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Retaining Covid innovations seen as possible solution to dealing with backlog

Unions say one-off handouts will do little to deter members’ appetite to strike for better pay deals

Universities face long road to recovery even if Lula is victorious, say sector leaders

University of the West of Scotland says twice-weekly meals are a response to cost-of-living crisis

Disappointment as ‘mini budget’ contains no new commitments on research funding or support for students

Westminster refers to alternatives rather than arbitration, after unproductive Brussels meeting triggered by legal action

Land of the free market outpaces UK’s muted ‘levelling up’ with funding to leverage power of universities in struggling regions

Aleks Subic suggests UK universities need to be ‘an active collaborator’ with government, rather than going on the defensive

Island nation looks instead to start university partnerships and boost mobility to reinvigorate its education exports

University promises more memorials, community engagement and Afro-Caribbean institutional partnership after study into slavery links, setting aside just £1.5 million for legacy fund

Intergovernmental institute says ‘symbolic’ split over full attendance at council meetings led to failure of talks

Some students reluctant to switch to English-language lectures because national exams are conducted in Chinese

Academic presses struggling to keep up with the demand for once-obscure books about war-torn nation

Trudeau government faces calls to follow Biden’s lead, although improvement in borrower repayment terms seen as more likely

Huge study by Colorado researchers finds one in eight academics studied for their PhD at just five institutions

Families increasingly having to help students to get through their studies as inflation erodes value of loans

A groaning university wants ministerial permission to impose separate English- and Dutch-language course caps

Higher education needs to ‘find the right balance’ between online and in-person learning, says Sydney professor, after confronting empty lecture hall for the second time

Graduates report feeling happier on Saturdays and Sundays, skewing findings for researchers trying to measure well-being

Institutions should assign a senior university manager to uphold academic freedom in same way as equality is promoted at board level, says report

Union members begin walkouts at 16 universities amid calls for higher wage rises due to cost-of-living crisis

Student groups condemn institution’s denials and call for ‘student-run’ body to look into sexual harassment on campus

Deal will ‘transform the events landscape for students looking to study abroad’, says chief executive

WA says legal contracts and payment through institutions will avert unintended consequences

Some doubt government will really lavish foundation-governed universities with extra funding it has promised

Author hopes her experiences battling burnout as an academic can inspire others to find ways to cope

Truss government and business secretary urged to affirm commitment to using research spending to drive innovation, particularly in regions

Private Orthodox institution acts after US Supreme Court upholds state court recognition order that’s likely to be reversed later

Shortage of doctors can’t be fixed by pushing back admissions decisions, says centre-left rival

Enrolments down and activism up, as staff brace for job losses and management prepares for shutdowns

As biggest member state centralises power while failing to pay its dues, the headwinds battering the pan-regional university are getting a whole lot stronger

Top US funder of basic research warns it will tally and punish cases of yelling, threats and other abuses by scientists losing grant competitions

Former University of Southern California water polo coach gets new trial as federal judge cites significance of USC accepting payment from student’s family

Research fraudbuster says publication of six papers with hallmarks of Russian paper mills indicates why periodicals must commit to more post-submission transparency

Lund University dean says many foreign researchers face ‘nuisance’ of an increasingly strict system

Lower tariff providers have enjoyed their best clearing in years as elite universities abandon expansionist ambitions due to fees freeze

The writer and academic talks about her philosophical fascination with the mind and body, and why she wrote about her mother’s dementia

Nearly two years after pursuit of controversial and costly insolvency process, Ontario institution sees pathway to recovery

Eastern authors ‘risk falling behind’ on visibility and rankings if their work remains behind paywall while US moves to open research, scholars warn

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

Research England examining study on how AI might be used to predict quality of research outputs

ARC reveals macro scale of its micro-management of funding applicants’ statements

As oversubscribed classes become painfully commonplace, students with computer skills test marketplace to bypass administrators

At campus steeped in scandal, trustees fault Stanley over sexual misconduct reporting procedures, but faculty and students help him fight back

As universities buff up their diversity credentials, Australia’s largest regional institution warns of ‘hunting’ in its backyard

‘Reprofiling’ of planned increase in spending and opting against association to Horizon Europe likely to be on table, predicts ex-minister

UK analysis of data on siblings’ attitudes challenges right-wing claims that universities ‘indoctrinate’ students into leftist thinking

World-first study highlights need for clear sexual harassment policies, suggesting that men became more wary of collaborating with female colleagues

Achievement of 400,000 mark driven by influx from Europe and the US, although francophone Africa still dominates

Scholars say Russia’s war is to blame for decline in first-year students, with some noting ‘unprecedented’ increases in Polish and Ukrainian languages

Beijing has given green light for international students’ return but some institutions say learners will have to wait until 2023

Researchers concerned about increased bureaucracy attached to government proposals

Rwandan government and Mastercard Foundation hand over $275 million as institution enters second decade

Science powerhouse will sever research and financial links with firms linked to Chinese military ‘within months’

With large backlog of student applications likely throughout the semester, institutions plead for clear answers on winter term

Riham Sheble claims she had to battle Warwick for study extensions

Government accused of moving goalposts over pre-election messaging, with social sciences and business master’s also set to lose out

Researchers ‘may avoid’ bilateral projects over scrutiny concerns if PM escalates China’s status, scholars caution

Local store gets huge punitive court-ordered payout over campaign castigating its 2016 pursuit of shoplifting black student

New textbook series may be seen as move to create a cadre of evangelists across international borders