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But unlike in the spring, not all countries are taking a blanket approach, and there are louder concerns about the mental impact on students

Trump move welcomed as regulatory relief, but some onlookers expressed fears over effects on students

Australian universities are matching staffing levels to workload, Department of Education, Skills and Employment tells senators

Fiery Senate estimates session probes funding councils’ 'natural justice' obligations when researchers are impugned

Academics are well aware that jetting off to international conferences damages the climate, but for some, there is a much bigger source of emissions

Health and exercise needs overlooked as work demands and self-expectations leave time for little else

Award reflects trend towards huge international research teams

White House coronavirus adviser focuses on antivirals rather than vaccine at University of Melbourne forum

‘Real action’ will come when the government changes the regulator’s standards, policy expert says

Organisers refused to engage with the problem, or offered a series of stock excuses, say campaigners

Appointment continues a flourishing trend of university leaders hopping between UK and Australia

Some universities acknowledge ‘errors’ totalling millions of dollars but deny deliberate ‘wage theft’

Championed by one of the frontrunners to replace Angela Merkel, a new law could bring tuition fees, a focus on industry and greater institutional inequality

Scant feedback raises transparency concerns over Australian regulator’s compliance activities

Universities ‘optimistic’ about pandemic philanthropy, as deeper pockets compensate for decline in donor numbers

Australian survey finds little change in morale, workload or fatigue, but next year’s results could tell a different story

An Australian university history brimming with modern-day parallels shows how collectivism helped forge the sector

Multi-source analysis of global open-access practices throws up surprises, with Europe and the US lagging behind

‘Exact’ replication a pipe dream, combatants say, amid claims and counter claims about reef science

Students eager for campus life offer ‘no pushback’ to strict Covid measures being implemented by most universities, including keeping lunchtime conversation ‘to a minimum’

Veteran administrator calls for Excellence in Research for Australia workload and frequency to be slashed

STEM-focused university warns that looming fee and subsidy changes may sharpen pandemic’s bite

Legislative amendment sets out punishments for stealing or assisting stealing of someone else’s identity in university entrance exams

New ARC funding arrangements will also redirect more money to applied research

Higher education well down the priority pecking order as resounding Labour win pushes policy into the centre

Sydney PhD graduate reflects on how his surprise disability gave rise to an academic career and better prospects for fellow sufferers

Survey from Spain suggests that as schools closed, women were less able to catch up on work and dramatically dropped hours spent on article writing and submitting

Institutions have long framed gender inequality as a problem with women, and have been ‘strangely silent’ about masculinity in academia, professor argues

Colleagues remain baffled at security bureau’s exclusion of Australian literature expert

Be more candid about the nature of your foreign collaborations and think about your own moral responsibilities, Australian parliamentarians warn universities

Andrew Noble says students should study locally at undergraduate level and then travel to Britain for postgraduate courses

V-c says university’s in-house ‘assurance and enhancement’ led to identification and resolution of international flaws

Institutions have begun cancelling diversity, equity and inclusion programmes in response to an executive order, but critics say it amounts to censorship

Wellington to allow overseas learners back earlier than expected, but only a select few will qualify

Vice-chancellor faces fresh charges of acting outside authority after old allegations deemed not ‘material’

Despite a favourable ruling from the EU’s top court, the Central European University, pushed out of Hungary, will remain in Vienna

At least start processing visas, foreign students beg, as treasury defers hopes of students’ return

Observers say the country’s universities are led by loyalists, and have long supported president by expelling opposition students and teaching pro-government ideology courses

Academics also cite immigration policies and ‘dwindling’ funding as reasons why position in country is no longer ‘holy grail’

Number crunching based on new research classifications helps pinpoint strengths and failings

Parliaments routinely seek scientific advice, but a Dutch pilot goes one step further, asking academics to directly critique what the government is proposing

Government should ‘pump in’ more resources for online infrastructure to address inequality, expert says

Humanities scholars play a crucial role in communicating with the public during Covid

Experts lament ‘death by a thousand cuts’ amid fears Covid redundancy schemes could finish off pared back programmes

Despite numerous announcements by the University of British Columbia, indigenous leaders see big talk from a big institution, but no clearer answers on finding balance

LSHTM director thinks communications failures explain why US and UK trail Vietnam and Senegal on pandemic responses 

Reform package hinges on two independent votes, after cross-party committee offered unconvincing endorsement

Australian university to proceed with disputed staff cuts but introduce element of choice

Number of campus-related infections, which was calculated using mobile phone records, has been estimated by researchers at 3,200 per day

The country would not cancel the visas of Chinese academics without good reason, says banned Australian academic Clive Hamilton

University president says C$250 million donation is ‘a tremendous shot in the arm’ and shows that donors are still willing to give during the pandemic

Jean-Eric Paquet warns that on open data, research collaboration and academic mobility, EU-China links are not always reciprocal

‘Top down’ antipathy feeds broader experience of discrimination, student representatives warn

NSW minister predicts early resumption of student flows, as states and territories develop plans for flights and quarantine

Despite challenging bilateral ties, former Australian foreign ministers say enrolments may prove resilient

Covid-19 has elevated the already considerable cyber risks universities face from without and within, Australian consultants warn

Land swap paves way for new high-rise campus, as sprawl gives way to borderless city vibe

Experts say move against extending free tuition beyond freshers reflects underlying flaws in reform

But far-right voters view the failure to reproduce results as reason not to trust science as a whole, unique survey data from Germany show