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Background checks on undergraduates seen as way of reducing risk of accepting applicants who are being pressured by intelligence services

Royal Holloway student threatens legal action over decision to involve anti-terror authorities in investigation of his social media posts

Exams going unmarked and temporary lecturers causing friction 130 days into industrial action but Joanna Newman believes she can end crisis loop at famed arts institution

Thousands of students calling for better university conditions and job prospects have taken to the streets of Albania’s capital in recent days

Union threatens potential strikes, saying scale of cuts will inevitably lead to job losses

Universities caution against reliance on AI detection tools after media probe alleges 20 per cent of recent master’s theses were mostly produced using chatbots 

A hundred jobs in the frame after Charles Sturt’s international earnings crash by three-quarters

Professors claim their pay cheques have decreased by more than 30 per cent, as public education workers embark on a historic march through Buenos Aires

Recognition for ‘defending evidence-based science’ may help others ‘challenge unsupported scientific claims’, says neuropsychologist

Post-92s better at equipping students with digital skills – while most undergraduates interested in degrees tailored to them by technology

Declining birth rate forces institutions to ditch decades-old admissions policies but experts caution institutions could struggle to convince men to enrol

Chief scientific adviser-turned-university president to step down when six-year term ends

University staff are demanding a new pay deal and stronger protections on working conditions after a previous government agreement expired in June

Former Bank of England chief economist and Burnham adviser says changes to ensure graduates are work-ready not happening at ‘right pace and scale’

Cutting research funding risks undermining Europe’s ability to compete with China and US, sector leaders warn 

Just 11 per cent of early career physicists preparing for a UK research career after a series of STFC funding cuts, new survey finds

Cancellation of Radio 4 programmes dedicated to ideas is a huge blow for younger scholars keen to connect with the public, say those who made their names on air

Major survey finds reduction in internships and placements, casting doubt on vice-chancellors’ pledge to offer opportunities for all undergraduates

London Interdisciplinary School announces it is joining EMLyon, as the management institution expands its global presence

Ian Chapman outlines plans to add more commercialisation and technology-focused roles to the agency to address ‘skills deficit’

‘Opening the Doors of Opportunity’ bill passes with dozens of amendments and last-minute constitutional hitch

Scholars who built network of tens of thousands of people working on AI say research produced on the continent can ‘push the boundaries’

Institutions becoming more heavily involved in decisions over who works on what projects as China links scrutinised

Experts urge basic research funding to be protected as agency tasked with finding £1 billion to pay for regional clusters

Triumph for experts on fiscal policy takes America’s Nobel tally to four this year as UK-based researchers do not feature in winners list

More cases expected to be heard this week after Irish government rejected more than 100 applications from Gaza

Leicester-based university starts severance scheme, saying student recruitment shortfall means it has to make savings

While consultant’s report suggests benefits will massively outweigh costs, staff have joined administrators in vowing to ‘vehemently fight’ the proposal

Institutions warned PhD students particularly vulnerable to ‘boundary blurring and grooming’

As Trump directs the NSF to fund organisations tackling national priorities, scholars see echoes of the same approach in the UK and beyond

THE investigation uncovers companies offering to award degrees themselves or arrange for one to be bestowed from network of universities worldwide

Merger of three public universities ‘would create cost, waste and loss of choice’ while ushering ‘complexity rather than competitiveness’

Specialist in early modern English and theatre, Michael Scott, hopes his project will introduce new audiences to Shakespeare – although admits some colleagues find it all a ‘bit strange’