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Preventing publication of two major taxpayer-funded studies into bullying and homelessness is wrong, say academics left in limbo

Private providers make biggest payouts to departing principals

Analysis of Russell Group data says female researchers are more likely to stay at lower pay grades or to leave the sector

Government’s proposal will intensify the problem it is supposed to solve while ‘wreaking havoc’ on universities’ finances, universities say

Viacheslav Morozov, former professor at the University of Tartu, convicted of ‘activities in the interests of a foreign security service’

State secretary Sabine Döring dismissed after German Education Ministry investigated potential funding cut for academics supporting student protesters

British Academy urges Research Excellence Framework leaders to pause open access plans as sector bodies highlight ‘crushing costs’

Michigan and CUNY accept Biden findings to complaints about campus demonstrations, which identifies student victims on both sides

Varying degrees of autonomy among constituent institutions has resulted in discontent, insiders say

Research suggests women particularly benefit from schemes that guarantee admission to highest-achieving school leavers

Sir Keir Starmer’s party receives overwhelming backing in THE poll, despite concerns its vision for the sector lacks detail

After decade-long suspension due to perceived overuse, federal budget set-asides by individual lawmakers again disproportionately bolstering academia and its science

Conduct review relies on footage taken inside the classroom without academic’s knowledge

Nigel Farage’s party says ‘too many courses are simply not good enough’ as it outlines pledges for general election

Editors and production staff say final offer is insufficient given recent inflation rises and publisher’s profits

Report says higher education institutions should do more to foster ‘lifelong active citizens’

Senegal’s oldest university is bringing together medical doctors and traditional healers to find potential areas of agreement, its vice-chancellor explains

Proposed visa caps, soaring rejection rates and ‘anti-China’ perceptions scaring off country’s most valuable student cohort

‘It’s not a machine for cheating; it’s a machine for producing crap,’ says one professor infuriated by rise of bland scripts

Rate of women appearing on patent applications was as low as 17 per cent in Japan and South Africa, and just 20 per cent in Germany and Egypt

Quality regulation poses the biggest challenge as Bangladesh moves to expand PhD courses to private universities

List includes knighthoods for historian Niall Ferguson and climate scientist Jim Skea

The science is ‘just physics’ and the human chemistry matters more, says academic behind a sustainable development programme that’s going global

If rich countries poach your nurses you should ‘build more nursing schools’, conference hears

Actor Steve Coogan faces legal action over the portrayal of a university registrar in his 2022 film

Top US research funding agency, while unsure about proposed change to mission statement, swings back at partisan attempts to limit an equity-focused agenda

Philadelphia city officials probe University of the Arts shutdown, in sign that policymakers might see the need to go beyond their habit of only protecting their publics

Academics attempt to move to public universities as private institutions hardest hit by declining enrolment

While centre-right majority may offer stability in Brussels, snap poll called by Emmanuel Macron offers fresh risk

With most of the major parties’ manifestos published, THE analyses key pledges of the campaign so far

The proportion of non-EU graduates of UK universities who said their current activity was not meaningful has doubled in recent years

Most initiatives are well-meaning but ‘short-term, scattered, uncoordinated and incoherent’

Party’s manifesto ducks detail in addressing sector funding crisis as it outlines larger role for institutions in skills training

Former health secretary of Mexico to be flagship campus’ first Latino leader

More UK undergraduates see courses as value for money in 2024, with international students driving much of the increase

Queen Mary and Birmingham go down legal route, as Swansea students claim victory, and Oxford protesters fear disciplinary reforms

Despite being closely aligned to outgoing regime, academics believe Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo may reject predecessor’s hostilities

The study also highlighted that researchers were cynical that the sector could improve the working conditions of people managing menstruation

Camille Galap, former interim administrator of the university, succeeds Estelle Iacona as leader

Strike dates organised to clash with briefings that general secretary had planned to outline her plans for her second term

Universities might be in the ‘sweet spot to redefine the future’, but they still need to work with government and business, says leader

If next government wants to raise fees, it will have to face up to the fact that this will be ‘phenomenally unpopular’, poll finds

A fixation on publishing in ‘academic comic books’ is subverting the values permeating business schools, conference hears

Progress in North America and Asia helps to push up number of institutions committing to withdraw funds from fossil fuel companies

Queen Mary says facility has been underused and is losing it hundreds of thousands of pounds a year

Australians are less convinced about the upsides of the educational relationship but also less concerned about the downsides, survey suggests

Haidt vehicle ostensibly began as bid by left-leaning professors to limit their own extremes, but conservative power is more visibly – and audibly – driving its growth

Island’s leader steps in as appointment of a new management team reignites row between vice-chancellor and council

Student organisations urge new coalition government to scrap €3,000 ‘late study fine’ in open letter

Commitments to spend more on research and proceed with lifelong learning entitlement also included in party’s general election manifesto

‘Excessively bureaucratic’ and ‘unaffordable’ rules on open access proposed for the next Research Excellence Framework should be discarded, say university executives

China offers reassurance after seemingly random attack

Share your views on parties and issues as UK goes to the polls

It may be a ‘hard case to make’, but admitting more refugee students is in low-income countries’ interests, conference hears

Stronger leadership, fresher thinking and better incentives needed to drive action on sustainability, says Auckland vice-chancellor

As climate catastrophes gain steam, early warnings offer the ‘most effective’ safety shield, modellers say

As Russia prompts security fears, steering group advises greater collaboration between civilian and military research.

AI model released by students sparked controversy for similarities to one developed by scientists from Tsinghua University

British Academy report also expresses concern about fall in number of academic staff working in media studies

Head of Macau University of Science and Technology explains how strategic importance of region is growing as its economy matures