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The recently departed prime minister was widely welcomed by researchers as something of a knight in shining armour after Stephen Harper’s ‘anti-science’ administration. But his international student caps have made him look more like a horseman of the apocalypse to many observers. Patrick Jack reports

White House directive to pause external communications causes chaos at America’s main science funder

ApplyBoard report projects that permit issuance is on track to fall beyond Trudeau government’s target

Previously reported figures suggesting fall in recruitment were recently revealed to be erroneous

Institutions themselves may have escaped major damage but hundreds of staff and students have been displaced in most destructive fires in California history

US university harnesses training hospitals to test and evaluate AI-driven public health solutions 

The new administration will marginalise or even prohibit the kind of inclusive, challenging, non-traditional syllabus I taught, fears Glyn Robbins

Mixed results of final few weeks in White House likely emblematic of Democrat’s presidency, scholars say

Combining subjects with computer science seen as way of increasing the attractiveness of courses not linked to jobs

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center says it ‘deeply regrets’ methodological blunder

Debates centring around H-1B worker visa and OPT programme for international graduates could have significant impact on overseas enrolment

University of Southern California says it will start semester as planned