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Applications now down 1.6 per cent year-on-year, with bigger drop among international applicants

Postgraduates with children ‘fall between the cracks’ as ineligibility for government support ‘disincentivises’ study, report warns

Search for new leaders at OfS and UKRI offers chance for new government to break from the past in its approach to universities and research

New technology that allows AI avatars to deliver lectures could be used to ‘democratise’ access to higher education, says professor

Goldsmiths creative writing lecturer talks about the difficulties of revisiting his psychological breakdown for his acclaimed memoir The Bullet

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

References to equality, diversity and inclusion all rising sharply, according to Open Syllabus database

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University find that giving students more control increases the time they spend studying and improves their performance in tasks

Cambridge study finds long-lasting benefits to mindfulness sessions, but these did not extend to improved academic performance

Prime minister promises to investigate ‘murders’ after student protests against government hiring practices turn deadly

Ministers to create new skills body for England and expand apprenticeship levy

English universities can expect ‘new chapter’ after facing ‘destructive behaviour’ under previous government, former Labour business minister says

Government employees with qualifications from a private college in Rajasthan face scrutiny after allegations of fake degree ploy emerge

Extra financial assistance would support wider unseen benefits of university-led research, says science advocacy group

University says donation was meant to have been made personally by Ravi Gill, owner of the operating company

While Australia says it wants universities ‘going to the world’, its policies are making it harder

‘There’s an assumption that if you pay for something, it is going to be better quality than if it’s free,’ says librarian involved in Hong Kong collaboration

Hefty pay packages and patchy record on declaring financial data should prompt tougher scrutiny of for-profit sector, says critic

Students at National Taiwan University subjected to further harm after reporting misconduct, according to investigators

Five years after arrest in Trump crackdown, Chinese-born Franklin Feng Tao gets vindication – and wants his job back

Industrial action turnout threshold set for axe, minimum service levels going nowhere, but new rules on zero-hours contracts on the way

International students not being offered a back door to prestigious institutions, review finds, but issues with progression and different conditions flagged

Some universities are in the final stages of agreeing branch campus plans while others are treading more cautiously

Report by Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes examines the earnings and employment status of more than 1 million individuals

Survey finds widening gap between hopes and expectations of students from richest and poorest backgrounds

Fresh five-day walkout announced as 97 staff members face redundancy 

Programme details released as Adelaide’s universities enter final stage of merger

Head of prominent public historically black institution troubled by programme performance and commencement slot for hemp farmer turned donor

Blanket rules preventing master’s students from bringing family with them said to be harming UK’s world-leading specialist institutions

Microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles, who was harassed over pandemic commentaries, fears New Zealand’s universities still too slow to protect staff

Rising number of applicants from abroad secure visas but don’t show up at campuses

‘Low-hanging fruit’ has been picked, says expert, leaving institutions needing to make ‘step change’ investments at time of financial crisis

University of Arkansas’ decades-old gift traced to raft of disputed research now playing key political role

Tom Jackson resigns at Cal Poly Humboldt after ordering police raid on student demonstrators, amid nationwide pushback against hardline responses

Institutions hope to show worth to new government by training more doctors and teachers, but say they need policy commitments in return

The pioneering French physicist explains why she still lectures and how she kept her Nobel prize news under wraps at the lectern

With students studying in England no longer quizzed on their overall satisfaction, THE crunches the numbers to calculate which UK university has the most satisfied students

Former city MP suggests Nuclear AMRC should be removed from university control as job cuts loom

UCLA lecturer says ban necessary due to fears that those discussing contentious issues may face repercussions

Body found in river after gathering of a fraternity and a sorority that both had histories of alcohol-related violations

Departing Manchester vice-chancellor discusses sector finances, pay gaps and letting go after 14 years

Heavy hitters joining key higher education ministries raises hopes that new government can get to grips with issues quickly

University and College Union and Unison want improvement on 2.5 per cent minimum rise

Mariyah Ali, a Muslim undergraduate student, argued that ending the protest would infringe her rights under the Equality Act

Top-ranked institution extends parental leave while also pledging action on fixed-term contracts, housing shortages and visa costs

Students show rising levels of satisfaction with courses at UK universities

Far-off trial date leaves uncertainty hanging over claimants and universities as new legal ruling issued

Experts can see that years of academic work and psychological preparation helped the football team in their recent victory over Switzerland, and could prove key against the Netherlands

Landmark partnership between two leading colleges will see students able to obtain arts degrees under umbrella body

Institutions put renewed hope in international collaboration after voters reject Marine Le Pen’s National Rally

Collection of essays honouring Lord Kerslake calls for redrawing of incentives to support universities’ work in their local communities, including possible levy on international students’ fees

Conservative peer steps down following long-running criticism of his political affiliation

University leaders U-turn on controversial decision to fire professor that sparked academic freedom row

Academics tell Elsevier that they recognise the potential of generative AI but want to see their concerns addressed

European Molecular Biology Laboratory boss will lead the Crick from next summer as Nobel laureate director steps back

Ivy League campus, however, keeps in place the dean who also participated, boosting concerns about its sincerity amid sustained political threat

Republican nominee promises to end department in second term, though experts see underlying details as the more threatening aspects

Planetary warming shown to attract very few of the subject’s scholarly articles, conference sessions and course listings

Latest gift brings tycoon’s total gifts to alma mater to about $4.6 billion

Former education secretary returns to old brief, while ex-science minister steps up following Donelan’s defeat