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Judge tells university to pay damages but rules there was no breach of Siouxsie Wiles’ academic freedom

Increased discrimination may be hangover from pandemic, say researchers behind International Student Barometer

When too many students fail to graduate, small investments can make a world of difference, says commission

Scholars see opportunities to influence Labour’s thinking on universities and beyond as power of thinktanks wanes

Former Labour home secretary expected to be handed responsibility for higher education and skills

Experts left underwhelmed by appointment of Nobuhle Nkabane and warn of significant challenges ahead

La Trobe moniker celebrates a genocidal past, staff and students say

Covid-era chief scientific adviser backed party’s Great British Energy plan during the election campaign

More than half of newly elected UK MPs attended Russell Group universities, up marginally from the previous election

New education and science secretaries confirmed during Sir Keir Starmer’s first day in office

While turnout fell in seats where large numbers of students live during term time, Labour was able to weather this, and may have benefited from their votes back at home

Party regains power in the UK after 14 years on the back of campaign promises to ‘secure the future’ of the sector

Annual Transparent Approach to Costing data shows returns on international students fell again last year

Departments to move out of Grade I-listed King’s Manor by September 2025

Big business and states join universities in opposing proposed limits

British universities look set to follow their Australian counterparts in expanding into India

Head of UK’s biggest PhD school says promoting impact in doctoral studies would make students more employable and research more visible

Proposal an improvement on current ‘blunt tools’ that undermine policy and facilitate exploitation, says Australian Labor MP and former international education boss

Exodus of experienced hands in midst of financial crisis leaves institutions seeking new generation of ‘risk-takers’

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

Hopes for Nusantara are high but it will take time to convince universities to invest there, say academics

Literary critic and cultural historian on utopian fiction, the patriarchy and the perils of budget cuts

Cost of living blamed as ‘placeholder’ applicants fail to enrol after results day

Staff would receive an initial £900 rise in August followed by second uplift in March under plan outlined by Ucea

Hacking group claims to have published stolen data online

Nobel laureate says discussing vapid AI answers can help students understand true scientific rigour

Policy expert Down Under says widespread higher education review has brought its benefits but universities should not expect an easy ride

US academics unwilling to share ‘socially costly’ views because they fear abuse, ostracisation and disciplinary action

Chemistry laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart claims University of Hong Kong leader is victim of ‘tall poppy syndrome’

Outcry after UCU motion claims landmark review into gender identity services for young people has ‘serious methodological flaws’

Universities haemorrhage money as students face months-long waits

Effect persists even after controlling for numerous variables, leaving researchers to puzzle over how brain and body are affected by large rooms

Slow easing of Covid border restrictions helped international education avoid purges elsewhere, figures suggest

Further €92 million needed to cover existing staff costs, Irish University Association tells government

Relaxed regulations will allow more universities to recruit researchers at different stages in their careers

One in eight students in the UK admits to taking drugs in the past year, with many claiming they want to reduce their drug use

All eyes are on Tohoku University and its grandiose future plans as excellence initiative gets under way, but critics question whether goals are achievable

Sector leaders say international students and researchers, funding and academic freedom at risk if National Rally wins power

Apparent elimination of longstanding regulatory process leaves higher education experts expecting more costs, complexities and confusions

University of Glasgow philosophers behind viral ‘ChatGPT is bullshit’ paper claim student AI use is linked to dubious techno optimism of billionaire Silicon Valley moguls

Extending embargoes and permitting more exceptions are likelier than a full U-turn, suggest academic publishing experts

Private equity firm that owns one of the UK’s few private universities seeking to make triple its initial investment in latest deal

Nobuhle Nkabane succeeds much-maligned Blade Nzimande, who will retain science brief

Generative AI is ‘a bit like teenage snogging – everyone’s doing it although no one really knows how’

‘Outrageous impost’ to fund domestic education initiatives is ‘robbing Ranjit to pay for Richard’

Platform must overcome cost and participation hurdles, but would benefit readers and researchers, experts say

After Trudeau administration imposed sharp cut in student visas, institutions are now watching other restrictions having a much stronger effect

Sector leaders say stopgap solution needed to ensure institutions remain viable, but extra funding is likely to come with strings attached

Asian superpower hopes recruiting more French students will help its position on the international stage

Political and fiscal realities are driving changes in the treatment of a ‘long overlooked’ community

With few private school alumni, plenty of postgraduates and a few PhDs, Keir Starmer’s potential government is very different from Rishi Sunak’s top team

Significant majority for Labour would open up opportunities to change university system over the next decade, UUK chief tells meeting of black leaders

Commission says the continent needs to boost its research spend to ensure ‘long-term competitiveness’

Lawmakers promise ‘robust conversation’ on future of top science agency, but accompanying limits on funding and research freedom raise suspicions about ultimate intention

Proposed commission would probe ‘massive surge’ in antisemitic incidents and ‘capitulation to extremists’

Nearly three-quarters of people want next government to take action to support a higher education institution at risk of closure

London Interdisciplinary School has geared its courses around tackling real-world challenges, but some students seem reluctant to step outside the traditional higher education sector

Increasingly bitter dispute focuses on claims of racism and broken industrial relations inside UK higher education union

With more countries keen to capitalise on the lucrative industry, policymakers and companies are leaning on universities to address talent deficits

ChatGPT scores half a grade higher than psychology undergraduates in experiment at University of Reading