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Agreement on pay hikes and better benefits for graduate student instructors would end biggest-ever job action in US higher education, although many workers dissent

Scholars split on whether reforms – part of a wider relaxation of rules on doctorates – will tackle research fraud or whether they aim at the wrong target

Rather than focusing on students’ plans after they graduate, Canberra should assure itself of their commitment to study

Government tipped to win battle with peers who removed statutory tort and are ‘unwilling to compromise’

̽����Ƶ journalists name the academics and administrators at the heart of the sector’s biggest debates over the past 12 months

AI becoming smarter and more accessible should be viewed not only as a cheating risk, say experts

Former Reed president hopes other universities will challenge influential league table

Broader coalition arrives without answers on a missing DKr300 million for humanities and social sciences, as universities prepare to debate lifelong learning reforms with a “gun pointed at us”

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting attacks cap on medical school places that has led to institutions catering solely to students from overseas 

House of Lords Science and Technology Committee also criticises ‘unjustifiably high’ visa costs 

With fervent political support and promises of substantial funding, on-again off-again amalgamation now appears viable

Shadow health secretary backing a Policy Exchange blueprint for growing doctor numbers, including the creation of up to 15 new medical schools

Bizarre phenomena on Chinese university campuses go beyond manifestations of student boredom, according to academics

Daughter of Haitian immigrants, social scientist serving as dean of arts and sciences promises to bring new commitment to interdisciplinary achievement

University reaffirms ‘commitment to freedom of expression and academic freedom’ following student protests and UCU’s call to cancel event

Incident is ‘shameful and disappointing’ and ‘undermines’ inclusivity on campus, says academic

Westminster government signals it will seek to reinstate ‘statutory tort’ removed by peers

Regulator tells universities free speech codes should cover teaching and academics will be polled, bringing ‘independence’ rebuke

Year after MIT and Harvard’s abandonment of non-profit online course platform, universities slow in finding promised new beneficial mission, while for-profit buyer sheds staff and loses market value

Outgoing president of LA campus ties success to institution’s longstanding diverse culture, even as he leaves under accusations of failing to protect it

Australian universities ‘have work to do’ to recover international student enrolments

Xiaolei Wu alleged to have told victim that he had reported them to security agencies in homeland

First meeting between Ucea and unions breaks up before negotiations begin due to disagreement over ‘de-escalating the dispute’

Proposed safe home for conservative voices doing well on funding but with signs of delays and political softening

Science minister George Freeman launches International Science Partnerships Fund at THE event in Japan, with initial funding of £119 million

Plos puts warnings on almost 50 papers after alleged reuse of ethical approvals, undeclared conflicts of interest and publication rates equivalent to an article every three days  

Students ‘unlikely to be high up the list of priorities’ for further funding despite risk of dropouts

Union leader Jo Grady distances herself from higher education committee decision as key pay negotiations begin

UAL-commissioned report looks at alternatives inside and outside current system in wake of ‘regressive’ changes

Governance of data science research makes it difficult to highlight potentially harmful impacts that might arise, says ethics review report

Infectious disease specialist who came to national prominence during Covid will become WHO chief scientist

Ambition of European Universities Initiative will be realised only by competent leadership and ceding more power to EU officials, says EUA president

Professional staff say ‘yes’, academics say ‘no’ as another Australian university bypasses the union

After elite universities took her from County Durham to White House, next Durham chancellor aims to work on spreading benefits of higher education beyond elites 

Scientific sharing trailblazer hopes detailed tracking of researcher behaviour will help identify stubborn obstacles to more cooperative environment

Vice-chancellors’ group launches ‘national conversation’ on future UK-wide research funding and teaching support in England

Automation should only be used to support peer review and not usurp it, finds major study

Bibliometric-led evaluation of research outputs unable to replicate ‘richness’ of peer-review model

Tan Eng Chye discusses tense geopolitics, encouraging lifelong learning and getting past the split with Yale

Move by Afghan government ‘opens door’ for more of its supporters to become lecturers, scholars fear

Home affairs minister pledges to speed up admission of world’s ‘best and brightest’

Institutions invited to host master’s programmes to address skills shortages in areas such as bridge-building

Claim by University of Essex law academics that ‘anti-trans’ speakers could ‘contaminate’ buildings branded ‘misogyny’ by critics

High upfront costs defeated the most recent proposal for the two South Australian institutions to join forces back in 2018 but now things have changed

Australian university representatives warn of unintended consequences from two-year limit in new workplace relations act

Leading human rights activist says ‘absurd’ draft law could be ‘extremely harmful to education and research’ and is reminiscent of Soviet censorship

Seeing degrees solely as gateway qualification to the modern labour market ‘neither just nor efficient’, says government adviser on skills

Peers amend controversial legislation owing to prospect of “endless litigation”, with ban on non-disclosure agreements also supported

John Ross honoured at prestigious national ceremony for his work examining the sector’s relationship with Australia’s main political parties

Nature Positive Universities Alliance launched at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal

New Korean president’s plan to cut school funding to boost universities amid demographic and economic changes may be ‘prescient’

What makes a sabbatical special any more, asks professor, if it is a continuation of the demands of academic life rather than a break from them

Political scientist Jack Williams’ debut novel draws on his experiences as a PhD student at Princeton and Zurich

More than half of school-leavers in the capital enter higher education, but fewer than one in three do elsewhere

A crusader for equity in teaching design finds a formula that works across borders and sectors, with critical importance for society as a whole

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

More than half of those polled by Hepi and NUS express support for education designed with employment in mind

Sector’s digital ambitions not matched by training, investment and support for staff in transition to more online learning, finds Jisc survey

Education secretary distances herself from plans to restrict study visas being pushed by No 10

White paper vows to reshape science sector but also shies away from suggested creation of base operating grants for institutions