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Alice Gast says the pandemic has shown the need for crucial changes in universities

But author of 2012 paper on staff qualifications says it is likely to be ¡®norm and expectation¡¯ that many academics have a doctorate  

Prolific cancer researcher Eric Lam has been fired after investigation found evidence of data falsification and manipulation

Neither the Equality Act nor campus groups¡¯ good sense will circumvent the duty to give a platform to anyone who wants one, says David Renton

As online shopping and pandemic leave swathe of retail units vacant, universities are urged to seize chance for space and civic roles

Government¡¯s lifelong loans plan is fuelling drive to cut system costs and ¡®spatchcocking a good idea¡¯, sector figures fear

After yet another minister falls to a plagiarism scandal, observers lament that a long German tradition of doctorates has descended into academic ¡®credentialism¡¯

As post-92 departments close, non-traditional students and scholars risk being shut out ¨C again, says Panikos Panayi

51³Ô¹Ï data from the 51³Ô¹Ï Office show recovery in the number of visas granted over autumn and winter

Union says vice-chancellors¡¯ shake-up would leave staff thousands of pounds out of pocket annually, but universities say current benefits are unaffordable

Scottish affairs committee calls for universities north of border to be better represented in UK Research and Innovation decision-making

THE event hears that ¡®policing¡¯ of social media posts from students studying abroad is stifling classroom debate