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Major annual survey shows quality of remote teaching improving but enthusiasm for hybrid options cools

Former schools minister who took A levels at the age of 25 before getting Sussex doctorate will shadow science secretary Michelle Donelan

As Smolny’s liberal arts programme shutters, Russian scholars attempt to revive the interdisciplinary style of learning outside the country

Angered by pay and conditions, more than 90 per cent of student workers voting to unionise, well above 75 per cent pre-Covid average, annual analysis finds

Analysis by dataHE shows entry rates fell among all students, but was steepest for the most under-represented

Regime’s history of cleansing Iranian academia bodes ill for faculty supportive of student protesters, researchers say

California prosecution of nurse with doctoral degree held out as sign of academia’s wider failure to treat profession seriously

Anger at some universities, exultation at others, as enterprise negotiations drag on

Russell Group study says average top-up of undergraduate education costs could reach £5,000 per student per year by end of decade

Judges ask university to make changes to its proposal, including boosting international capacity and adjusting down expected growth figures

Action against RMIT service comes as institutions support ‘yes’ vote in forthcoming Australian referendum

As high-profile event to deliver ‘major support’ fades, scientists already desperate for funding explode in disgust

Scholars lament loss of ‘critical’ resource in Nordics at a time when knowledge of Asia is ‘increasingly important’

As majority of Ivy League transitions after Covid, social psychologist leaves his decade-long tenure with financial strength and labour challenges

Things go from bad to worse for student-starved sector, with unexpended funds recycled one month and repossessed the next

Start-of-year outage affects 120,000 students, faculty and staff at major US institution with top cybersecurity programme

Leading institution joins peers in permitting students to take leave without proof of illness

Hepi author warns of ‘dangerous’ pressure to reduce leaders’ salaries in reaction to attention from the media and politicians

Anger over ‘double-taxing’ of foreign researchers thanks to £1,000-plus levy is causing scientific talent to explore job opportunities outside the UK, warn scientists

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

More people need degrees just to keep up with the crowd, analysis of Australian census data suggests

Academics say largest US research funder’s policy aimed at stopping ideas theft could also apply to search engines

Researcher who revealed censorship of gender critical feminists says no-debate policies on transgender issues are causing ‘scholarly paralysis’

Disappointment comes months after v-c told alumni that government funding was ‘becoming extremely inadequate’

US study finds doctoral students who are supervised by leading inventors, or who are male, are much more likely to file patents

Irish university pulls back from plan to handpick internal members of governing authority

Report calls for campaign to boost ‘esteem and attractiveness’ of sector’s advancement profession

Faculty member shot dead at UNC, gunman chased from Florida HBCU kills three black shoppers, student dies trying wrong house

Post-Brexit expansion comes amid a shortfall of 30,000 beds, with student groups warning universities need to be more upfront about the issues 

One in five waiting more than a year for doctoral visas despite claims processing times have been speeded up

‘Narrow-mindedness’ over China in US universities driven by fear of losing government funding, says Denis Simon

Drop in international students applying via Ucas, down to lowest level since 2014, might offer signs of market pressures

Australian rule changes, like UK clampdown and mooted Canadian cap, coincide with exploding enrolments from South Asia

US universities look to alternative ways of ensuring diverse views are respected, reflecting differing approaches to the ‘crisis’

Graduates seen as poorly prepared in country with spiralling murder rate but top-down syllabus update said to ‘violate’ normal practice

National Bureau of Statistics suspends release of figures, leaving universities in the dark over how situation is developing

Leaked draft of summertime power grab has spooked scientists, but most admit country’s network of 76 institutes needs reform

Figure emerges as Intergenerational Report highlights research’s role in arresting productivity plunge

Divisions on both sides mean finding compromise that suits all is proving impossible, with sector’s reputation on the line

University one of the few to avoid pushing an institutional line on the forthcoming Australian referendum

Stanford University chemist unrepentant about his contrarianism during the pandemic despite some of his bold predictions proving incorrect

While the removal of opportunities for political ‘meddling’ has drawn widespread approval, research advocates want more funding

Experts counter analysis suggesting that mismanagement, not declining government subsidies, is cause of financial woes

With housing shortages at crisis levels, including on campuses, Trudeau minister suggests placing limits on country’s burgeoning international sector

Government steps up scrutiny of university over BJP-critical paper while academics urge Ashoka to reinstate its author

Admissions figures on track for ‘largest-ever fall’ in English student entry rate bring worries for universities accustomed to growth

Canberra may have chosen the right time to revisit university funding, as institutional accounts suggest a widening divide between the haves and have-nots

Union blames ‘recalcitrant’ executives for walkout but university says it has bargained ‘in good faith’ and negotiations have been slow elsewhere

US grant agency hopes to ensure a more scientific approach after years of political battles over risks of China collaborations

Period of relative stability offers chance to reassess discipline but also risks world losing interest, says director

Scientists involved in road-blocking and invading private jet terminals say they’ve lost out on promotions and been reported by students but others cite their protests in grant applications as forms of research output

A domestic university ranking system could hold universities to account for all aspects of their performance, says shadow education minister

While sector welcomes changes to be rolled out ‘imminently’, subsequent reforms could prove less popular

Changes aimed at protecting students and taxpayers adding uncertainties that could lead to institutions closing rather than joining forces, experts warn

Canberra also confirms plans to overhaul research assessment exercise and ‘take the politics out’ of grant decisions

Changes in heads of state mean fewer US alumni at global top table, but its figures are bolstered by Stanford graduate Rishi Sunak

After decades of questioning grade inflation and race-based policies, one of Harvard’s biggest critics of affirmative action departs in wake of Supreme Court decision

Highly regarded institutions lag behind others on overall student positivity due to low scores in section that looked at views on assessment

‘Glass ceiling’ still prevents low-income students from reaching top institutions, says researcher

Possibility of tensions flaring again on first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death sparks attempts to keep students away from campuses