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High levels of ¡®undecided¡¯ students bode well for northern hemisphere enrolments

New UKRI chief executive tells THE she hopes to shift science incentives away from the model of an ¡®Einstein figure¡¯ lone genius

Study also proposes creation of new ¡®free¡¯ universities to move away from marketisation

Poll reveals ethnic minority students also less satisfied with assistance provided by UK schools in pandemic

Announcement comes as anxiety grows in England over grade calculations that have replaced exams 

Before and after surveys suggest international students in Australia have suffered more than locals

Scandal-driven ousting brings reflection to campus steeped in partisanship and power

Short-term financial squeeze could litter sector with aborted projects and careers, report warns

Polytechnic pilots curriculum, rebuilt from scratch to develop flexible graduates, that principal says could be tailor-made for post-Covid world

Initiative may have pushed academics to ¡®salami-slice¡¯ results, new analysis finds

Oxbridge and the Ivy League might do well to act more like Starbucks, argues Harvard fellow Aviezer Tucker

With Australia unlikely to allow foreign students in until next year, the possibility of them taking classes on Malaysian affiliate campuses is being explored

National Science Foundation¡¯s new emphasis in postgraduate funding seen as backsliding on diversity

Students who miss their grades may also be locked out if highly subscribed institutions fear breaching number controls and coronavirus regulations

Without ¡®flashy buildings¡¯ and IT systems, university administrators will be ¡®pushing bits of paper around¡¯ long into the future, says Monash head

Italian researchers behind much-criticised 2012 study request its withdrawal and apologise for ¡®distress¡¯ and ¡®discontent¡¯ caused

The war survivor with multiple degrees from universities around globe discusses her roles as advocate for refugees and for the understanding of Africa in HE

Former education secretary attacks ¡®short-term, myopic and dysfunctional¡¯ thinking in THE article

Springer Nature-Digital Science survey reveals that pandemic-hit researchers are more likely to return to old data, which some worry could lead to fraud

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

Top researchers call for universities and funders to sign up to new set of principles to stamp out harassment

Campus presidents emphasise belief in enrolment growth in survey

Big Ten collaboration, while limited, reflects growing pressure to cut costs

University leaders laud overseas collaboration, but express concern about ineffective communication back home

Research leaders stress opportunities for engagement from Covid-induced adversity

Reductions ¡®necessary to ensure that the university not only survives but thrives¡¯

Universities Australia chief executive tells THE Live ANZ that institutions must become more resilient

Australian expert highlights evidence indicating that good grades do not necessarily translate into success in doctoral training

Social scientists should be judged on their impact, while journals should make room for under-represented voices, say academics

Circular reprimands staff for firing off ¡®unacceptable¡¯ messages during coronavirus lockdown

Despite disappointment over Horizon Europe budget, research could still benefit from a vast pandemic resilience fund ¨C if national governments make it a priority

Scientists have expressed dismay that the reported death of a US scientist was apparently part of an elaborate hoax

Absorbing troubled online institution, university pledges $225 million investment

Increasing demand a taste of things to come, when school leavers alight on a ravaged job market

Green light for international universities to operate in new National Education Policy

UKRI lead on place sees challenge to ¡®idea that our research strength should all be concentrated in a relatively small number of institutions¡¯

Uncertainty over whether on-campus tuition will be able to go ahead leaves commencing students in visa jeopardy

¡®Well-meaning¡¯ codes of conduct do not lead to initiatives that make a difference, study finds

Frustrated with their university¡¯s plan for the autumn, which is slated to include full dorms, a group of professors has broken rank and sent an open letter to students

Sector leaders to debate how region can retain its leading position in global higher education

Three recent studies have unearthed interesting patterns by comparing cross-border working before and during the pandemic

Survey of UK academics finds both left and right discriminate against each other in hiring, funding and publishing decisions, leading to self-censorship across the sector

Study highlights how international students are treated as ¡®a separate cohort¡¯ and student advisors function like ¡®nannies¡¯

Most institutions say they will take Erasmus+ students in the autumn, with Swiss universities universally open, while the UK and Netherlands are more closed

Plea comes amid concerns that UK¡¯s post-Covid research plans have yet to adequately map out non-commercial engagement  

Universities should increase communication with education agents, especially over Covid fears, says working paper

English regulator also says it wants to reduce overall burden on providers

Some staff whose work has been disrupted by pandemic can be excluded, and leeway on publication deadlines also introduced

Early results from annual graduate employability survey suggest wide variations in views among firms due to pandemic 

Analysis for union shows universities are often among largest local employers and have ¡®huge impact¡¯ on town and city economies

UKRI says research organisations will have ¡®greater financial incentive¡¯ to invest in supporting scholars

Hundreds of thousands left in limbo and questioning whether the country has the resources to hold tests safely during Covid-19 crisis

As academic¡¯s ordeal goes from bad to worse, colleagues urge more action to secure her release

Medical researchers who fail to publish their results could be denied approval for future experiments

University¡¯s international head says institutions have been ¡®naive¡¯ over global partnerships

Minister risks Senate¡¯s wrath by defying an order to disclose research council recommendations

More than half of papers associated with science prizes from 1995 to 2017 relate to just five areas

Pension scheme¡¯s annual report shows relationship with members worsening amid ongoing dispute over contributions

Publisher says investigation under way after academics call for retraction of ¡®unscholarly¡¯ paper by influential voice on US welfare reform

Pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests amplify pressure on multibillion-dollar sports programmes over levels of athlete remuneration