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Students share in small permanent increase to welfare payments

US professor says urban universities have to be better neighbours

Major UK survey finds established staff much more likely to have confidence in university over progression issues

But Frédérique Vidal admits the term ‘has no scientific definition’, and it remains unclear who will conduct the investigation

Australian reviewer who proposed benchmarks before the crisis must now decide how and when to apply them

More students to return from 8 March, but other learners must keep studying online until a review by the end of the Easter holidays

Almost 40,000 student cases were reported before November but most staff cases have been reported since 

UK Research and Innovation announces additional £11 million for UK doctoral students but rejects plea for blanket six-month extensions

With Biden set to revive employment yardstick for for-profits, Republicans demand it be universal

Mushrooming university may need to limit its activities to balance the books, new president suggests

Australia’s post-Covid employment ‘circuit breaker’: casual professors, a revised 40/40/20 split and no more 18-month payouts

Increasing the share of non-tenure-track faculty has no effect on financial health of US public universities, says paper

Major survey is first to link entrance scores, elite universities and salary

University expresses concerns about ‘untrue statements’ but UCU remains in dark over what caused problem

Former universities minister says there is a danger reforms will focus too narrowly on colleges

Organisation charged with leading probe says term has no ‘scientific reality’ and is being used to shut down academic discussion of race and colonialism

Ministers promise innovative funding models for Advanced Research and Invention Agency following debate on relationship with umbrella body

Webinar hears that postdocs are being ‘deprofessionalised’ and encouraged to win grants on behalf of principal investigators

Experts voice caution on prospect of quick bounceback in UK overseas recruitment post-Covid, highlighting issues around affordability and changing competitive landscape

Industry operatives’ worst fears could cost universities thousands of staff and country tens of billions of dollars

Concern tempered by applications and deferrals suggesting post-Covid recovery

Estimate of emissions generated by staff and students during lockdown virtually the same as campus commuting 

While president eyes fees-based relief for students, campuses emphasise need to revive traditional means of support

Foreign investment or buyout touted as potential route out of financial woe for institutions, while others see ‘multi-university groups’ as more viable

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

The BBC presenter and composer explains why students need music more than ever and how his drama school training influences his music

Tributes paid to a pioneer in the commercialisation of academic research notable for his ‘ferocious work ethic’

Despite drop in interest from European Union, overall applications to UK universities by January deadline rose this year

Author of a comprehensive appraisal of university finances says officials want universities to keep money flows on the straight and narrow

Education department asserts right to approve language course closures while insisting that it ‘does not intervene’

Scholars at Risk denounces arrests and police actions on campus

Controversial journal paper stirs debate on Asian wartime slavery

Administrative costs thought to account for substantial percentage of US research spending