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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Researcher says academics should create moments ‘in which students are able to reflect on what they see and hear’

Forthcoming restrictions on Sino-British research are short-sighted, driven by ‘ideology’ and mark a rapid policy U-turn, say education experts

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

‘No detriment’ policies lead to wide variation in degree classifications across sector

Leaders say they are happy to support safe return of students, but worry about timing and convincing staff

Staff who enter higher education in mid-career without a PhD are academia’s ‘proletariat’, not ‘privileged’ young researchers, says paper

University and College Union accuses ministers of ‘fighting phantom threats’

Legislation will enable police presence on campuses after years of academics being assaulted, held hostage and blocked from entering buildings

With more candidates than ever applying for research roles, some scholars are reassessing how they engage with unsuccessful applicants

Australian department ‘erroneously’ removed protection for former education minister’s pet courses

Former universities minister calls on Department for Education to support private member’s bill outlawing contract cheating

Deportation of University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia is latest crisis to afflict a Western administrator in region

Gavin Williamson’s call for OfS to ‘support individual academics’ in curriculum rows could ‘set up wall with university leadership’

Warnings that some universities could become master’s-free zones overlook progress during the pandemic, vice-chancellors say

Spaniards and Poles notably buck the trends found in other countries

Expert questions government’s motivations for building another institution in troubled region

Doctoral degrees urgently need to become more diverse, more student-centred and more public-facing, argue authors of new book

Vote comes amid growing row over IHRA definition, which a UK minister wants universities to adopt

End of Trump and Covid not enough to revive foreign interest, main university group says

Holyrood ministers say pandemic restrictions mean students have been unable to gain sufficient clinical experience

Students are recounting instances of abuse on Twitter following resignation of university director and governing board chair

Study says academics should highlight unreviewed papers’ uncertainty

Hefty cuts to the fund supporting two flagship international research schemes do not square with UK’s science spending ambitions, warn leaders

New French-speaking campus attracts few applications but supporters defend its viability

Science and Technology Committee says ‘Arpa’ may be most effective if set up outside UK Research and Innovation

Priority should be better teaching for domestic students and improved research performance, THE forum hears

Success of India’s education reforms ‘matter tremendously to the world’ but foreign institutions will not solve country’s problems, says former UK universities minister

Experts fear submissions in 2021 won’t be able to appropriately account for wide range of disruptions to student experience caused by pandemic

Experts say institution’s decision to scrap plans to build ‘gargantuan lecture hall’ provides ammunition to the argument for more evidence-based pedagogical practices

Institutions that emphasise racial equity are less vociferous about addressing economic diversity in student body, some argue