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Students fare better when campuses frame equity as quest for justice, Princeton analysis finds

Technology hubs in countries such as India and Brazil appear to be improving retention of graduate talent

Paucity of agents, degree-averse students and lack of focus in Canberra hamper universities from cultivating alternative markets, webinar hears

Salary boost might be more effective than legal crackdowns in thwarting international recruiting and funding approaches, argues Oklahoma representative

Hopes that for-profit institutions would head for disadvantaged communities not served by universities have not been realised

UCU negotiator says UUK¡¯s latest proposals are unlikely to win support

Allowing tattoo parlours and drive-in cinemas to reopen before universities illustrates how students have been ignored during the pandemic, says Olivia Winnifrith

UK academia¡¯s champion for black postgraduate students, Anne-Marie Imafidon, and others explain how scholars can help diversify graduate education

Director promises action as QAA says prestigious institution failing to meet sector standards and struggling to adapt to Covid-19

Foreign students, mostly from Asia, ¡®will simply go elsewhere¡¯ if Biden doesn¡¯t act soon

Higher education priorities include racial and economic diversity, and science

More than 76,000 academics at 157 universities participating in research evaluation

Ivy League and peers pull further away from competition, but there may still be hope for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Scottish Parliament poll will see consensus on fee-free HE and may leave universities looking towards independence implications

Australian university shrugs off Covid¡¯s financial wrecking ball and even manages to bolster its insurance against future ¡®shocks¡¯

Social media may mute moderate voices, but that is no reason for researchers to presume they don¡¯t exist, argues Duke expert in polarisation

Minister says a new strategy and government restructure will ensure a continuous push towards a ¡®robust science and technology ecosystem¡¯ in the Emirates

¡®Oscars of higher education¡¯ opens to Irish-based entrants for the first time

Infrastructure plan poised to bring millions of new students as well as billions of research dollars

¡®Unpredictable¡¯ sequence of cuts and increases for UK science budgets is undermining faith in spending promises, say sector leaders

OfS says group needs ¡®increased flexibility and greater support¡¯ to overcome challenges

Leading scholar says region must place more importance on liberal arts, not just science and engineering, to build better societies

Huntington accepts separation from Laurentian, but Thorneloe sees danger to students and faculty nationwide

Katherine Fleming tells THE event New York University would ¡®turn into a gigantic teaching institution for data science¡¯ if it responded to outside pressure

Ex-chair discusses his time at regulator, next project reviewing delivery for the Westminster government and new book Accomplishment

Four-year study into publisher responses uncovers delays of almost three years to investigations and ¡®huge variance¡¯ in action taken

Putting aside questions of sexism, racism and homophobia, Australian literature review finds that SETs are just poor science

Complaints about essay mills peaked as online delivery concerns subsided, regulator¡¯s report says

Union warns that employers ¡®have offered very little to dissuade members from voting for another round of industrial action¡¯

THE event hears benefits of emulating Bologna Process would be huge, but efforts might need to start small

Organisation writes to Boris Johnson asking why shops and gyms can reopen but 1 million students can¡¯t return

Study finds that children of similar ability at all levels of school system are far more likely to attend university if they come from wealthy backgrounds

Plymouth research shows teaching through immersive modules improved marks by about 4 percentage points

Online harassment is now spilling into the real world, with politically outspoken historians doxed and subject to posters warning: ¡®You are being watched¡¯

Elisabeth Bik has sounded the alarm on everything from hydroxychloroquine claims to Chinese ¡®paper mills¡¯

First institutional accounts reveal mixed results, with many institutions weathering the Covid storm but some plunging into deficit

Academics emphasise role of critical thinking in societal development at THE summit

Sciences and humanities to be taught side by side starting this year in two leading institutions

New University of the Highlands and Islands principal discusses the unique value of multi-campus, regional universities and why the ¡®binary¡¯ narrative around further and higher education must change

Paper finds academics are less likely to work together if they focus on very similar areas

Government has promised to provide update on plan for return of all students in England by end of Easter holidays

Province appears determined to deploy widely criticised tactic once Covid eases

Legislators push for change to be adopted nationally

¡®Extremely careful¡¯ attitude reflects scepticism over vaccine roll-out, but also unexpected success of forced switch to online learning

Playwright can help us see beyond the limitations of the biomedical model, argues palliative care doctor

Education institutions are being undermined from within, everywhere from Turkey to Brazil, online conference hears

Cost of associating to EU programme coming from BEIS budget, but ?250 million injection topped up from other sources

Universities Australia not releasing its latest ¡®health check¡¯, after the previous one revealed ¡®harsh¡¯ perceptions

Former sorority member at Vanderbilt University explains how concept of ¡®brotherhood¡¯ forces fraternity members to not report assaults

Equity expert also highlights the risks of competitive grading and the benefits of diverse groupings

Expansion of overseas language courses could offset declines back home 

Tributes paid to a scholar notable for ¡®taking down the borders¡¯ around the study of literature

Shipping disruption caused by megaship grounding in Egypt has scuppered morale-boosting project to thank beleaguered university staff

Formal contracts guaranteeing regular meetings, money for conferences, and space to work in are seen as way to mitigate unbalanced power dynamic

Academics say its ¡®unethical¡¯ for universities to profit from work done by researchers who have since lost their jobs

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

The British sinologist talks about the book that sparked her interest in China, and why she decided to translate an ancient epic

Many undergraduates not expecting face-to-face tuition before summer, even though majority are at term-time addresses

Top-ranked global research institutions shine in many areas but lag on local growth and boosting skills

Significant share of students say they would be more likely to get vaccine if they could do so on campus, but research reveals wide differences by ethnicity