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European survey finds there are large gaps between perceptions of importance of internationalisation and levels of experience and confidence

Phased return to campus and more clarity on rules for returning international students are needed, says the UK opposition

Academics say online methodologies can produce more collaborative, diverse and ethical research

Budget, seen as ¡®remarkable commitment¡¯ to education, could be leveraged to improve IT and teaching quality

Institute for Fiscal Studies report shows frozen fee cap beginning to bite

High-profile figures criticise university¡¯s plans for large cuts to arts and humanities, which it says are necessary because of the pandemic and low student numbers

The government points to a decade of funding guarantees, but critics have taken aim at draconian punishments for campus protests and the rushed scrapping of a PhD vetting body

As a Stanford professor attacks scientific petitions, co-creators of open letters on both sides of Covid debate explain why they matter

Change may come from unexpected quarters, analysts warn, as crisis and Canberra upset the apple cart

Vital lessons can be learned from beer, bread and even batter, scientists say

Experts say the crisis should have been used as a good opportunity to rethink a notoriously stressful assessment system

While reservations remain, the pandemic has smoothed acceptance of virtual delivery

City¡¯s leader announces sweeteners, while pushing engagement with mainland China

But large upturn in Tier 4 visas granted to Indian students tempers overall fall

University¡¯s plan to require staff and students to be ¡®respectful¡¯ of each other¡¯s ¡®differing opinions¡¯ fought by academic opponents

¡®Students and their parents felt they were promised one thing, and they ended up receiving something else,¡¯ says Edinburgh principal

Universities UK chief executive urges greater transparency in admissions

Nottingham agrees undisclosed settlement after undergraduate cleared by fitness-to-practise panel 

Analysts say industrial solutions must be adopted to wean universities off their dependence on casual staff

Glasgow named University of the Year for addressing legacy of its ties to the slave trade

Senior leader says universities should focus on improving and charging more for transnational education

Public engagement expert concerned about communities that scientists are failing to reach

Panel warns that action is needed to tackle excessive competition and casualisation if research careers are to remain attractive

Panel discussion hears that pandemic should be used as a springboard for real change by looking at leadership

Ex-adviser to UK government praises global scientific community¡¯s ¡®remarkable¡¯ response and criticises ¡®false narrative¡¯ that he was ¡®responsible¡¯ for lockdowns

The crime writer on how to teach mystery writing, why she loves self-help books, and the literary appeal of a campus murder

French scholars, accused of fostering terrorism, fear escalating rhetoric could curtail freedom of research

Australian officials mute as exasperated foreigners watch study and career opportunities evaporate

Tributes paid to a geneticist whose ¡®trailblazing science¡¯ was matched by her ¡®fearlessness¡¯ in calling out discrimination

Ethnic minority students twice as likely to be assaulted in teaching space as white classmates

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

English and Welsh ombudsman willing to admonish universities over Covid-related disruption only if they have not made effort to deliver quality online learning, case summaries reveal

Picking winners at random helps back risky research, boosts niche subjects and curbs nepotism, recipients say

As Australia¡¯s Kylie Moore-Gilbert prepares to come home, UN human rights observers express grave fears for Iranian-Swedish academic

Ucas signals that admissions body has moved towards supporting post-qualification offers

Chancellor¡¯s spending review research boost leaves questions around earlier promises, as funds committed for Erasmus replacement

Some students have been stuck on campus for months despite no local cases being reported

Plan seems to unite various factions after acrimony, but could hinge on Whitehall¡¯s post-Cummings appetite for research ¡®levelling up¡¯

Indigenous peoples balance patience and autonomy with the lure of education and jobs

Unpublished Australian data show that number of regular support staff positions has shrunk while executive roles have expanded massively

¡®Technocratic¡¯ solutions alone cannot solve a societal problem, expert says

Snowballing international earnings buttressed universities¡¯ wealth ahead of this year¡¯s crisis while relegating federal government to minority funder status

Victorian budget also confirms hardship packages for universities and foreign students and recovery strategy for international education

Prestigious journal group seeks to spread cost of publishing across a greater number of authors than those accepted for publication

Controversial Tory peer said to head Treasury committee, prompting concerns it could be eyeing funding and fee cuts

Some find it difficult to make decisions on their own off-campus, survey suggests

Universities UK guidance says institutions must introduce training on concepts such as microaggressions and white privilege

Pandemic hardship has helped make domestic students aware of their overseas peers, study finds

More than 100 universities sign up to take part in rapid testing programme, but plans for post-festive return yet to be set out

Survey suggests most of those giving help to colleagues feel undervalued

Scholars say international students are drawn to cosmopolitan areas, which tend to be more liberal, while postgraduate students may be ¡®sensitive to states¡¯ political conditions¡¯

Plans for new research funding agency expected to go ahead despite exit of former top adviser to PM, but mission yet to be defined

New education minister threatens to withdraw funding from universities following abortion law protests clash  

Budgets and foreign ties likely constrained even with friendlier administration

Scientists ask why major journal published findings that female mentors may be bad for your career, even after reviewers pointed out flaws in the paper¡¯s methodology

Premier offers latest on-again, off-again signal about resumption of student flows

Stalled research driving students into poverty and bleak career prospects, paper warns

Father of multiple intelligences theory says pursuit of deep inquiry is ¡®a foolish investment¡¯ in today¡¯s AI-driven world

Words and their interpretations assume significance when lives are at stake, Australian research shows

Despite a pandemic-induced pause in March, research funders have concluded that submissions are ¡®broadly on track¡¯ and will not push deadline back again