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Ford government offers C$1.3 billion increase for higher education over three years, well short of levels its own expert panel suggested

Board chair gives late husband’s stock to help train doctors in New York’s impoverished Bronx

Leader of soon-to-be-merged university says mergers have to be the right strategic fit, because financial savings don’t always come straight away

Education minister has an ‘open mind’, amid debate over adapted plan for levy on international students’ fees

Those living with chronic energy-impairing illnesses need support from funders and publishers, not just universities, says researcher

Another state legislature targets tenure protections and diversity, equity and inclusion programmes after last year’s partisan attacks

Sector leaders hint at coming regulation at often-chaotic Public Accounts Committee hearing

Animal behaviour expert Weliton Menário Costa wins international prize for flamboyant take on how marsupials have distinct personalities

Couple whose daughter died while studying at Bristol argue legislation can provide clarity as universities contend with spate of student suicides

Researchers blame enduring influence of fossil fuel producers on university governance

Universities approach finish line with wins from court and accreditor, then get new challenges from lawmakers and ratings agency

Enthusiasm for Australia’s visionary higher education review has been tempered by the huge implementation costs – both money and time

Locals-made-good laud the potential of more accessible – and visible – universities

Those seeking game-changing research should draw inspiration from the Premier League’s most innovative manager, says US-based nanoscientist

Long-term reform blueprint prescribes teaching, research, student support and infrastructure funding overhauls

Institutions confident that international students still respect them, but worry about underlying message of visa limits, tuition fee hikes and coarsening exchanges

New branding drops the words ‘College’ and ‘London’ from its title, leading union to raise concerns about focus on ‘pejorative historical connotations’

New body will have investigative powers and ability to settle complaints when universities behave ‘unreasonably’ – including recommending fee refunds

LSE academic’s book partly inspired by innovation economy divisions in his hometown of Oxford

Universities UK’s requests of an incoming government also include a review of the maintenance support package offered to students

Scientists question whether abolition of major sector agencies is justified

Risk-rating system, which punishes universities for visa refusals, merely the latest form of ‘structural disadvantage’

Sir Anthony Finkelstein to lead combined university, called City St George’s

Analysis of THE rankings data indicates which countries perform strongest in light of the funding that they get

Data highlights career benefits of higher education amid pitch for more participation

University’s subcontracted courses first to come under greater scrutiny from Office for Students

Australian study finds good prospects for research degree graduates, so long as they look beyond academia

Election result in world’s fourth biggest nation underlines the need for better understanding of its neighbour

Sector should embrace ‘light touch’ regulation of subcontracted courses, argue leaders of Buckinghamshire New University

Two authors employed on service contracts for 15 years argued they were denied workplace rights

Philanthropic gifts to colleges and universities reach near record levels, just as wealthy benefactors wield growing power over institutions

Parties to return to court having failed to reach agreement in case that could have wide-ranging implications for UK sector

Ucas figures also show application gap between London and UK region with lowest rate has reached record level

Monica Bertagnolli hopes for new era of research that sets the stage for essential societal change

Cornell and Penn among the Ivy League institutions to stop tradition to reduce stress over grades

Hackers known as Anonymous Sudan reportedly take responsibility and cite ‘UK’s continued support for Israel’

Sharing resources and commercial risk will allow Midlands universities to better support research spin-outs, says Aston University leader

After two years of inaction at Stormont, higher education sector has long to-do list for first minister Michelle O’Neill

‘We have an obligation to try something ground-breaking,’ says oncologist confronting co-Australian of the Year’s brain cancer

Students sue Chichester over axeing of unique course, alleging discrimination and breach of contract

Uncertainty gives way to despair as new government pulls the plug on Science City and turns its back on reform process

Mari Sundli Tveit says academia depends on ‘openness, cross-border cooperation and mobility’

Dame Athene Donald tells THE about calling out unacceptable behaviour with empathy and reflects on her legacy as outgoing master of Churchill College

Latest figures show Chinese application numbers back on trend, but caution sounded on headwinds and ‘super-dependence’

International enrolments bear no relationship whatsoever to provision gaps in students’ home countries, study finds

Regardless of whether claims about research security had any bearing on withdrawal, shifting political sands perceived to have been a key factor

In latest escalation, Republicans insist documents presented by university to date do not go far enough

Sixty sector organisations, including 21 universities, are seeking to build a new market for cash products that does not contribute to the financing of fossil fuel expansion

With applicant numbers declining despite big recruitment plans, report argues more incentives are needed to turn student interest into enrolments

After Trump crackdown and Biden promise of clearer guidelines, lawmakers grow antsy about lack of progress

As officials ward off questions about debt relief, tax office outlines the cost of changes to ‘grossly unfair’ repayment quirk

Applicants to institutions getting marked down face more processing delays

Panel claims its efforts have been met with ‘resistance, indifference, procedural setbacks and deliberate stalling’, in wake of THE article alleging discrimination against black workers

Funder’s director warns that disclosing records on information complaints could deter future reporting

University of Oxford professor Simon Marginson says populist targeting of higher education by Trump, DeSantis and others is finding favour with both graduates and non-graduates alike

Anti-Jewish hate reaches record high as vast majority of cases recorded by Community Security Trust come after 7 October

Opposition scenting power urged to ‘show political leadership’ in face of Tory pressure to scrap or scale back post-study work route

Hepi paper says rents need to come down by about 30 per cent in response to cost-of-living crisis

Ucas data reveals drop in application rate among UK school-leavers and significant declines in international interest from key sectors, with least selective institutions bearing brunt

Growing scrutiny of empty departmental workplaces has revived the fraught debate over whether academics should retain their own assigned office