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Making historic ¡®misrepresentations¡¯ a reportable offence could affect even overseas study   

THE survey finds applicants are just as likely to rate university sustainability and graduate employment prospects as top priorities

Stranded students ¡®won¡¯t put their lives on hold¡¯, diplomats warn universities

In 15 out of 20 cities analysed, researchers just passing through tended to have the biggest impact  

Union passes motion in favour of industrial action over risk to 145 staff

Future association funding ¡®fairly secure¡¯ but must be discussed again with Treasury, says business secretary

Video platform made powerful by pandemic agrees to largely let universities police content

Tributes paid to ¡®the best thing that¡¯s happened to Cornell in the last half-century¡¯

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

London Higher says government proposal will ¡®take away a lifeline¡¯ for city¡¯s universities

US and Israeli institutions lead way on demanding immunisation but leading epidemiologist questions added value of ¡®green pass¡¯

Senior scholars increasingly victims of gossip, muttering and insubordination, researchers say

The LSE management expert describes how workers can gain confidence to speak up, the culture shock of academia and what she learned from a drag king workshop

Three countries even received double-digit increases in 2020, but with so much new government debt, some fear cuts could be in store further down the line

Border hold-ups and complex new rules are causing supply shortages in laboratories that jeopardise research, says Wellcome Sanger Institute

While concern has centred on vulnerable flows from China, an Indian exodus could prove more devastating

Scholars fear threat of lawsuits is deterring academics from exploring Polish complicity in genocide

Concerns over international recruitment as need for better communication emphasised

NYU provost suggests model of in-person elite higher education will endure

Research England head believes science funding ¡®will increase in the way government has said, but perhaps not as frontloaded as we had hoped¡¯

Security committee chairman does not want to cultivate a culture of ¡®learned helplessness¡¯ where universities defer judgement to the government

Government refusal to allow more face-to-face teaching driven by Treasury fears of derailing indoor hospitality reopening, sector sources suggest

Students fare better when campuses frame equity as quest for justice, Princeton analysis finds

Technology hubs in countries such as India and Brazil appear to be improving retention of graduate talent

Paucity of agents, degree-averse students and lack of focus in Canberra hamper universities from cultivating alternative markets, webinar hears

Hopes that for-profit institutions would head for disadvantaged communities not served by universities have not been realised

UCU negotiator says UUK¡¯s latest proposals are unlikely to win support

Allowing tattoo parlours and drive-in cinemas to reopen before universities illustrates how students have been ignored during the pandemic, says Olivia Winnifrith

Salary boost might be more effective than legal crackdowns in thwarting international recruiting and funding approaches, argues Oklahoma representative

UK academia¡¯s champion for black postgraduate students, Anne-Marie Imafidon, and others explain how scholars can help diversify graduate education

Director promises action as QAA says prestigious institution failing to meet sector standards and struggling to adapt to Covid-19

Foreign students, mostly from Asia, ¡®will simply go elsewhere¡¯ if Biden doesn¡¯t act soon

Higher education priorities include racial and economic diversity, and science

More than 76,000 academics at 157 universities participating in research evaluation

Ivy League and peers pull further away from competition, but there may still be hope for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Scottish Parliament poll will see consensus on fee-free HE and may leave universities looking towards independence implications

Australian university shrugs off Covid¡¯s financial wrecking ball and even manages to bolster its insurance against future ¡®shocks¡¯

Social media may mute moderate voices, but that is no reason for researchers to presume they don¡¯t exist, argues Duke expert in polarisation

Minister says a new strategy and government restructure will ensure a continuous push towards a ¡®robust science and technology ecosystem¡¯ in the Emirates

¡®Unpredictable¡¯ sequence of cuts and increases for UK science budgets is undermining faith in spending promises, say sector leaders

OfS says group needs ¡®increased flexibility and greater support¡¯ to overcome challenges

¡®Oscars of higher education¡¯ opens to Irish-based entrants for the first time

Infrastructure plan poised to bring millions of new students as well as billions of research dollars

Leading scholar says region must place more importance on liberal arts, not just science and engineering, to build better societies

Huntington accepts separation from Laurentian, but Thorneloe sees danger to students and faculty nationwide

Katherine Fleming tells THE event New York University would ¡®turn into a gigantic teaching institution for data science¡¯ if it responded to outside pressure

Putting aside questions of sexism, racism and homophobia, Australian literature review finds that SETs are just poor science

Ex-chair discusses his time at regulator, next project reviewing delivery for the Westminster government and new book Accomplishment

Four-year study into publisher responses uncovers delays of almost three years to investigations and ¡®huge variance¡¯ in action taken

Complaints about essay mills peaked as online delivery concerns subsided, regulator¡¯s report says

Union warns that employers ¡®have offered very little to dissuade members from voting for another round of industrial action¡¯

THE event hears benefits of emulating Bologna Process would be huge, but efforts might need to start small

Organisation writes to Boris Johnson asking why shops and gyms can reopen but 1 million students can¡¯t return

Study finds that children of similar ability at all levels of school system are far more likely to attend university if they come from wealthy backgrounds

Plymouth research shows teaching through immersive modules improved marks by about 4 percentage points

Online harassment is now spilling into the real world, with politically outspoken historians doxed and subject to posters warning: ¡®You are being watched¡¯

Elisabeth Bik has sounded the alarm on everything from hydroxychloroquine claims to Chinese ¡®paper mills¡¯

First institutional accounts reveal mixed results, with many institutions weathering the Covid storm but some plunging into deficit

Academics emphasise role of critical thinking in societal development at THE summit

Sciences and humanities to be taught side by side starting this year in two leading institutions