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Dame Ottoline Leyser¡¯s acceptance of ministerial demands is likely to anger scholars who claim Michelle Donelan¡¯s criticism undermines academic freedom

Study says tools informing students which courses they are suited for can lead them to apply for those they are overqualified for

Drawing on Web of Science citation index, Clarivate report shows fivefold acceleration in published research output from China between 2009 and 2021

Union members at UCL claim to have been the ¡®victim of a smear campaign¡¯ as higher education minister calls them Hamas¡¯ ¡®useful idiots¡¯

Increased persecution of scholars in Iran and Afghanistan led to more than 400 attacks being perpetrated against academia globally, says Scholars at Risk report

Research ¡®challenges the view that barriers to university education are driven by socio-economic disadvantage¡¯

Palestinian scholars in Israel facing threats of violence and calls for their removal describe atmosphere of persecution

As US institutions¡¯ enthusiasm for collaborating with counterparts in Qatar and UAE wanes, China offers funding and language support to increase its influence

Employers increasingly wary of harming diversity drives with arbitrary thresholds

Warning comes alongside call for significant improvements in healthcare education and training

Trudeau¡¯s immigration minister accuses institutions of ignoring costs to students from abroad and demands a recalibration

Science secretary¡¯s condemnation of ¡®extremist posts¡¯ by UKRI equality advisers has led to accusations of ministerial ¡®bullying¡¯ and censorship

New millennium has wrought ¡®transformational¡¯ change on Australian higher education, and much of it has been ¡®negative¡¯, seminar hears

UK and New Zealand¡¯s long-awaited association will spur on talks with Canada, South Korea and Japan, according to Signe Ratso

Hiring committees should ¡®measure the egotism of candidates¡¯ for vice-chancellor roles, say researchers who compared leaders¡¯ traits and institutional outcomes

Economic barriers and power outages harming sector¡¯s reputation, but some leaders say country is continuing to hold its own, despite problems

All agree cross-disciplinary collaboration is hard, but researchers favour material incentives while executives want cultural change, study finds

US domestic students achieve better GPAs when cohabiting with someone from overseas, but study finds no effect on international students themselves

Complete careers rethink needed to allow ¡®upshifts and downshifts¡¯ during the course of a working life, female leaders tell conference

Union and employer association welcome delay to resolve ¡®unintended consequences¡¯

Decade of poor progress means number of degree holders is barely above the sub-Saharan African average

Microcredentials designed by Google and IBM will add practical training in key roles to traditional academic offerings, says chief executive of edtech firm

Academic dies after displaying symptoms of disease he studied, with thousands of unauthorised samples reportedly unearthed at lab

Regulator says subcontracting of courses becoming bigger and bigger part of the sector but there are ¡®potential pockets of concern¡¯

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world¡¯s media

Smaller rooms, repurposed golf courses, refurbished government buildings among the suggestions to tackle the ¡®wicked problem¡¯ of accommodating students in Australia

Nation¡¯s campuses see overall undergraduate enrolment gain for first time since Covid, only to lose new four-year entrants

Experts say early indications show demand for higher education remains subdued, but many would have been ¡®fearing worse¡¯

With funding and productivity likely to dip as war takes priority, Israeli universities say preserving international links will be vital

A convincing veneer of academic integrity can help bring about the real thing, finds literature review

Average rents across UK up 14.6 per cent in just two years, study of 10 cities finds, with Bristol, Exeter and Nottingham most expensive

Lack of publicly available data on doctoral degree holders is allowing people to add fake credentials to their resum¨¦s, says research fraud expert

Health researcher on bridging the policy-academia divide and navigating global health politics

Academics welcome the move, but some are concerned over displacement of island¡¯s students from its top institutions

With students who entered high school during the pandemic starting to apply for places, admissions officers feel ill equipped to judge their readiness

Removing ¡®speed bumps¡¯ and abolishing the ¡®bamboo ceiling¡¯ would help to overcome Australia¡¯s ¡®self-inflicted brain drain¡¯, forum hears

Leading supplier of basic research funding says scientists complicate its accountability systems by routinely attributing publications to it

With 10th framework programme likely to live alongside plethora of sector-specific spending pots, EU countries must decide if it should do a bit of everything or go back to basics

With mobility severely limited and no connection or contact from Gaza colleagues, West Bank academics describe atmosphere of anguish

The artistic team behind the unsettling production explain why they wanted to explore the psychology of the country¡¯s biggest biomedical research scandal

Michael Eisen removed as editor-in-chief of eLife after sharing article from satirical news website

Commission led by former universities minister calls for ¡®internationalisation at home¡¯ to be a central part of the UK¡¯s next higher education strategy

Nearly nine in 10 survey respondents say their doctorates have negatively affected their mental health, with seven in 10 citing physical harm

Leaders argue that integrating operations will strengthen specialisms, but students give plans a frosty reception

Universities cancelling events and threatening disciplinary proceedings has left scholars of Middle East feeling silenced

Effort mirrors similar efforts in Canada and New Zealand, and attracts corresponding doubts about whether the pursuit promises meaningful value to research

Party stalls even on limited changes like stepped loan repayments, while deeper reform might only come ¡®in return for value-for-money case¡¯

After eight years under an increasingly hostile Law and Justice government, researchers are hoping for an about-turn on academic freedom and critical studies

Commentators predict renewed emphasis on international education and change of ¡®tone¡¯ around indigenous issues

Demographic decline and adoption of AI contributing toward nations¡¯ revamp of testing approaches, scholars say

Diplomats leave India as stand-off expands, limiting visa services and putting especially high risk on small rural campuses

Five-year long campaign to protect staff benefits wins union an offer worth up to ?200,000 for average USS member

Complaints from Jewish community prompt Liverpool Hope to pull plug on lecture that was set to be critical of the formation of the state of Israel

¡®No silver bullet¡¯ to solving women¡¯s higher job attrition rates, researcher warns

Ventilation issues have forced Sheffield to move away from offering students the chance to work on donor bodies. Can virtual reality replace a centuries-old tradition?

Regulatory agency warns students over 20 non-accredited institutions, amid soaring demand for higher education

Reform following explosive exit of Martyn Percy could mean non-clergy leading Christ Church for first time in its near 500-year history

After world¡¯s largest funder of medical research spends a year without a permanent head, US Senate gives Harvard oncologist a list of political pleas but no serious opposition

Committee also wants ¡®Team Australia¡¯ approach, bankrolled by a levy, to ¡®open doors¡¯ in Africa, Asia and Latin America

¡®Fail rule¡¯ iced and indigenous opportunities extended despite Senate battle