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New minister Nusrat Ghani tells MPs that research spending commitments remain ‘in place’

NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan highlights need to exploit vast talent beyond the nation’s elite universities

But administrators must weigh the risk of hanging on to data against getting rid of it too soon

Universities face growing public pressure but this only means their mission is more vital than ever, NYU president Andrew Hamilton tells Rosa Ellis

Global balance of research power shows signs of shifting as US stagnates and China improves

Number of African countries in rankings doubles since 2018, with 25 universities making debut appearances this year

Covid’s impacts are yet to take the sheen off local universities’ rankings performance, with their average scores now topping the world

Cyprus state telecoms company’s pension fund alleges financing agreement on campus construction funding was breached

Single visa for three stages of higher education would keep students in UK without facing ‘bureaucratic burden’ of applying for new visa, according to London Higher

Some presidents advocate cutting ties with universities in rival states, while others urge maintaining academic links even when diplomatic ones are straitened

Academics must work closely with students to foster innovation, says KAUST president

Head of New York Public Library warns that ‘two-tier’ higher education system is broken and ‘letting kids down’

‘If you are worried about the quality of online teaching, worry about the teaching part,’ says Clay Shirky

Universities should equip students to deal with changing nature of work through broad education, says National Humanities Medal recipient

Rocket attack hits Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, damaging ‘symbolic’ institution that has ‘shaped national statehood and culture’

Former business secretary resumes role after brief spell in final Johnson Cabinet

Report attributes shift to dependency on international fees and heightened competition

Celebrated Harvard economist opens THE’s World Academic Summit by showing academia’s top leaders the ways their sector continues to stratify society

‘Short horizons’ of grant-givers holding back early career researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds, says Glasgow principal

Rectors set up emergency measures to allow Russian students to participate in courses even if they cannot leave their country

NTEU council rejects outright condemnation and resists push for expulsions

Tory conference attacks on universities bring frustration, while new government tipped to drop entry restrictions plan

Notoriously difficult entry exams may need to be amended for foreign applicants, say academics

‘Awful lot of pressure’ on higher education sector ‘to do the heavy lifting’ without wider societal commitment, says Manchester professor

Former US central banker who bailed out banks during the 2008 financial crash is recognised for research on bank runs in the 1930s Depression

Government expects international enrolment to fall by 70 per cent after introduction of tuition fees for students from outside the EU

After spikes in participation in recent polls, students’ role as a key voting bloc is under increased scrutiny in upcoming elections

Pioneering conference for leading black cancer scientists is part of drive to diversify UK science

While institutions welcome surge in applications, some faculty concerned that island’s universities might be ‘losing their feel’

Survey of Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting attendees shows even those tipped for glory feel insecure and underdeveloped

Twente president says €4 million a year for national EDI efforts ‘a start’, but that famed tolerance ‘emphatically’ not the same as inclusion

Open University confirms plans to sell its stake in company it helped to found

New skills priority list shows efforts to plan for future workforces should focus on professional roles, as well as those in trades and technical areas, sector leaders say

Critic of Trump would bring extensive academic experience to post steeped in political intrigue

Australian analysis finds that the architects of new policies should think more about unintended consequences such as the level of student debt

Even after two decades of death threats, Afshin Ellian sees liberal societies as a paradise on Earth

Surprise news that the UK is achieving its long-term target for research spending does not dent case for more public investment, says David Willetts

Consultancy firm Education Insight says Brexit to blame as universities look to China and India to replace EU students

Move designed to ‘support 21st-century families’ and help institution remain competitive despite ‘historically high turnover rates’

Institution’s bid to overturn ruling that Bristol failed in its duties comes amid debate over extent of institutional responsibility for undergraduate welfare

Appointment may reflect shift towards a ‘harder-edged, more hawkish’ attitude towards research collaboration, say experts

Academics say mobilisation gives universities a powerful tool, with learners who get expelled facing being sent to the Ukrainian front

After agreeing takeover of three more colleges, the University of Divinity looks to other fields – and states – for renewal

Researcher encourages universities to talk openly about Fomo and the risk it poses to young students

Staff down tools as pay and university funding alike drift well behind inflation

It’s the ‘start of a revolution’, students chant in third week of protests

Trailblazers of a molecule linking technique honoured, including one who becomes a laureate for the second time

Nation’s top doctor, a celebrity after Covid, says he’d like a campus posting to write, lecture and share 60 years of experience

European finance ministers told to abandon ‘absurd’ plan to shift unspent Horizon funding elsewhere in their squeezed 2023 budget

French ministry wants universities to use unallocated funds to cover up to 500 per cent increases in energy costs

Princeton ‘lifer’ moves to Cambridge without ever totally shaking off her outsider status

Claim universities feed students ‘anti-British history’ was ‘cheap wisecrack’ when ‘mature debate’ needed, says ex-No 10 adviser

Research by Nobel laureates is now being used for encrypted communications, says Nobel Prize committee

Union achieves key aim of 2017 Bell review of sector organisations

Advocates abandon Melbourne seminar over Australia’s answer to Diversity Champions Programme, citing presence of opponents

New York-based manga comic expert claims withdrawal of Karl Andersson’s controversial paper may ‘stifle innovation and scholarship’ in future

As legal challenge gains, Congress avoids renewing provision seen letting elite campuses tie financial offers to student ability to pay

Scholars warn that Tokyo’s cash injection will reward the few over the many, pushing top institutions closer to industry at the expense of basic research, social sciences and humanities

But political scientists and politician-scientist say the country’s rightward shift poses ‘no risk’ to academic freedom or international recruitment

Biden administration comes to the party, as cash-strapped regional institution seeks new ‘development partners’