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Regulator says it will adopt more collegiate attitude following High Court defeat

Seven universities lead the way with four appearances each as finalists named across 20 categories

Minister tells peers OfS and others will closely examine findings of ‘independent’ probe

Programme for early career researchers sees record demand but EU distributes less money than last year

University told to show it can balance new commercial pressures with retaining its academic ethos to prove new model is ‘credible’

Committee mulls amendment of threshold standards as new report highlights how ARC-funded researchers continue to collaborate with likes of Iran and Russia

Estates teams already facing large backlog of maintenance issues will struggle to retrofit campuses to cope with rising temperatures, experts say

Former lawyer takes on brief in Scottish government amid wide-ranging review of university system

Physicists welcome prime minister’s pledge but warn that telescope is ‘only one part of a much bigger picture’

Iranian students hoping to study abroad impacted as US sanctions prevent companies like ETS and DuoLingo operating

Scholarship ‘risks drifting away from excellence-based peer review and towards serving insider interests’ when cliques dominate, warns study

Scrapping of contentious legislation could open up new era of academic freedom, say scholars, but only if it is accompanied by wider changes in institutional culture

After belatedly associating with the world’s biggest research funding scheme, authorities are keen to ensure success

Article that examined ‘Zionist Israeli’ financiers’ support for far-right riots relies on ‘antisemitic conspiracy theories’, say critics

Bristol v-c and new chair of Russell Group discusses rogue agents, what minimum entry standards could look like and whether the sector can continue to present a united front

Higher education dominates post-Covid recovery, as vocational enrolments remain suppressed

Paris-based higher education group eyeing more UK investment says it won’t rule out any category of institution

Elite universities’ growing selectivity fuels revival of back-up option, but no guarantees trend will continue

Anti-war group that helps people avoid conscription sees requests leap after Kremlin campaign to recruit students into the military

Even though defaulting debtors risk arrest at the airport, ‘campaigns’ to recover student loans net surprisingly meagre returns

Sector’s worsening financial situation laid bare by new analysis conducted as part of wide-ranging review of university system

Dependants and visa-hoppers reportedly in the frame of looming crackdown, as rejection rates remain at near-record levels

With its leadership team and political support gone, a proposed flagship research institution in Saudi Arabia is set to ‘quietly fade away’, experts believe

IIT Madras branches out as AI takes ever more important role in hospitals, but experts warn it could face many obstacles to achieving ambition

Just a quarter of those earning average UK salary 10 years after repayments kick in predicted to pay off their Plan 2 loans in full

Public institution to become autonomous company within wider private education group

Long-delayed financial statement shows institution cut staff expenditure and brought in more grants to offset recruitment woes

Science and universities have ‘weathered a collapse in trust’ in many major UK institutions, although ‘shallow’ public support has not been stress-tested, research by Campaign for Science and Engineering suggests

Shanghai’s leading research university has overhauled its faculty appointment system. Will other institutions in China follow suit?

Public opinion across the UK diverges significantly from international norms, a poll of 31 nations reveals

Impacted staff were all copied into a group email, prompting outrage

Intellectual disagreements, broader societal problems and ‘governance 101’ are being misconstrued as blunders, Carolyn Evans claims

LLMs cannot be relied on to give accurate indication of student performance, researchers find, as universities explore ways of relieving pressure on markers