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Laureate recalls his serendipitous route to chemistry and California, and how he would turn the UK’s ‘lean and mean’ science system into a world leader

Analysis of global database of policy documents suggests projects, especially in natural and social science, have widespread impact

Roles seek to counter dominance of publication metrics in promotion, but scholars say research should remain primary path to career progression

Nation’s top judiciary agrees to question victories for Harvard and North Carolina upholding long-established right to consider race in admissions

Several people seriously injured, one fatally, after campus shooting, say police

Undergraduates complain of poor attendance in online classes and cheating in examinations

Financial accounts for 2020-21 suggest tension may now grow between saving money and investing in staff and facilities

Call for subcontinent to be recognised as more than ‘just a market for education’

Backing university professors seeking to testify in voting case against state, federal judge compares US conservatives to Chinese dictators

Union faces divisions internally as well as impasse with vice-chancellors in negotiations

Western Australia defers return of quarantine-free travel in response to Omicron variant as eastern states open up

Government cracks open door for select few, but thousands still stuck overseas

Alice Gast emerges as top-paid leader among Russell Group

Tardy response to UKRI request meant greenlit research projects on pandemic could not begin, investigation concludes

Backlash grows to include proposed legislation to remove ministers’ power to cancel funding applications

Sector says overseas learners should be able to focus on their courses, but government also has an eye on labour shortages

Postgraduate student Xiyue Wang alleges broad failures by university in three-year imprisonment, while experts see more complicated reality

English universities should ‘deliver face-to-face teaching without restrictions’, says Department for Education

Monsoon physicist talks through her journey resisting pressure to be ‘ladylike’ and becoming the only woman of 54 in chemical engineering class

Ex-prime minister says cancellation of funding ‘betrays government’s hostility to higher education’

Data reveal 69 per cent increase in outlay between 2016-17 and 2019-20 in England

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

Tributes paid to administrator of ‘immense ability’ who spent 17 years as secretary of the Open University

Label would apply to providers failing to get a rating and in England would limit the fees they can charge, according to consultation

Latest stage of English plan to tackle ‘poor quality’ via absolute baselines for student outcomes brings threat of punishment for institutions that fall short

Agreement covers more than 1,000 victims over four decades of campus doctor, just days after university president fired for employee relationship

After years of escalating protests, controversial law professor to face disciplinary process at Ivy League institution

Rigorous ‘no deal’ planning paved way for significant concessions, says library head

Researchers decry ‘ridiculous’ travel for 30-minute interviews and ask colleagues and funders to commit to flying less

Ex-governor also wants UK to offer visas to youth born after 1997 to counter clampdown on free speech

Firms that sell co-authorship on papers accepted by reputable journals are likely turning over millions of pounds a year

Brussels officials say their new European universities strategy, including cooperation on higher education laws, will improve student mobility and academic cooperation

In biennial assessment, NSF analysts admit US still losing ground on many metrics but remaining most likely common partner for breakthroughs