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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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

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