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Long-running inquiry accused of ‘lack of transparency as to who and what is being investigated’

Organisers claim Irish government has ‘failed’ to address endowment requests

Regulator heavily criticised for pausing much of its work to focus on finances announces ‘staggered’ restart in applications

New research links anti-pluralist leaders with declining academic freedom, warning of ‘dire consequences’ for academia

UK’s research-intensive universities urge increase in value of Higher Education Innovation Fund and creation of new ‘Spark fund’

Staff and politicians fear ‘nothing is safe’ at Scottish university looking to cut more than 600 jobs

New tertiary regulator outlines wider vision in strategic plan as it seeks to get to grips with scale of cuts across sector

Proposal follows change in law to allow establishment of foreign university outposts in Mediterranean country

Teqsa’s request for extra clout to tackle ‘systemic’ governance failures deemed too much by some, too little and late by others

ScienceDirect innovation allows academics to interrogate articles and compare experiments

Government drive to boost research commercialisation struggles to get off the ground at public universities

Sector haul neared £800 million last year but close to half of that went to just two universities

Improved grant success in UK regions reverses funding dominance of London and broader south-east, although disparities remain, says study

Rise of robot-written summaries should push publishers to articulate value and impact of research more clearly, argues Oxford University Press director

Largest cuts yet in UK higher education’s year of redundancies accompanied by promise of external investigation into ‘what went wrong’

Student recruitment company warns reintroduction of travel bans would damage perception of US as ‘welcoming’ country

Australian east coast campuses emerge from lockdown after wayward storm pulled its punches

Regulator ‘looking forward to getting on with it’ after key interventions delayed by political wrangling

Passing five-figure milestone would only involve a small monetary rise but could it change the psychology of the debate around higher education?

Recording gender identity but not sex perpetuates historical exclusion of women from research, paper argues

Researchers could struggle to find alternative employment if their previous employers have REF submission rights on their work to date, English scholars warn

Education minister concedes to doctors’ demands after year-long feud

News editor steps up following appointment of John Gill as company chief executive

Professor claims harassment has become ‘entrenched and normalised’ in some departments

Lack of campus visits by Patrick Vallance does not reflect his extensive communication with higher education sector, says science department

Figures suggest demand may have risen after Donald Trump’s election in November

Provincial government also removes academics from expedited immigration process, raising fears over recruitment

Communing with long-term residents is vital to overseas learners’ well-being but can leave them feeling more isolated than ever

Ecologist to take over from Sally Mapstone in aftermath of key government spending review

Leader of Welsh institution, already under pressure over massive job cuts, claims words were ‘grossly misinterpreted’

Inflation-busting rise demanded despite thousands of job cuts across sector, and as University and College Union’s own staff vote to strike again

Yale University joins several other leading research institutions in pausing hiring or spending

New chair with long history in higher education welcomed by universities but Office for Students told it still has work to do to address long-running grievances