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Anna McKie talks to three experts about the benefits of embedding the concept of students co-creating their own learning

Further protests hit university campuses as pressure on ‘missing middle’ mounts

A dozen flagship UK-led hubs make up around half the active grant funding from under-threat GCRF budget      

Biomedical funder to widen eligibility of early career awards to encompass scholars returning from career break

A significant share of university staff and international students surveyed believe agents are biased towards certain institutions

Universities face ban on deals with foreign partners that lack ‘institutional autonomy’, as they wrestle with similar demons

China concern drives leaders of both parties to propose nearly doubling National Science Foundation budget

Experts warn that diverting cash to pay for Horizon Europe association would exert a heavy toll on early career scholars

Academics say universities are in the dark over their future funding levels, and ‘compulsory’ higher education policy creates overly high expectations for students

New president appears to accept Trump’s last-minute rules codification

John Morgan looks at why UK research faces crisis over Horizon Europe funding under government that wants ‘science superpower’ status

Australian universities’ standing in global league tables may have plateaued

University employees are ‘in the firing line’ and some have gone into hiding

Nick Welch, chief operating officer at Arts University Bournemouth, given 21-month sentence

Newcastle University scholar says she ‘will not be silenced’

George Tyndall has pleaded not guilty to dozens of assault charges

Move seen as popular among students and likely to be replicated elsewhere

Minister behind gender equality plan reflects on influx of female university presidents ahead of Trinity College Dublin’s provost election

Universities UK and Russell Group push for all students to return from 12 April amid concern that it could be pushed back to mid-May

Latest analysis of English graduate earnings still finds large ‘unexplained’ differences in salaries  

Research projects examining humanitarian crises and school inequality the latest to come under a cloud

Nick Welch, chief operating officer at Arts University Bournemouth, found to have conned the British army out of private school fees

Concern that Covid and award incentives deter scholars from pooling their skills

Analysis highlights ‘unacceptable’ disparities in racial representation in UK science

Agreement with Greece’s Education Ministry will facilitate academic collaboration with country’s state university sector

Students are reporting higher levels of engagement, despite Covid-19, while traditional university hierarchy further erodes

Rising public support for barring discrimination against LGBTQ people

Some of the world’s leading universities appear to benefit from having another top-ranked institution in their backyard

Beijing has banned dozens of China researchers and their families, while the country’s embassy to France called an expert a “petty thug” on Twitter

Vietnamese analysis of Australian survey data affirms findings about education’s impacts on subjective well-being, but ‘does not settle the argument’

Countries are choosing regional partners over Western giants, Nature Index data show

Partnerships are vital in addressing global problems, sector leaders say

Champion of public education alleged to have been tolerant of sexual misconduct in sport in previous role at Louisiana State

Review of UK’s first university course on happiness reveals ‘positive impact’, even during Covid-19

At the Future of Humanity Institute, early career researchers are given two years to work out which questions are really worth asking

Nobelist and Crick director calls on UK government to ‘come to its senses’ over possible ‘triple whammy’ hit to science funding

Requirement for trainee doctors to undertake training in the bush has not been enough to keep them there after graduation

Cutting existing research budgets by up to £2 billion would put ‘science superpower’ aim at risk, Greg Clark tells Boris Johnson

Rich accounts of how we screamed at the television, went swimming and adapted to the ‘surrealness’ of life during a pandemic fill a new archive

‘Significant increase’ in attacks recorded by National Cyber Security Centre since February

Open letter on Ariel University from academics across Europe and Israel says EU has acted against its own position on settlements

Students’ use of the website to cheat has exploded during the pandemic, according to researchers, but its legitimate uses put universities in a difficult position

Holberg Prize winner wants major reforms in college drinking culture and elite university sport

Sector leaders welcome independent review into bureaucracy, which follows Dominic Cummings’ diatribe against ‘process horror’ in research

Bénédicte Durand says university will make changes after slew of allegations, but defends governance procedures and argues banning initiation events is not the answer 

Most collaboration will continue, but emphasis on building the EU’s ‘strategic autonomy’ means academics in Israel, the UK and Switzerland could be shut out of some areas

Conservative professor’s book argues that dialogue across political divide is far more productive than activism and pious placemats

Students at overseas outposts are more negative about teaching quality, academic environment and engagement, according to paper

Internal vetting found nothing wrong with rejected research projects, vice-chancellors tell parliament’s security committee

‘Ambiguous’ regulations and lack of clarity around national security concerns are keeping universities in the dark, Australian inquiry hears

Boris Johnson must rapidly step in after Treasury puts block on extra funding to cover Horizon Europe costs, sector figures warn

Team of experts will pilot AI products and provide support and training to institutions

Proposed outpost could set precedent for what experts say is ‘inevitable’ integration

Allocation of £422 million last year cut to £125 million this year

Administration describes move as opening bid to revive aid for sector’s victims

Leader only started in January but provoked fury by using N-word in call with students

Social Market Foundation report calls for greater incentives for sectors to collaborate, instead of ‘ideologically fuelled’ deepening of divide

Lift your game, minister tells Covid-struck universities, as students mark institutions down on engagement

New analysis suggests concerns that exam forecasts harm equality ‘are not supported’ by data

Brussels-backed pilot project has borne fruit, but leaders say creating ‘seamless mobility’ across continent has been even more expensive and bureaucratic than expected