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Our responsibility is to keep everyone safe and avoid the situation escalating into aggravated trespass or threats of violence, says George Bass

Who wants to be heckled in their workplace by people who think they are entitled to define the parameters of your faith for you, asks Joseph Mintz

Mike Lee retires after suspension for ending student encampment by promising to study campus¡¯ investments and halt non-existent academic exchanges

Even as undergraduates battle to survive in besieged Rafah, they are seeking to continue their studies

The Edinburgh protests underline the need for meaningful ways for students, staff and community to govern the university together, says Kevin Donovan

Vice-chancellors tread lightly as students occupy building and defy instructions to vacate camps

Ideal of student-oriented officers, arising from 1960s-era protests, appears to have lost ground to profession¡¯s more enduring imperatives

Teaching suspended and all campus buildings closed after riot police shut down pro-Palestinian demonstration

Listening to students and engaging activist donors in university affairs in more constructive ways would both help, says Richard Joseph

Move by the Conference of University Rectors in Spain follows widespread student protests across the country

Temperatures soar despite the winter chills, as each side accuses its opponents of extremism

University insists senate decision to refrain from institutional stance safeguards academic freedom

Intimidation of longstanding civic institutions belies a traditional conservative emphasis on small government and free speech, says Andrew Seligsohn

Prime minister summons sector leaders to Downing Street as campus protests spread, demanding disciplinary action against students found to be inciting hatred

Encampments cleared by law enforcement as student protests spread across Europe

Biden backs Republican narrative of excessive antisemitism in demonstrations, while California tries to uncover pro-Israel attackers

Institutions have adopted differing approaches to contending with fake, conflicting and confusing reports about events on and off campuses

More than a dozen institutions affected as students join global movement with roots on US campuses

Ivy League university at centre of nationwide series of student demonstrations will try for smaller events away from campus encampment

Authorities shrug off calls for camps to be dismantled, amid reports of antisemitism but little evidence of violence

Former Berkeley chancellor says sanctions on protest ringleaders must be seen to be just, although decisions may now be outside universities¡¯ control

President says ¡®order must prevail¡¯ after police clear UCLA encampment

Tough decade-old experience with police violence taught California universities the value of restraint, though divisive politics may already be straining its ability to keep its ideals

Violence also flares at University of California, Los Angeles as pro-Palestinian demonstrations reach climax

Suspension threats lead to classroom seizure after Ivy League university offers to discuss but not immediately implement Israel divestment

Just as universities enter election-year battle over their worth, cries of antisemitism ¨C sincere or otherwise ¨C play into their historic partisan vulnerabilities

Toronto¡¯s respectful dialogue guru warns against ¡®statement culture¡¯ and says focus should be on scholarship and engagement

Action to coincide with open day comes after widespread unrest on US campuses

Letter by Queen Mary academics is latest to raise concern over plight of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, who was arrested by Israeli police shortly after suspension by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

After top politicians visit Columbia University to demand harsh crackdown on student speech, police at multiple campuses move to shut down encampments

University¡¯s president in tough situation, with lawmakers escalating tensions, students angered by quick use of police force, and encampments elsewhere drawing similar responses

Ivy League institution follows congressional spotlight with student arrests and suspensions

After previous hearing led to ousting of Harvard and Penn leaders, Baroness Shafik calls for understanding but struggles to define response

Amid high-profile resignations, presidents face increased pressure over public statements

Researchers at Risk programme currently limited to Ukrainian scholars

Adam Habib says institutions that spoke out over Ukraine ¡®immediately invoked institutional neutrality¡¯ on Gaza, questioning whether they would have done the same in relation to Nazi Germany

Baroness Shafik¡¯s appearance before committee, in expected repeat of grilling that led to Harvard and Penn departures, described as not ¡®voluntary¡¯

Our department obliges Jewish studies students to study Islamic civilisation and vice versa. But will extremism put off applicants, asks Jonathan Judaken

Baroness Foster of Oxton falsely alleged that Oxford PhD student Melika Gorgianeh had displayed ¡®disgusting antisemitic symbols¡¯

Heriot-Watt researcher Kate Sang says Michelle Donelan ¡®made a cheap political point at my expense and caused serious damage to my reputation¡¯

Michelle Donelan faces calls to apologise as equality committee at centre of Gaza free speech row set to reconvene

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

Administrators toughen policies and responses after watching Ivy League presidents ousted

Supporters of Ghassan Hage claim his dismissal follows a ¡®smear campaign¡¯ responding to his condemnation of ¡®war crimes¡¯ in Palestinian territories

Palestinian scholars mourn ¡®deliberate targeting¡¯ of higher education but pledge to rebuild once war is over

After brief pause to assess security, Birthright programme again gives Jewish students free tours of nation, but faces questions over limited Palestinian perspective

While Republicans seek momentum from fiery hearing and Penn ousting, professors gain clarity on the size of the fight ahead

New complaints scheme may help ensure more open debates on campuses in time but Gaza crisis necessitates action now, say campaigners

Gen Z students need immediate, practical courses in how to distinguish fact from opinion and assess online sources¡¯ credibility, says Eli Gottlieb

A series of open letters on Israel-Gaza underlines that scholars rarely have superior knowledge, moral insight or political acumen, says Adrian Kreutz   

Inclusion of symbol of Palestinian resistance on flyer leads university to pull permission for staff-student session discussing current situation

After extended review, covering allegations of plagiarism on top of political pressures over Israel, governing board calls first black president right choice for healing

UNC chancellor¡¯s move to Michigan State also comes after years of trustee interference

Former Virginia provost had been criticised for failing to directly answer whether student protesters calling for genocide of Jews would be in breach of university code of conduct

Magill gets minimalist endorsement after sudden trustees meeting, as she and Harvard and MIT leaders face criticism over students defending Palestinians

Minister tells THE he has been calling vice-chancellors directly when he receives reports of Jewish students feeling threatened

Leaders of three elite universities berated in appearance before lawmakers alarmed by protests 

My interviews revealed that even before the latest conflict, good research relied on the determination and sacrifices of returnees, says Sheren Saad

Sufyan Tayeh, head of the Islamic University of Gaza, dies with his family as war resumes

After killings of dozens of students, faculty and staff, and with 1,000 still displaced, Sapir College looks to rebuild and renew