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Comedian and radio presenter embarks on a 100-bookshop tour to make ‘scientific curiosity’ accessible to everyone

International students ‘look at Australia as one nation’, state-based education advocates stress

Australian universities make strong progress in both subjects, while Californian institutions are on the rise in computer science

Both Princeton University and Max Planck win two Nobels in two days after David MacMillan and Benjamin List scoop chemistry prize

Northern rivals have stolen a march on sectors Down Under, whose recovery could be a long time coming

Legal minefields or unpalatable impositions in some countries, immunisation mandates prove surprisingly achievable in others

Marathon legal battle by Italy’s lettori for equal rights may soon end after European Commission’s intervention

Australian surveys reveal primacy of vaccines for both inbound and outbound students

Amendment to skills bill would criminalise providing, arranging or advertising cheating services

Extra ‘star’ scientists flock to prize-winning topics in five to 10 years after award, study suggests

Michelle Donelan tells Tory conference fringe event that lifelong loans offer universities chance to open to ‘swathe’ of new kinds of students

Political conciliator finds moment of medical success against Covid a good time to let Biden find successor

Climate change pioneers Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann take share of prize with Sapienza scientist Georgio Parisi

Move offers alternative to testing centres used by thousands of international students to enter Western universities

But employment rates for bachelor’s graduates ‘stabilise’ despite pandemic

From party faithful imposed as leaders to scholars sent into ‘civilian death’, institutions face a range of grave threats, argues editor of new collection

Just a handful of applicants for national project tackling issue

Katie Normington aims to rebuild trust with staff after ‘confidence shaken’ by governance failings under former leader Dominic Shellard

Conservative fringe event hears civic leaders offer positive account of universities’ economic role

Rachel Wolf says academia’s career incentives should shift away from ‘obscure parts of the globe’ in vision for universities to help level up

Chancellor says investment in new technology could revolutionise economy in same way as steam engine or internet

Californian duo David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian win prize for discoveries on how heat and touch are experienced

EUA report imagining scenarios for 2030 also paints picture of higher education being squeezed by markets and authoritarianism   

Loss of vital expertise piles more pressure and workloads on those left behind, including academics

Black students expected to be disproportionately hurt by local refusals to accept federal aid, analyses conclude

Lifelong Education Commission says ministers should explore how to ‘stack’ microcredentials and drop ELQ rule

Institutional leaders ‘don’t listen’, leaving line managers to provide little more than ‘palliative care’

Sociologist criticised by MPs says that he plans to appeal against termination

Final two staff members facing axe allowed to leave on more generous terms following long-running industrial action and international boycott

Beverley Gage leaves Brady-Johnson programme after president insists $250 million funder can pick its advisory board members

Prospect of international student arrivals boosted by Sinovac approval and reopening of borders to Australian travellers

Labour shadow minister accuses Eton and Winchester-schooled ministers of ‘culture wars’ approach of cutting HE entry

Research keeps affirming benefits of ‘active learning’ styles but faculty resistance persists, experts find

Portuguese use in particular has seen relative decline as Brazil-based authors seek collaboration outside region 

Ahead of spending review, research universities group argues new fund would help level up UK regions by creating spin-offs

Investment of £2.25 million seeks to stem decline in applications

Former universities minister attacks current government thinking and says it should be expanding, not limiting, participation

Up to 40 per cent of wage benefit from degrees could be down to universities being a signal of prior attainment, says report 

Research England makes one-off awards for government priorities but no uplift for recurrent research funding

Tributes paid to an expert on Renaissance literature notable for his ‘amusing, forthright and sometimes exasperated views’

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

George Freeman must urgently strike alliances across Whitehall to preserve UK government’s ‘once in a generation’ research pledge, say experts

The winner of this year’s Leverhulme Medal discusses what it means to be a feminist historian and how contemporary politics, and a surprising find in Jamaica, changed her research

MPs tell Australian government to consult more on onerous aspects of its ‘critical infrastructure’ power push

Standard university solicitations raised some concern in arresting parents over admissions bribes

While right-leaning scholars are most likely to feel silenced in the West, in the developing world, left-wingers are more likely to self-censor

Note-sharing platform accused of cashing in on students uploading teaching materials

Universities UK submission to upcoming spending review urges Westminster government to support change of provision

Official censure comes amid claims that pioneering institution is only ‘a Chinese college that bears Nottingham’s name’

Shadow minister Stephen Kinnock sets out vision for party to reconnect with voters beyond ‘cities and university towns’

Australian universities’ 2020 financial fortunes were little influenced by their dependence on overseas students

Minister won’t say ‘openly’ they want participation cut, while lowering loan threshold will hit social mobility, warns Labour shadow minister

Australian researchers’ funding hopes hinge not on whether rule was wrong, but on whether wrong rule was applied correctly

Some British scholars are following in their European peers’ footsteps in a bid to improve their research opportunities overseas

Prestigious Sage robotics title pulls papers over concerns its peer review was ‘subverted’ by China-based academics

Female researchers who socialise less with male colleagues less likely to feel supported in the workplace

Reform of student financing expected as part of comprehensive spending review next month

Mood among academics, students and administrators swinging behind compulsory jabs

University ‘keen to engage’ staff and students on ‘merger’, while sidestepping inconsistencies in proposal

Suffolk is the first institution to roll out immersive modules across undergraduate curriculum, and others may follow