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University governance bodies an ‘outlier’ in Australia, with sectoral experience an oddity

Handling multiple complaints against same alleged perpetrator separately often means pattern of behaviour is harder to spot, academics say

University says ambassador’s event ran for scheduled duration

Survey by European University Association finds gap between institutions’ commitment to innovation and their capacity to carry it out

In first policy conference since Covid and Floyd, state higher education leaders told they may be harming racial progress more than aiding it

Experts say exhaustion and worry over disruption to students hit appetite for industrial action but shouldn’t mask the unhappiness across sector

UK scientists may increasingly want to take the £7 billion for research offered by Treasury rather than wait for EU wrangling to finish, say research experts

OfS releases latest figures on universities adopting definition following ministerial pressure

As Australian policy focus pivots from international education to research commercialisation, ‘it’s the right time for us to shine’, says new head Andrew Parfitt

Minister to speak as major English reforms awaited, alongside sector leaders and solutions-focused workshops

In-house appointment breaks with trend of selecting leaders from outside the country, or outside academia

Ninety per cent federal funding cut will leave research projects unfinished and cause massive brain drain, experts warn

Suggestions of significant ministerial plan to ‘improve higher education’ this month bring warning not to harm universities’ levelling-up work

Chief executive’s departure may help new chair to reshape English sector regulator

Paper also suggests higher performers in business schools received lower salary bump if climbing the departmental ladder

Institutional affiliation counts for little in determining students’ future earnings, analysis suggests

Deteriorating political climate causing self-censorship, conference hears

The problem – amid a general mood of satisfaction – may trace to unrealistic expectations, American Academy of Arts and Sciences says

Donna Heinel likely facing three years in prison after using role to serve as main conduit at university with most bribery cases

Funding preschool instead has compelling rationale, but US should extend both ends of compulsory education, say experts

UK universities could easily cope without Elsevier access for lengthy period, says Berkeley librarian who led system through two-year cut-off

Funding changes will help generate ‘intellectual infrastructure’, but universities harbour reservations

‘Families who have more resources will find ways to go around the policy,’ says scholar

Job prospects and Covid-19 among biggest issues for young people, wide-ranging study finds

Combined with results of pensions ballot, union has mandate for walkouts at less than four in 10 institutions polled

Australian analysis also finds that women now tend to out-earn men immediately after finishing university

After banning professors from testifying against the state in politically charged cases, flagship university can’t escape probes and fears of lasting harm

Philanthropist outlines details of five-year investment but says government spending cuts will demand ‘ruthless’ funding decisions

Scholarships can be important, but the risk of brain drain must be borne in mind, say experts 

Barely half of campuses pass 50 per cent voting threshold required for walkouts to go ahead

UUKi conference told that it is wrong to think that Western courses and models can be easily replicated abroad

Open letter from groups representing more than 1,000 universities calls for association to be completed ‘as soon as possible’ 

University says certification is a UK first, but has not counted emissions linked to travel

Online profile seen simplistically ‘as a proxy for being a publicly engaged academic’, warn researchers

Wave of reported injection assaults in nightclubs and bars raises questions over level of responsibility that lies with institutions

Leadership should be about empathy and compassion, sector leaders say

Universities known for their focus on technology are improving in the arts and humanities

Fifty-two minutes that changed the world underpinned by 30 years of basic research

Legacy admissions prove durable in US sector despite Amherst’s decision to scrap advantages

More than a third of postgraduate researchers not satisfied with well-being help, says Advance HE survey

Universities welcome coming announcement but student advocate warns of damage done by restrictions

Students flying in from Singapore won’t need to isolate, as long as they’re from Singapore

Researchers blast higher education system for valuing metrics and loyalty to higher-ups over intellectual rigour

Journals that are part of Cambridge University Press’ Research Directions ‘will better reflect the research lifecycle’ and interdisciplinary research

UK institutions gaining from Australia’s strict Covid-19 border controls, experts say

Graphic novel poses some searching questions about how we interpret the often banal objects that get dug up

State becomes first jurisdiction to step back from its pilot scheme, after being first to get one approved

Report for MPs shows poorer students make decisions based on living costs and are more likely to live locally

Physics’ royal society aims to be more relevant than ever with focus on skills, education and business

With their home economies bouncing back and students keen to travel, countries face vaccination validation as next obstacle

But study challenges idea that papers by colleagues of editors are of a lower quality

Funding guarantee ‘cost government nothing’ and funding reforms ‘delivered no extra students’, Senate estimates committee hears

Months of talks among congressional Democrats shifts community college focus to preschool ages and aids minority campuses and immigrants

After years of crackdown on Chinese-born scholars, US universities in danger of losing critical base of students and workers, University of Arizona-led survey finds

Report on breakthrough technology in cyber-agriculture withdrawn over accuracy and replicability as former researcher sues MIT

‘Parallel universes’ promise more pain for international education, even as Covid finish line beckons

Publishing giant’s offer fails to meet goals of reducing costs and supporting rapid switch to open access, says sector

Two-thirds of eligible college students voted, with Trump-era motivations seen to be generating new political power for campus voices

THE Climate Impact Forum hears issue may still be seen as ‘middle-class problem’ in poorer nations

Higher education minister says circumstances of philosopher’s departure ‘absolutely appalling’