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‘Good data means better policy’, educationalists stress

Surrey was one of only a handful of UK institutions that was found to have a negative flow of cash in its 2021-22 financial statements

Shadow education secretary puts focus on tweaking student finance and encouraging knowledge exchange as election looms

As politicians stage another public hearing to shame academia, university leaders display new level of resistance, joined by students at Harvard and California system

Plans to move University Post to intranet amid cost-cutting criticised by journalists

Lai Ching-te uses inauguration speech to ask for return of mainland students to island universities but installation accompanied by rising cross-Strait tensions

Emotions and rhetoric run high, but student campers are packing up

Members of Oxford Action for Palestine accessed office of vice-chancellor Irene Tracey

Key post-study work rights to be kept under review but reprieve puts off any changes at least until after coming general election

Rishi Sunak’s decision to hold a snap poll leaves several key sector issues hanging as political focus switches to electioneering

Eighty per cent drop in number of family members given permission to come to UK

Poll finds most researchers are using AI but only a tiny number trust technology companies on data privacy

Researchers say emails suggest disapproval of social media posts on transgender issues contributed to rejections

First international conference on how jokes can improve teaching in higher education was inspired by a lecturer’s drab college course

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

Energy required to run and cool supercomputers is at odds with universities’ sustainability targets, particularly in hotter parts of the world

Transgender students fearful of political climate and face additional barriers but many still thrive at university, report says

The higher education researcher reflects on transitioning between Australian and Chinese institutions and how universities are searching for ‘new deals’

European Commission’s plans for international qualification should not only prioritise in-demand technologies, says guild

Rishi Sunak looking at launching a clampdown on recruitment agents but has backtracked on reforms to UK’s post-study work rights, according to reports

While offering no assurances over her party’s stance on forthcoming legislation, shadow education minister is a ‘big fan’ of preparatory courses

As Pro-Palestinian encampments spread to more than 20 UK universities, a new organisation of Jewish academics has formed over concerns around the rise of antisemitism on campuses, and another warning against ‘dangerous rhetoric’ from government 

Policy expert told he would have to cover publication fee himself post-retirement alleges ‘blatant age discrimination’

Deep financial dive at top US medical school found less money than expected and leaves some faculty feeling their research accounts were raided to fill gaps

More students are coming to Taiwan under the New Southbound Policy, but some believe both the quality of incoming students and the education on offer are being compromised

Forty jobs set to go at university

Members of US House issue bipartisan demand for details of private foundation giving $1 million annually using controversial Chinese company’s donations

Canberra should not stifle university revenue while unrolling expensive equity reforms, says implementation committee member

Politicians apologise after tensions between international students and locals culminate in violence in capital

House education committee, in new front for attacking academia, backs right-wing analysis that alleges political tilt in Truman and Rhodes awards

Ministers urged to resist policies that will ‘massively overcorrect’ student numbers as key migration statistics unlikely to reflect reality of institutions’ declining enrolments

Royal Society and British Academy back increase in education research spending after study reveals funding gap compared to health

Economist questions whether private institutions’ focus on profitable social science subjects matches labour market demands

After nationwide failure to stop their presidents from arresting student demonstrators, college instructors ponder which approaches – and friends – they can turn to

Professor faces dismissal from Leiden after reports of inappropriate behaviour, also involving her husband, spanning more than three decades

Academic says he has ‘never seen anything like it’ after being told that classroom cameras were being used without his knowledge

Education secretary uses Education World Forum speech to praise benefits overseas students bring as government considers making changes to the graduate visa

Ahead of proposed enrolment caps, foreign earnings fail to prevent a slide further into the red

Announcement made as world’s largest gathering of education and skills ministers gets under way in London

Leading university technology transfer offices hope blueprint will lead to faster deals and rapid upscaling

Nation’s historically high level of shutdowns and consolidations overwhelmingly remains a private-sector malady, but states showing signs that old certainties may fall away

Figures indicate limited scope for growth in international enrolments, as administrators strive to balance the books

Number of black principal investigators applying to UK research councils halves year-on-year

Funding problems and corruption dog sector, but ruling party manifesto stays silent

No projects are funded because nobody has the expertise to appraise them, letter claims

Development running much more slowly than target, leaving poorer learners in ‘bleak’ situation

British Heart Foundation says cardiovascular disease research faces shortfall of more than £250 million to 2035

Joint study by British Council and Universities UK International finds scale and significance of overseas delivery makes risk management increasingly important

Mike Lee retires after suspension for ending student encampment by promising to study campus’ investments and halt non-existent academic exchanges

Will waning power of Scottish National Party fracture the consensus around one of its most closely guarded policies?

Even as undergraduates battle to survive in besieged Rafah, they are seeking to continue their studies

Chief executive of farm company hands historic black college stock he says is worth $237 million but experts believe its real value could be far less

Survey indicates that researchers are poorly prepared for upcoming shift to free-to-read model

‘Shockingly bad legislation’ gives ministers power to favour certain disciplines

John-Arne Røttingen warns that financial difficulties facing UK universities are putting research at risk

Vice-chancellors tread lightly as students occupy building and defy instructions to vacate camps

Union threatens strike and says cuts will leave university ‘a shell of its former self’

OfS says hopes that English university finances will recover in next few years appear optimistic, as they are based on forecasts that are too ambitious

Game of Thrones creators return with sci-fi thriller focused on five friends with Oxford physics doctorates

Student statistics due out in January now not expected until August, leaving universities ‘looking in the rear-view mirror’