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Improvements to students’ grades usually down to spending more time on tasks rather than ‘active learning’, says landmark study

City plans to offer two-year visas to top global talent and extend post-graduation work permits

Union passes 50 per cent threshold in aggregated ballot for first time since trade union laws introduced in 2016

Regional Australian universities’ fears of losing ‘equity’ enrolments to city rivals prove unfounded

Administration nevertheless presses borrowers to persist with their applications, saying it’s ‘more committed than ever’ to promise of $380 billion in relief for millions

Tenfold increase in article output should be a research integrity ‘red flag’ for publishers, says Cambridge researcher Nick Wise

Vivienne Stern aims to reach agreement on ‘long-term’ solution that works for universities, students and government

Institutions have been asked to experiment with curricula that create lighter workloads for staff and students

Students face invidious options after two years of educational derailment, Australian forum hears

South Korean study of more than 125,000 teacher evaluations shows learners’ tendency to penalise their lecturers even amid overall rise in scores

Inspectors cite concerns about housing quality and accessibility, but say higher first-year rates may simply be because students ‘do not feel at home’

Southern nation’s recovery coincides with concerning signs in Canada and the UK

Latest data show 8 per cent growth during 2021-22, cementing position as fourth-most-popular study destination worldwide

Federal judge finds states don’t have standing to challenge debt cancellation, while Supreme Court justice sets aside emergency appeal

World’s second-biggest nation nears overtaking China, giving both the government and institutions new customer satisfaction challenges

Mamokgethi Phakeng speaks out as council probes issues relating to role of deputy

United Nations report examines how academic credits can be validated more easily

Universities must tackle issues that ‘reduce enthusiasm for investment’ to defend teaching and research budgets ‘inevitably under threat’, says Iain Mansfield

Influential Australian politician backs consideration of migration incentives, but rules out ‘hard link’

Cell biologist replaces Reif after tenure marked by explosive neighbourhood growth and financial-political controversies

Biomedical and life sciences publisher says it wants to focus reviewers’ attention on content of research

Home secretary’s departure seen as reducing risk of shift to more restrictive international student regime

With nation in long-term demographic decline, historically black campuses and dual-enrolled high school students offer hope for growth in post-secondary sector

Pro-regime letter attributed to 10,000 professors condemns ‘aimless riots’ as students across the country call for change

Inexperienced and over-zealous officials blamed for spike in visa rejections

British Council finds wide range of benefits associated with overseas provision, but making money still looms large

Initiative aims to help host families learn more about the culture of Ukraine before Russian invasion

But lukewarm interest from China and India suggests more work is needed on safety, work prospects and perception of quality

But report concludes that balance of face-to-face and online learning is ‘not the key’ factor in teaching quality

Members hope closer cooperation will help disrupt innovative multinational fraudsters that target and blackmail vulnerable students

Institute of Student Employers says rising inflation means graduates face a 7 per cent pay cut

President also castigates Republicans as hypocritical for their opposition, as issue appears to favour Democrats in congressional elections

Even as institutions offering mediocre engineering qualifications go out of business, private providers are expanding into the digital space

Britain’s inflexible and expensive visas for science talent have been exposed by recent pro-migrant reforms by rival countries, experts say

Scores of North American universities now cover local and national news for an audience running into the millions

Ex-minister George Freeman urges sector to ‘mobilise’ to show R&D key to growth, despite securing Treasury commitment not to cut science budget

Evelyn Welch reflects on the legacy of slavery, preventing student suicides, and lessons for academia from her pop star daughter

Universities’ marketing and motherhood statements fall short of students’ ‘more nuanced’ perceptions, Australian audit finds

Universities UK says putting limits on overseas recruitment would be ‘bizarre’

Claiming nation’s first-ever student-centred strategic plan, university says nation has gone too far in the direction of leaving its students to navigate basic challenges

Universities’ policies of ‘inclusion’ have proven superficial and ineffective, say scholars

New recruits at specialist creative arts university get far inferior pensions, says union

Survey of more than 12,000 students and recent graduates finds a quarter say they do not have any friends at university

Foreign interference and cybersecurity are ‘right problems’ for university leaders to be focusing on, minister tells chancellors

MSU’s third consecutive leader to be forced out over handling of sexual misconduct cases joined by students in protesting governing board overreach

Coming out becoming ‘increasingly risky’ on Chinese campuses, says academic who left the country

Comprehensive rejection of ‘Magna Carta’ leaves radical government ‘paralysed’ as key issues go unaddressed

Changes will exempt many more researchers from forced retirement at 68 but critics say policy is still unfair

The University of Sydney will host the next THE World Academic Summit in September 2023

Universities have done themselves a disservice by playing politics and overlooking the public mood, chancellors say

After long being attuned to primary and secondary needs, lender and donor sees urgency of tertiary-level development

As companies seek to supplant university courses, Nobelist fears policymakers blinded by promises of cheap and easy

Lack of institutional support in meeting the growing demand for data sharing must be addressed, says global study of attitudes towards publishing

President says experience of ‘provocateur extraordinaire’ provided a tough test of principles that are now paying off

‘Universities can’t sit in isolation’ but academics remain too ‘internally focused’, says Arizona State president

The mathematician and author talks about how her experience of racism and ‘not fitting in’ prepared her for being a woman in maths, and how abstract maths can stimulate empathy

Legal accountability may increase early cancellation of hostile speakers as institutions bury booking processes in red tape, Hepi study suggests

Up to 50 staff at wealthier Australian institutions out-earn the average English vice-chancellor, FOI documents reveal

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

Asian superpower’s drift away from international partnerships a result of the pandemic, says president of National Natural Science Foundation of China