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University of Queensland signals enthusiasm to proceed with Ramsay Centre-funded courses

Future steps require a future, first-time China summit hears

Elevated output has not come at cost of excellence, research assessment exercise suggests

Oslo-based programmes win accreditation after regulator rules there is a "field of work" astrologers can enter after graduation

But union says codifying free speech principles would backfire

While fundraising is growing, it involves more than ‘building relationships over a cup of coffee’ 

Australia’s private colleges are lumbered with loan fee despite doing better than university partners

One in six campuses is shrinking as low birth rates bite, says study

University insists resolution will not affect plans for ‘Western civilisation’ course

Australian government unveils incentives to lure international students away from big cities

Cash flows are not moving fast enough to keep pace with technology, malaria expert cautions

‘Anything goes’ approach does not serve doctoral candidates, universities or funders, say researchers

Publisher expected to lose about €10 million a year, while Norwegian researchers face being unable to access new papers

Martin Heidingsfelder, who has helped bring down several political high-fliers, still thinks there are plagiarists at the very top of German politics

Patchy information obscures outcomes for students taught by subcontractors

Personal and pragmatic factors often keep Chinese academics in the West

Vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner confirms university is considering opening outpost following signing of free trade agreement

Institutions’ philanthropy heads lift their sights as campaigns exceed expectations

Protesters allegedly called researchers ‘dirty Jews’ and ‘traitors’ in latest intimidation of scholars who emphasise Polish role in the Holocaust

Australian universities yet to sign up to guidelines, representative body says

Deal follows long-awaited decree allowing foreign university campuses

ARC insists allegations of political subversion are ‘baseless’

Two dozen agreements signed in whirlwind tour Down Under

Negotiations on €100 billion Horizon Europe scheme delayed by East-West tensions and could be slowed further by European elections

Universities ‘not well served’ by federal government’s approach to BRI, Universities Australia conference hears

Continued funding squeeze appears inevitable as major parties’ policies trickle out at UA conference

Labor has made an ‘unequivocal commitment’ to restore uncapped funding, vice-chancellors say

‘Why is being incredibly successful a problem?’ asks Universities Australia chair Margaret Gardner

Governing body neglecting its responsibilities, says union branch president and former senate member

Separate survey uncovers widespread opposition to recent research funding cuts

Northumbria historian discusses how her research has informed her advocacy and the abuse she has suffered for her campaigning

Community attitudes questionnaire also finds that Australians want caps on international students but not domestic students

Sir Fraser Stoddart says the most rewarding element of his work has been supervising research students, who supported him personally after his wife’s death

Business and academia accuse each other of ‘more aggressive’ assertion of intellectual property rights

Australian and New Zealand open access advocates want more attention paid to ‘green’ model

Many presidents have pursued their careers just at one institution, raising questions about management skills, report finds

Researchers must ‘put on the gloves’ and bring the fight to their critics, says Arizona State professor

Foreign faculty’s dissatisfaction adds to the lure of Chinese recruitment push

Research benefits often unforeseeable but must be communicated

Institutions that win performance-related funding will fall behind anyway, university group claims

Weitermachen Sanssouci may be the first film to tackle the woes of research assessment, casualisation and an obsession with student employability

University presses need to collaborate and think big in an uncertain marketplace, says UNSW executive

Evidence suggests citations boost from working with industry

Doubts over impact of Australian scheme after previous fee discount programme was scrapped

Universities ‘relieved’ at rejection of defence department demands for more control over technology they create

German-Russian conference cancelled over inclusion of acting rector of V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Rebekah Tromble and Patricia Rossini feared for their safety when the conservative online world turned against them last summer

Australian university releases details of curriculum for philanthropically funded degree

University presses should not produce popular books at the expense of academic ones, say scholars

Australian researchers say a lack of guidance material forces researchers to second-guess ethics committees

Rebalancing of global higher education promises end of era in which institutions all ‘strive to be the same as Harvard’, says professor

Ramsay Centre proposal ‘crosses red lines’, says union

New £5.7 million institute at the Technical University of Munich triggers ‘ethics washing’ debate

But flagging Chinese applications could dampen future growth

While China’s intensification puts regional rivals in the shade, it casts a spotlight on progress in the special administrative region

Vice-chancellors turn on businesses for not doing enough to educate and retrain their workforce

Ramsay partnership provides ‘a unique opportunity and substantial uplift in funding’, university leadership says

Tragedies exacerbated by lack of research and information sharing, coroner’s study finds

Funding agency forced to deny scholarship candidates will be required to take an ideology test

Separate classes, often in English, mean European students are failing to learn their host country’s tongue, new book finds