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Politicians emphasising jobs while students want impact, Eric Barron tells THE summit

Advocates of healing find challenge in predecessors with Confederate sentiments

UK watchdog calls for universities to commit to tackling essay mills, after Australian agency warns of malware redirecting students to contract cheating sites

Polling accompanied by call for Westminster government to set out more details of lifetime learning plans

Report backs post-qualification offers model, rejecting other option set out by government

Conference hears local job opportunities for partners of researchers may be just as important as institution¡¯s scholarly prowess

Sir Adrian Smith tells MPs that scientists must redouble efforts to win European grants to offset huge drop in science funding

Universities should rethink their role as a ¡®neutral but powerful force¡¯ in times of crisis, summit hears

UK university tops third edition of global ranking measuring institutions¡¯ social and economic impact

Countries have each made most progress in three tables related to the Sustainable Development Goals

Region retains pre-eminence in league table based on alignment with UN¡¯s Sustainable Development Goals

Unfavourable policies stem from ¡®frustrations¡¯ over stymied reforms, former education minister says

Study highlights growing importance of fundraising activity but raises concerns about burden on academics and students

US professors often extend off-campus invites, but generally without official guidelines

Likely to enter government in the autumn, the party wants a big expansion of student support, 40 per cent female quotas in universities, and academic freedom at the heart of foreign policy

Attacks on the disciplines are ¡®source of alarm¡¯, as they are central to employability in teaching ¡®how narratives fool us¡¯, THE event hears

Sectors should bury the hatchet and bolster each other¡¯s intelligence capabilities, Australian paper suggests

Experts warn that some will be left behind amid rapid sector transformation 

To tackle the SDGs, understanding local context is important for universities in both the Global North and South, conference hears

Opposition pledges unity ticket with government on ¡®single most important piece of microeconomic reform that faces the nation today¡¯

University tries to allay fears that reporting mental health issues could result in students being barred from campus

Rama Thirunamachandran says metrics could be effectively used to assess quality for many disciplines

Amid demographic decline and geopolitical isolation, island hopes to have more English-language courses

Office for Students calls for universities to review sexual misconduct policies by summer, following publications of thousands of claims of abuse across sector

Australian astrophysicist adapts galaxy modelling techniques to track path of current employment practices

Chief executive of biotechnology giant urges governments to provide long-term clarity on support for research

Reading room of historic Jagger library ¡®completely gutted¡¯

Sector leaders say governments should ¡®nudge¡¯, not direct, university commercialisation efforts

Centres of invention such as Silicon Valley ¡®a model for burgeoning inequality¡¯, summit hears

Australian minister offers no new details on proposed commercialisation scheme or timing of international students¡¯ return

Boris Johnson ¡®completely wrong¡¯ about vaccine success, while UK industrial strategy vacillation ¡®reeks of insecurity¡¯, innovation expert tells THE summit

Academics question whether autonomy will be protected as an ambitious national policy is implemented

Senators warm to massive federal funding hike, but with greater share for non-elite institutions

Initial data suggest a drop in published proceedings amid shift to virtual events

German study finds academics favouring Springer Nature and Wiley, with authors warning smaller publishers could be squeezed out

Universities UK and GuildHE say ¡®unintended consequence¡¯ of pandemic was less time for socialising, more time for studying

Co-authorship between academics based in Middle East, North Africa and Turkey is limited, study finds

Making historic ¡®misrepresentations¡¯ a reportable offence could affect even overseas study   

THE survey finds applicants are just as likely to rate university sustainability and graduate employment prospects as top priorities

Advert for student finance director post indicates minimum entry requirement idea proceeding, as sources suggest government may use GCSEs rather than A levels

Stranded students ¡®won¡¯t put their lives on hold¡¯, diplomats warn universities

In 15 out of 20 cities analysed, researchers just passing through tended to have the biggest impact  

Union passes motion in favour of industrial action over risk to 145 staff

Future association funding ¡®fairly secure¡¯ but must be discussed again with Treasury, says business secretary

Video platform made powerful by pandemic agrees to largely let universities police content

Tributes paid to ¡®the best thing that¡¯s happened to Cornell in the last half-century¡¯

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

London Higher says government proposal will ¡®take away a lifeline¡¯ for city¡¯s universities

US and Israeli institutions lead way on demanding immunisation but leading epidemiologist questions added value of ¡®green pass¡¯

Senior scholars increasingly victims of gossip, muttering and insubordination, researchers say

The LSE management expert describes how workers can gain confidence to speak up, the culture shock of academia and what she learned from a drag king workshop

Three countries even received double-digit increases in 2020, but with so much new government debt, some fear cuts could be in store further down the line

Scholars fear threat of lawsuits is deterring academics from exploring Polish complicity in genocide

Concerns over international recruitment as need for better communication emphasised

Border hold-ups and complex new rules are causing supply shortages in laboratories that jeopardise research, says Wellcome Sanger Institute

While concern has centred on vulnerable flows from China, an Indian exodus could prove more devastating

NYU provost suggests model of in-person elite higher education will endure

Research England head believes science funding ¡®will increase in the way government has said, but perhaps not as frontloaded as we had hoped¡¯

Security committee chairman does not want to cultivate a culture of ¡®learned helplessness¡¯ where universities defer judgement to the government

Government refusal to allow more face-to-face teaching driven by Treasury fears of derailing indoor hospitality reopening, sector sources suggest