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Outflow of cash prompts calls for change in nation with world’s second-biggest English-speaking population

Ending automatic inflationary increases in benefits should keep contributions below 30 per cent of salary, says joint statement

Australia, Canada and US confirmed as potential exchange destinations, alongside key European sectors

Course cut critics castigate Australian institution for using data selectively, as sociologists elsewhere watch on nervously

Union members overwhelmingly back action even as number of compulsory redundancies slashed to two

Amid silence from universities and protests from Democrats, Biden prosecutors seek new trial for Anming Hu

Takeover will preserve ‘rich heritage’ of trade union college, say leaders

With ‘storytelling’ CVs becoming crucial in hiring and funding decisions, Jack Grove explores how academics can craft compelling research statements

Westminster reforms would force leading providers out of sector, representative body warns

Investment in education services provider IDP set to pay multimillion-dollar dividends as students use its language tests to head to Canada and UK

Wrangling between DfE and Treasury over direction of policy appears to be main roadblock

University insists historian Garrett Felber was let go for failing to communicate effectively with department chair

Representative groups put preparatory work in place as latest infections undermine plans to reboot arrivals

New MillionPlus chief executive says blinkered focus on graduate employment data could make life ‘very difficult’ for modern institutions

Policy revamp aims to tackle gender inequality

Comparison websites on the way as admissions centres reinvent their services amid emerging needs and demographic change

Ministers to encourage, not compel, inoculation ahead of return to halls and lectures

Smaller campuses and providers in London bear brunt of latest reforms

Redrawn hukou rules indicate changing attitudes towards talent but could reinforce urban-rural divide, experts say

While humanity’s coexistence with nature is not always harmonious, Cosmos Prize winner says it can be hard to pick the aggressor

Kristian Helin, incoming head of the Institute of Cancer Research, reflects on lessons learned from pandemic

State media defend China’s call to remove two speakers from summit

Departing Australian human rights commissioner expects v-cs to be among the students of his new AI ethics initiative

English sector leaders fear cuts to London weighting and arts funding could be compounded by fee cut

Former DfE adviser insists proposal is not a return to the days of polytechnics

Sutton Trust survey of school-leavers reveals widespread anxiety about impact of Covid-19 pandemic on university admissions

Overall funding decisions more than double to almost 40,000 thanks to Covid-related grants

Discussion document seeks feedback on vision of international education Utopia

Those who can afford it get top degrees both at home and abroad, report shows

International learners increasingly confident about starting their course as planned, according to survey

Academics are ‘groping along blindly’ in a fierce debate over whether certain phrases or subjects are still legal

Saudi Arabia dominates top of new regional table, while Egypt is most-represented nation overall

Traditional worries like cost and job prospects trump would-be international students’ safety and travel concerns, survey finds

Australian academic administrator and former engineering executive returns amid policy focus on commercialising research

Ex-pollster who leads Policy Institute at King’s sees public support for universities enduring despite culture wars angst

Campaigners at Boğaziçi University say their victory could inspire others – but also fear a harsher crackdown under a new appointee

Formalised defence R&D ties could recoup one-quarter of the research funds lost from Australia’s ailing international education industry

UCU says government should ‘sensitively encourage’ inoculation after reports of prime minister ‘raging’ over low uptake

‘Don’t always stick with what you have,’ says science minister Amanda Solloway, as new innovation strategy points to US and German models

New study raises questions over validity of single studies and suggests detailed tracking of researchers’ decisions during analysis

Veterinary schools lead campaign protesting regulatory obstacles applied to an array of food-related genomic research

Federal benefit is too big, and former soldiers often choose low-quality institutions, new analysis argues

New book puts ‘deep learning’, meaningful relationships and even spirituality at the heart of proposed new discipline

Ex-research council boss Douglas Kell says sector body should take action over unsolicited emails that consume academics’ time

Survey on Indian government initiative to open up to foreign offshoots finds concern about hurdles from overseas institutions

New dean at top Canadian school hopes outside perspective can resolve months of protest over behaviours and curriculum

Hepi survey also shows that only 51 per cent of students felt safe the first time they had sex at university

Sydney academic orchestrated campaign after striking resistance to course closure

Minister bills new strategy as helping UK to keep pace with ‘global innovation race’

Wolfson History Prize winner explains how Toussaint Louverture was a ‘spiritual ancestor’ of Black Lives Matter

Agencies charge between $600 and $1,500 to complete an entire module, including assessments

Tributes paid to authority on the American Dream who ‘confounded the supposed dichotomy between the academy and activism’

Commission considers suggestion that ‘fire drill’ exercises could help prepare for environmental, health or economic disasters

Sister-in-law of Azerbaijan’s autocratic president sits on board of centre set up to study country after brokering a £10 million donation

In first federal court test, Indiana University can keep mandate with exemptions for its on-campus students

Controversy over honorary degree granted by Edith Cowan University highlights the risks of awarding so many

Economist’s ordeal highlights the risks of lone advisory roles in unstable countries

Easing of pandemic a moment for many campus presidents to take a break and others to be pushed out

Notwithstanding their generosity in 2020, most university leaders will be back to seven-figure earnings as the crisis really bites

Bosses of private institutions that collect millions of pounds from student loans have received generous share and dividend awards