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Swinburne v-c lambasts sector for following English model, but Monash head puts international education on par with key resource exports

‘Generation lockdown’ wanting a break from the books blamed for steep decrease as high employment rate lures some away from study

After predecessor exits to become higher education minister, Estelle Iacona is tasked with completing integration of ambitious, elite amalgam

Difficulties defining who has indigenous heritage complicates efforts to stop some profiting from made-up affiliations

Only 17 per cent of those enrolled in UK’s largest higher education pension scheme reported positive relationship after changes to retirement benefits

Spate of new senior roles created as universities seek answers on addressing sustainability, diversity and social responsibility

Blanket policies restricting even the victims being told about the outcome of complaints should be scrapped, report finds

Prospect of huge payout grows as Biden administration backs student claim that elite campuses colluded to hold down financial aid

Fears that resources will be spread too thinly as ministries and research organisations back majority of possible priorities for the scheme

Disproportionate impact must be considered by universities when assessing performance of staff, study finds

Signatories will discuss how to make research assessment fairer and defuse ‘publish or perish’ culture

Unison joins UCU in balloting on industrial action over below-inflation pay rises

In-depth look at scheme’s finances confirms deficit has shrunk since last valuation but ‘volatile market’ means benefits cannot be improved, yet.

Sinorbis report suggests interest in the UK particularly strong in ‘long tail’ of cities beyond the big names

Flow of students in both directions likely to increase as undergraduate and postgraduate degrees recognised by institutions and employers

Decade-long study of scientists’ output and attitudes produces book on why structural tactics to tackle gender and race inequalities fail

Institutions can harness civic role and research capabilities to make significant interventions in addressing long-standing problem, report says

Doctoral training centre sorry for email suggesting doctoral students work in fields and sell cosmetics to make ends meet

Taxi drivers are a good source of inspiration on profound questions of alien life, intergalactic travel and deep space exploration, says British scientist

Formula-driven funding for those hardest hit by deadlock with EU and more fellowship money unveiled under ‘Plan B’ road map

The Harvard refugee education expert discusses teaching classes of 200 pupils, living in post-apartheid South Africa and why she is optimistic for the children she meets in migrant camps

Rapid erosion of value of £9,250 is ‘stretching unit of resource to breaking point’ and will require new legislation, says Jo Johnson

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

‘Unclear’ status of main UK science funder has led to slow decision-making, inefficiency and limited cross-disciplinary research, finds report

Independent quality body steps back from providing assessments for OfS due to non-compliance with European standards

Clash over officials’ salaries occurs against a backdrop of resentment over union leadership’s pandemic tactics

Successful replication efforts heavily tied to whether original research team allowed a role, finds study of contentious psychology field

Survey finds two-thirds of students go without ‘basics’ and renters pass 56 per cent of their meagre incomes to landlords

Administrators are noting who is signing petitions critical of government or speaking out publicly, lecturers say

Ilan Gur and Matt Clifford will lead UK’s new ‘high risk, high reward’ scientific research agency

Agents report surge in appetite, suggesting students have short memories

Long-term settlement for Francis Crick Institute announced by PM ‘maintains current levels of activity’

Institutions in the European countries face ‘contamination’ as governments group them with more regulated parts of the education system

Clearer separation between peer-reviewed and corporate work would help protect academic integrity, expert says

Decades or centuries needed if progress continues at its current pace, consultancy firm concludes

Safety concerns lead top research university to cancel lecture on sex and gender, drawing criticism from research minister

New cheating figures highlight need for new solutions as ‘under-pressure’ students find new ways to access banned websites

Empty podiums, low engagement from speakers and higher costs have led events large and small to rethink combining online and physical gatherings

Surprise insolvency has brought campus resignations and nationwide labour stress

Australian book weighs the ethics of evolving research techniques, including the downsides of drones and selfies with animals

Separate breaches in one week trigger concerns over lack of awareness in the sector

Further strikes now more likely as formal dispute process ends without resolution

CUHK centre in Shanghai seen as controversial by some, inevitable by others

While sector welcomes significant funding injection, future shape of national centre is clouded, as is much of its past efforts

The London School of Economics political theorist reflects on why her childhood memoir Free has been embraced by readers across the world

Number of students expected to start courses in UK higher education hits all-time high, after 44 per cent of all 18-year-olds applied

Companies built on university-based research twice as likely to succeed if they receive Innovate UK backing, study suggests

Research England unveils substantial uplifts for both quality-related research funding and knowledge exchange activities

Data from seven years’ worth of Horizon 2020 grants shows you ‘don't need to tell researchers what to do’, ERC president says

Impact of condition on academics poses several difficult challenges for higher education institutions

English universities can protect institutional autonomy from interventionist regulators by equipping boards with skills, says Hepi policy note

Rejections up, but data show universities ‘remain places where debate and the sharing of ideas can thrive’, says OfS

Wage disagreements with language institute and cleaning staff lead lecturers and students to express dismay about treatment of employees

Leading US public institution, six months after firing Schlissel over affair claims, gets top academic voice on equity from UBC

With SAT and ACT already losing acceptance because of inequities, GAO details cost-related struggle of students to gain needed accommodations

A third say cheating should be seen as only mildly wrong or not wrong at all

Proposals to cut places and dropout by a third aim to stem waste and attract talent from abroad

MP given downgraded brief after courting controversy with middle finger gesture

Pakistan, Nepal, Kenya, Ghana and three Indian states named as sources of ‘emerging integrity issues’

Despite holding its own at Peking University, Yuanpei College still encounters resistance to its approach, professor says