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Fears over future impact of environment damage causing worry and distress, especially among those studying its effects

Successful efforts to boost China¡¯s citation standing are part of plan to push regulation away from current global norms, says thinktank analyst

Pennsylvanian liberal arts school planning to reduce, and possibly eliminate, adjunct and visiting assistant professor positions, faculty fear

Britain should emulate Canada¡¯s investment in digital security and due diligence to ensure research resilience, says elite university group

Key group endorses amalgamation but recommends ¡®additional risk management measures¡¯

Extensive comparison of course descriptions to actual syllabuses shows persistent silos, with highest cost for science students

With opposition senators seeking retention of unpopular ¡®fail rule¡¯, bill¡¯s passage appears far from assured

Gone are the days when AI was seen as the villain in education, according to leading HKUST scientist

University of Leicester professor Turi King explains why her BBC show is right to show the messy reality of DNA investigations and tracing lost parents

At Harvard and beyond, politicised sector sees new battles erupt between students, faculty, donors and lawmakers over attitudes towards Palestinians

Morgan State upgrades security after shooting but proposal to extend barrier proves controversial

Disciplinary committee takes no action against student who filmed critical race seminar, leading lecturer to go on sick leave and sparking national debate

51³Ô¹Ï Hesa data suggests that more than two-thirds of full-time academics in the UK have doctorates

Protests under canvas have popped up in 26 cities over rising living costs and what students say are poorly directed EU pandemic recovery funds earmarked for student accommodation

Staff complain over lack of consultation on proposed creation of new schools

Scientists¡¯ ability to understand changing climate is being undermined by lack of coordination and funding, House of Commons select committee report finds

Test run on more than 300,000 US student applications suggests technology can identify specific personal qualities with little bias

Researchers will work with faculty co-led by Sir Tony Blair at huge new multidisciplinary institute funded by Oracle software magnate Larry Ellison

Evacuation of international staff and mass mobilisation of army reservists has left some labs operating on ¡®skeleton crews¡¯

Increased scale of new German-Dutch imprint will speed transition to open access publishing and allow more investment in infrastructure

Education ministers call on universities to ¡®act swiftly and decisively against any threats¡¯ amid violence in the Middle East

The lecturer in Islamic art discusses how her son set her on the way to contributing to one the world¡¯s biggest-selling video game franchises and why she resists the idea of impact

Regulator¡¯s measures of quality may have unintended biases towards certain students, regions and institutions, says Amanda Broderick

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

PA Consulting survey spotlights concerns on finances plus relations with ministers and regulators, but also optimism on potential solutions

Growth rates run counter to government policy objectives, Australian conference hears

Church of Ireland Historical Society removes references to founder following accusations of child sexual abuse

Rectors lavish about 9 per cent more headcount and resources on their closest colleagues, with authors of nationwide, two-decade analysis calling for more lay executives and an alertness to post-election largesse

Years of declining funding have pushed university physicians to do more clinical work, with half of professors spending less than five hours a week in the lab

Shadow education secretary avoids mention of the word ¡®fees¡¯ in conference speech comments

Norwegian public health official to succeed Sir Jeremy Farrar at biomedical science funder

Annual survey of chief technology officers at US institutions reveals concerns about implications of AI but little enthusiasm for spending big on its potential

Women are given less time on equipment and more administrative duties than men in mixed gender laboratory groups, new research indicates

While Britain has gained ground as top-choice destination, it is being pipped by a resurgent Australia

Review finds only one in three institutions publishes guidance on alternative doctorate format

Core budgets of UK grant-awarding agencies eroded as new money goes elsewhere

While earnings gaps are well known, study suggests they are even wider than previously thought

Animated by both left and right, operations¡¯ right to label themselves ¡®university¡¯ or ¡®college¡¯ amplify a regulatory danger for US higher education

Labour leader hits back at Rishi Sunak¡¯s claim that higher education expansion target was one of ¡®great mistakes of last 30 years¡¯

¡®Astonishing demand¡¯ to suspend book launch over claims that its essays ¡®delegimitise trans people¡¯ shows activists have been ¡®emboldened¡¯, say editors

Only a small fraction of casual academics are lecturers, Australian employer association says, but union challenges data

Beijing is ¡®actively seeking to deter many young people from pursuing a degree¡¯ to stem graduate unemployment, researcher says

New polling shows strong support for degrees from parents, while Tory tactic may be of ¡®near-zero interest¡¯ to public

Award forces US university science to face up to treatment of immigrant woman who worked past demotions and threats to help create life-saving vaccine

Hesa research seeks to establish whether area-based measures of deprivation accurately reflect the challenges faced by specific households

Start of classes pushed back, with longer postponement probable, as reservist staff, academics and students called up

Voters have little enthusiasm for paying higher taxes to fund universities, new polling finds

Matt Western calls sustainable sector funding ¡®a big ask¡¯ as two vice-chancellors back graduate tax

Sutton Trust finds limited progress on opening up leading universities to less affluent school-leavers

Harvard professor Claudia Goldin is third woman to win Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences

Academics believe institutions have been ¡®punished¡¯ for perceived opposition to president Daniel Ortega

While universities bankroll more research from their own pockets they exercise less discretion about the things they study

New director promises political impartiality and a thorough consultation as English regulator gets ready to promote and protect expression on campus

Scholars say accusations of mismanagement against University of Hong Kong leader suggest ¡®deep resentment and frustration¡¯ in the ranks

Census data on higher education qualifications, which is broken down by age and sex for the first time, shows that 60 per cent of some age groups graduated from university

Hesa figures suggest uptake has hit record high, with more scholars on teaching and research contracts having a teaching qualification than those employed as teaching-only

Sector organisations warn that country risks brain drain if it does not end stagnation in investment

Australian university to ¡®review¡¯ court¡¯s dismissal of its appeal, as union urges it to abandon ¡®stalling tactics¡¯

Stringing out the numerous challenges could risk influence of Teaching Excellence Framework declining across the sector, experts fear

Michael Fung, a former deputy chief executive of Singapore¡¯s SkillsFuture programme, takes his methodology to Mexico and the developing world