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As countries that are home to around half of the world’s population go to the polls, ̽����Ƶ journalists consider what role higher education will play in the campaigns, and how it might be reshaped by the results

Tribunal rules criminologist Jo Phoenix was forced out of institution, which was ‘fearful’ about being seen to support gender-critical beliefs

Sandra Borch apologises for making ‘big mistake’ while completing her master’s thesis

Trudeau administration acts after long warning that it won’t tolerate abuses by private campuses and resulting housing shortages

Largest US public university system, saying it can’t afford union demands, plans to keep classes open during walkout

Difficulties experienced during OfS short-course trial show universities will have to work far harder to attract students, say sector leaders

‘I would not accept his evidence as sufficient to establish any scientific proposition at all,’ says ruling

Union members voting on who should be next general secretary, with incumbent under pressure from all sides 

Jamus Jerome Lim, who raised issue in Singaporean parliament, says diverse ideas must be ‘allowed to circulate and be subject to debate’

Bad debt provision pushes London university into deficit and affects banking covenant

Craig Mahoney’s remuneration, including £340,000 compensation for loss of office, equivalent to about £4,500 a day

Report authors warn focus on sciences risks making UK research sector ‘lopsided’

President of Lincoln University in Missouri voluntarily agrees to take paid administrative leave following death of Antoinette Candia-Bailey

Campuses in urban areas of Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia may be first to face federal cap on education visas

Research quality more evenly spread than funding and ‘toxic cultural bias’ could be behind disparities, says geographical analysis for Hepi

Good for the goose but not the gander, after college’s university-standard performance failed to earn it sub-university branding

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

University courses franchised to colleges accounted for 53 per cent of £4.1 million of fraud detected by SLC last year, says public spending watchdog

Analysis of Ucas figures reveals which universities saw the largest falls in undergraduate recruitment

Almost no leaders in THE survey expect government to support a university in serious trouble, as domestic and international funding woes leave one v-c fearing ministers ‘want to drive us out of business’

The senior lecturer in financial risk management discusses his academic career around the world, his admiration for Galileo and how a traditional game inspired his love of mathematics

German Academic Exchange Service advocates continued engagement, but on universities’ own terms

Viacheslav Morozov of the University of Tartu was detained earlier this month

Collaboration between Lancaster and Deakin universities aims to welcome first students in September

The departure of Claudine Gay from Harvard was said to be politically motivated but most other leaders have also fallen on their swords when their scholarship is questioned

Professors from different disciplines will join forces to tackle big societal questions

British-born leader leaves with immediate effect after less than four years at the helm

Universities end offers of on-campus dormitories to career-focused master’s students

Creation of dedicated Whitehall office is yet to deliver on its goals, researchers feel

Amount students will be able to borrow to cover their expenses far below what it would have been had it kept up with inflation, says Russell Group

Analysis of accounts indicates significant increase in spending compared with previous years

Scopus AI will be ‘valuable tool’ for researchers seeking to explore academic disciplines and study areas, says leading publisher

Exodus of junior scholars from Europe tips balance of university workforce

As Canberra considers reforms to make university enrolments more inclusive and abundant, key indicators are moving in opposite direction

Project aims to provide a blueprint for harnessing waste from energy-intensive facilities

Awards seek to ‘support the sustained enhancement of research capacity’ across regions

THE analysis of accounts of 115 universities suggests remuneration typically increased by 5 per cent last year

Fears over Home Office seeking ‘back door extension’ to review amid debate over terms of reference and what ‘abuse’ means

World-leading research institutes are switching focus and seeking new funds as core funding for Wellcome centres dries up

Ewan Kirk, entrepreneur-in-residence at the University of Cambridge, says Westminster government is being ‘driven by the madness of the immigration debate’

Despite some calls to replace Claudine Gay with another black woman, tradition and mercy might force persistence of white male leadership

Government hopes new institution will help to upskill the country’s workforce and grow the economy

But study notes later modifications to flagship policy have started to broaden out membership in terms of prestige and geography

Government says that higher education institutions manage their own events but that it might advise them to “respect…wider social norms”

Institutions’ projections for increased enrolments and reduced expenditure may be too optimistic, warns PwC

New president introduces legislation that would allow universities to charge, but many may be reluctant to do so

Questions over whether King Charles’ doctor holds certain institutional roles increase need for more formalised way of handing out honorary titles, critics say

Researchers unable to access resources to study issues Africa faces, says incoming leader of group of top institutions

Firm to axe a third of its workforce following ‘downturn’ in publishing trends

Fage survey also finds two-fifths of students must work to support themselves

Progress made by deaf scholars in recent years ‘fragile’ in current climate, according to researcher appointed UK’s first deaf professor in deaf studies

Government bars recognition of degrees from Benin and Togo, and suggests it could extend this to Uganda, Kenya and Niger

After affirmative action ban, campuses prod students to describe their personal backgrounds, without going so far as to potentially encourage legal action

A socio-economic alternative to affirmative action would be expensive but that doesn’t mean institutions shouldn’t consider it, say experts

Providers enrol just 6 per cent of 2,000 student target for short courses, says evaluation ahead of lifelong learning entitlement launch

While overseas students still flock to the UK for PhDs, concerns are growing over weakening domestic demand, a decline in UKRI-funded starters and whether universities can afford to train the next generation of researchers

University draws up plans to avert risk of breaching banking covenants, as sector-wide financial worries take hold

‘University check’ would allow for issues to be resolved in the drafting stage, rather than once policies have been announced, says EUA

Experienced leader says new structure, imposed despite significant opposition, makes it an ‘opportune moment’ to go

Top US funding agency considers $70,000 (£55,000) minimum salary that could become wider model