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Covid has only widened gender inequalities among researchers, data show

Embattled university president in staunchly conservative state sees business-world allies valuing benefits of under-fire course

Former minister accuses Canberra of ¡®McCarthyism¡¯ amid spate of unexplained research grant delays and vetoes

University retreats under pressure by pausing graduation plans for critic of pro-Trump insurrectionists

As Australian minister calls for an online shift to reach 10 million foreigners, insiders warn such offering wouldn¡¯t meet students¡¯ needs

Geopolitical rivalry, security concerns and America¡¯s ¡®roaring 20s¡¯ optimism generate R&D prospects down under, ambassador says

Interplay of pandemic, geopolitics and demographics generating ¡®significant movement in this part of the world¡¯

As feared, the country¡¯s universities are being used as a weapon to crush dissent against the regime, several academic organisations say

Promising studies in treating mental illness leave Collins eyeing expansion in politically sensitive area

With history books increasingly including first-person, ¡®confessional¡¯ elements, authors explain why they take this approach, while other historians reflect on the dangers

Liberals go focus on undergraduates with collaboration push while Labor hawks reconstruction fund

Those who understand how their advice is likely to be implemented are more able to make it constructive, professor says

Study of Swiss students finds men and women overestimate their graduate earnings, but men do it more significantly

But academics need to navigate political tensions, even in their classrooms

Japan achieves best performance in six years, but China still tops the regional ranking 

Podcast denying systemic racist attitudes in medicine seen as emblematic of leadership at top periodical

Hiroshi Amano expresses concern about poor representation of postgraduate degree holders in corporations

More than 60 finalists recognised for outstanding work, amid tighter competition

Love for Confederacy permeates oldest state-funded military college in the US, investigation concludes

Japan could take inspiration from European models, says former Max Planck head

Survivor of a bleak upbringing, Marquette¡¯s Michael Lovell sees pathways to assist students burdened by pandemic

But author of 2012 paper on staff qualifications says it is likely to be ¡®norm and expectation¡¯ that many academics have a doctorate  

Alice Gast says the pandemic has shown the need for crucial changes in universities

Australian university presses ahead with campus in Sumatra, agtech centre in Sulawesi and MBA delivery in Jakarta

Prolific cancer researcher Eric Lam has been fired after investigation found evidence of data falsification and manipulation

Outreach with less prestigious and rural institutions vital, sector leaders say

¡®Tinkering with an outmoded¡¯ approach is not enough, Tan Eng Chye tells THE event

Government¡¯s lifelong loans plan is fuelling drive to cut system costs and ¡®spatchcocking a good idea¡¯, sector figures fear

China-born academics now make up the largest cohort of foreign scholars in Japan, followed by Americans, Koreans and Britons

As online shopping and pandemic leave swathe of retail units vacant, universities are urged to seize chance for space and civic roles

After yet another minister falls to a plagiarism scandal, observers lament that a long German tradition of doctorates has descended into academic ¡®credentialism¡¯

Entry ban compounded by lack of flexibility on degree time limits, publishing requirements and accreditation transfer

Peter Coaldrake also warns universities against ¡®sleepwalking¡¯ through Covid-induced risks to their business model

Innovative approaches can help students become more empathetic and skilled at decision-making as well as better historians

Latest data from the Home Office show recovery in the number of visas granted over autumn and winter

No explanation for delay that kept 15 academics on tenterhooks for months

Union says vice-chancellors¡¯ shake-up would leave staff thousands of pounds out of pocket annually, but universities say current benefits are unaffordable

Scottish affairs committee calls for universities north of border to be better represented in UK Research and Innovation decision-making

THE event hears that ¡®policing¡¯ of social media posts from students studying abroad is stifling classroom debate

Legal bills for claim could reach ?120,000, says theatre director

Aggrieved Victorian universities should see new mental health levy as an opportunity to harness resources, conference hears

Appeal on health grounds fails as prosecutor demands message for ignoring serial offending football coach

European Commission says it has heard pleas for more long-term funding, and is considering allowing extra universities to join existing alliances

Total budget for UK¡¯s main public research funder is down 5 per cent

Michelle Donelan also quizzed on campus free speech and antisemitism at GuildHE conference

Tributes paid to acclaimed philosopher who always ¡®gave of herself for the good of the group¡¯

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

Updated scientific rules for the social media age could set a global trend, with supervision neglect and management cover-ups also in the frame

Several city institutions will not ban unvaccinated students from campus outright but will subject them to testing and may limit access to housing

Attacker got help with doctoral degree while victim was told to find new career, she claims

The computational biologist and Royal Society prizewinner on empowering neurodiversity, academic humour and why emotions are key to problem-solving

LSE¡¯s iconic Economists¡¯ Bookshop is latest casualty but scholars and booksellers insist the university bookstore still matters

Just 9 per cent of coronavirus papers have made efforts to help replication of experiments, European Commission open science champion tells summit

Tory peer hopes for role in selecting ¡®thoughtful¡¯ appointee to free speech champion role

Border closures, funding cuts and overnight classes have made life ¡®unbearable¡¯, learners claim

Investigation, despite little evidence, seen as reflecting growing power of conservative critics of academia

Covid helps end eight years of average increases, with wide state variations

Many EU academics also now likely to choose ¡®simpler option¡¯ of staying in bloc even after trade agreement, expert warns 

Surveys reveal widespread support among professional staff for working remotely at least some of the time

University broadens free speech exclusions on request of gender-diverse community