund at the start of 2023

A physicist and two philosophers reflect on the value of their respective disciplines

International candidates may be reluctant to follow departing Taiwan-born university heads, say scholars

Overall satisfaction drops to lowest level since Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey began

Amid concern on graduate employment in Westminster and across West, looking at funding systems that put labour market demand at centre is instructive

UCL president says the move back to in-person teaching has been complicated by huge costs sunk into digital learning

Ghanaian university president Patrick Awuah says local academics and students should welcome expertise that remotely based scholars bring

Geneticist warns of the dangers of ‘fetishising’ DNA and turning a blind eye to racism

Universities should ensure all students, including in sciences, can access ‘great humanities education’, Berkeley dean tells THE summit

Greens discussion paper blames corporate governance for sector’s most pressing problems

Rector Shalini Randeria wants displaced institution to broaden appeal at home in Vienna and for international student cohort

Discounts, chatbots, money-back guarantees are tricks in contract cheating websites’ promotional armoury

Refreshed guidelines allow universities to choose which academics face scrutiny of their overseas affiliations

Office for Students examining whether university met obligations on academic freedom and free speech, following criticism by minister

Staff at 58 universities set to walk out

Academia should look to business-linked Israeli universities as a model for change, according to energy boss Francesco Starace

President of Canadian institution admits mistake in moving quickly amid concern over sexual assaults on campus and nearby violence

Fearing for protester well-being, university’s president promises improvements in dormitory conditions to conclude uprising at prominent institution

Closing gap entirely will be ‘challenging’, says analyst behind annual list of Highly Cited Researchers

Economic and Social Research Council will look again at criteria that exclude PhD graduates from most modern UK universities from applying for postdoctoral funding

While mocked as a cast of falsely aggrieved outcasts, planned private upstart raises fear of fundamental new avenue of well-resourced partisan attack on academia

Pacific expert’s selection coincides with policy push to boost islander participation in higher education

AI analysis of online activity reveals ‘really nice’ sentiment and sophisticated understanding of government structures

Universities bill partnership as bringing ‘global programmes’ for students as well as joint research on worldwide challenges

After extended run of pandemic and political obstacles, Biden officials celebrate revival even as totals still lag pre-Covid highs

Green paper ‘asks the right questions’, including whether crown research institutes should collocate with universities

Linda Doyle on making history, meeting Macron and why Normal People doesn’t fully capture her university

Half of respondents to survey admit cheating overall, but only 21 per cent of students from Singapore own up

Maria Leptin says that if improving success rates means expanding the funder’s budget, voters could play an important role

‘Sense prevails’ as New South Wales declares that incoming students will be treated like locals

Visa requirements mean only limited numbers of students will be able to enter before Christmas

University and College Union general secretary says sector leaders who focused on turnout were ‘not listening to a consistent message that staff have been delivering to them’

London institution’s president received highest basic salary across English sector in 2019-20, says regulator

New Office for Students strategy also promises action on free speech, sexual harassment and ‘levelling up’

Refugee academics claim they face steep accommodation fees and scant relief from institutions

UK Engagement Survey finds less than two-thirds of undergraduates feel universities ensured quality of academic experience during Covid-19

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

Tributes paid to a performer of ‘steadfast dedication’ who pioneered a new style of opera production at Rice University

Universities face ‘reckoning’ on societal relevance akin to last major transformation after Second World War, says Harvard professor on Unesco commission

Sports corruption investigator on feeling sorry for drugs cheat Marion Jones, ‘barely graduating high school’ and how sport might clean up its act