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Podcast appearances, op-eds and public lectures should all count in hiring and tenure decisions, according to new, broader definition of scholarship

Creator of AP courses shows anger over Florida governor’s suggestion that its new addition, covering African American studies, lacks educational value

Joblessness and further study on the wane as labour market bounces back

Sciences ‘under fire’ with appointment of hard-line cleric to oversee appointment of deans

Data show wealthy students benefit disproportionately from NZ$200 million annual borrowing holiday

Michelle Donelan will have to stop ‘fighting culture wars’ and try to ‘make stuff happen on the ground’, says professor

A domestic ‘Irasmus’ exchange scheme could help make teaching programmes more consistent and counter regional inequalities, but is a post-pandemic generation really interested?

But some applications remain in too-hard basket, while others suggest universities have let their guard down

Clearer permanent residency pathways may not favour international students in Australia

Population boom and geopolitical shifts create positive conditions for institutions to set up shop in central Asia, says higher education minister

Big Group of Eight institutions got bigger while others suffered, exacerbating ‘David and Goliath scenario’

DfE said to think controls could be set without primary legislation, but ministers urged to consider market is already ‘doing the job’

New umbrella body president must safeguard world-leading institutions through a difficult time; luckily, the Neapolitan physicist is ready for a fight

Acas to mediate between unions and employers in an attempt to resolve deadlock on pay

Study that asked Americans if they would use genetic screening or gene editing to improve chances of offspring getting into a leading university triggers warning of increased educational inequalities

AI-generated answers showed â€˜new, non-obvious and clinically valid’ insights in tests usually taken by students after years of study

English regulator concedes providers being asked to do too much, too quickly and gives most another year to work on plans

Board members of bankrupt Islamic institution accused of laundering more than €1 million and firearms offences

Country’s top policy advisory body calls for project funding to be more generous with fewer constraints, as institutions’ budgets swell

Controversial counter-terror scheme widely shunned by academics despite risks to universities from extremist groups

Amid a still-evolving patchwork of laws and interpretations after Supreme Court ruling, campuses are taking risks and pushing boundaries

Total number of applications to study for a degree in UK down by 2.3 per cent at January deadline

Government-set access target ‘can’t become a burden’ and there is ‘debate to be had’ on its metrics, says academic and ex-football referee

Snap adoption of new teaching model, after half a century of gestation, shows that universities can get things done quickly

Minister calls statutory tort an essential step to ‘cultural transformation’

Institution famed for its brutalist campus has paid price for bad luck and bad decisions, staff say

Academic emphasises need for transparency as institutions forced into U-turns on restrictions

Warning of ‘stranded funding’ as bureaucrats bend the rules of a programme with too many goals

Once the largest US online university, for-profit has been arguing without luck that it’s a last best chance to enter fast-growing world of adult training

Universities join rescue mission after 7.8 magnitude tremor strikes near Gaziantep

Vice-chancellors say 60 research projects will come to an end this year without bridging funding

Prime minister shakes up structures within government as well as ministerial team

European Commission warns of further legal action after Italian universities refuse to offer back pay to unjustly treated foreign lecturers

Country should strive to be more than a student hub, says second-term minister

Death of bodyguard won’t deter Fort Hare leader Sakhela Buhlungu from combating ‘cancer’ of graft gripping the South African sector

NSF Regional Innovation Engines scheme is place-based push to secure US strength in key technologies

US Supreme Court widely expected to rule against Harvard and UNC in landmark cases, leading many institutions to start the process for considering what happens next

UK higher education admissions service moves to put vocational routes into careers on an ‘equal footing’ with traditional options

US is the ‘elephant in the room’ in a policy that seeks to attract overseas talent and money, says academic

Edtech giants and plucky start-ups are vying to create potentially lucrative tools to combat the use of AI in assessments, but will they cause more problems than they solve?

Most students got a higher-class degree at every major institution in 2021-22, data show

Australia, New Zealand and Canada have some of the least diverse international student populations, data show

Analysis of the database suggests UK universities take greater equity in spin-outs than others in Europe

Recently launched provider spends big in attempt to drive â€˜exponential growth’ in student numbers

Leading institutions switching from exams to interviews for admission, but students from many universities are excluded from this route

Westphalian Wilhelms University Münster set to become the University of Münster

Female academics are more likely to be employed on zero-hours contracts than male colleagues

NaUKMA head defends dropping ‘language of aggressor’, despite concerns over freedom of expression

Abuses at small private colleges seen as suggesting a nation overlooking immigration rules as it aggressively pursues foreign tuition dollars

Jointly run open access publisher will offer lower cost route for Scottish researchers seeking to comply with new UKRI rules on monographs

Westminster government introduces legislation aimed at making module financing fairer to encourage more flexible learning

Enrolment declines also shrink, but inflation and historical patterns cited as reasons for sector to expect danger may be lurking

College Board promises essential new student exposure to black history, while battling accusations it allowed key politically motivated omissions

University leaders should not outlive their ‘shelf life’, suggests Nobel laureate vice-chancellor

Leading scientists ‘appalled’ to find sham papers have been attributed to them say case against UK-registered publishers is overdue

Magical literature professor reflects on the influence of witch trials on contemporary US politics, the Harry Potter novels and dealing with requests for exorcisms

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

Graduate student workers energised after record walkout, though meaningful improvements remain a long slog for majority still in economically precarious contingent teaching

UK sector retains positive reputation among general public as a whole, but authors of report caution over increasingly negative views among parts of population

Disadvantaged students are disproportionately affected when they relinquish paid work to attend mandatory placements, lobby group argues