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After elite universities took her from County Durham to White House, next Durham chancellor aims to work on spreading benefits of higher education beyond elites 

Massification, metrics and consumerism have eroded what was distinctive about UK higher education, says Philip Langton

Vice-chancellors’ group launches ‘national conversation’ on future UK-wide research funding and teaching support in England

Bibliometric-led evaluation of research outputs unable to replicate ‘richness’ of peer-review model

Automation should only be used to support peer review and not usurp it, finds major study

While students are exempt from Russia’s mobilisation, African students’ financial precarity leaves them open to pressure, says Ararat Osipian

Institutions invited to host master’s programmes to address skills shortages in areas such as bridge-building

But institutions will contribute much more to both their localities and their planet if they collaborate more, says Simone Buitendijk

Claim by University of Essex law academics that ‘anti-trans’ speakers could ‘contaminate’ buildings branded ‘misogyny’ by critics

Leading human rights activist says ‘absurd’ draft law could be ‘extremely harmful to education and research’ and is reminiscent of Soviet censorship

Seeing degrees solely as gateway qualification to the modern labour market ‘neither just nor efficient’, says government adviser on skills

Peers amend controversial legislation owing to prospect of “endless litigation”, with ban on non-disclosure agreements also supported