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Open access champions make ‘the perfect the enemy of the good’ by opposing chief scientist’s plan

University of Manchester physicist hits out at critics who claim Nobel-winning discovery has not yet delivered

British and Canadian vice-chancellors warn their financial models have never faced greater threats, but do not want to further deter international students

Two-year waits for visa interviews have made it impossible to organise visits to America, says University of Ghana dean

‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield share prize for ‘foundational discoveries and inventions’

Newcastle vice-chancellor says shared approach needed to prevent ‘bad practices’

US-based education support site taken to court by regulator, in first test of nascent legislation

Abandoning ‘bureaucratic’ exercise now would save universities £430 million, according to UK Day One

Increasing trend for policies that attempt to undermine or overhaul higher education in US and Europe being exported worldwide, Scholars at Risk warns

Experts fear ‘high-risk strategy’ as universities urged to double down on existing strengths and retrench from other areas

Funders and prestigious universities ‘cannot compete’ as budgets stand still or go backwards

Releasing details of Paddy Nixon’s final-year earnings of $A1.8 million would be ‘contrary to the public interest’, Canberra insists

BBC presenter and physicist says ‘no one is clever enough’ to know which subjects to switch off

Former education secretary tells World Academic Summit that UK has ‘deprioritised’ equitable access

Manchester vice-chancellor says institutions must continue to work across borders in the face of political scepticism

Funding aims to ‘educate people about antisemitism’ and ‘better equip’ universities to tackle antisemitic abuse

Baroness Smith references October budget as she says government is ‘working on a whole range of options’

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun honoured for revealing new principle of gene regulation

Students attending colleges and university courses below degree level must have studied in one of five areas to be eligible

More than half of survey respondents say result won’t impact study decision, but most would prefer Kamala Harris to win

Gender-critical professor says Dandridge report is another sign that campus free speech legislation is needed

New institution with power to appoint its own vice-chancellor seen as a possible model for improving struggling sector

Highly selective universities among those struggling as Indian and Nigerian learners stay away

Quantitative approach could help junior contributors ‘raise their voice’ and get due credit, researcher proposes

Film documenting students’ efforts to stop university from destroying local monument wins top award as legal battle continues

Employers say they will work with union on issues including contracts, workload and pay gaps – providing there is no ballot for industrial action

Shahd Abusalama claimed Sheffield Hallam breached a confidentiality agreement by disclosing details of her departure to The Jewish Chronicle in the wake of disproven antisemitism claims

Inquiry recommends unamended passage of Universities Accord reforms bill

Last-minute decision leaves some institutions safe and others stranded

New immigration policies introduced to attract foreign scientists as country struggles to compete in talent race

Case which could have significant influence on sector response to industrial action ‘jumps the first hurdle’

Papyrologist Roberta Mazza faced intimidation and legal threats when she blew the whistle on the multimillion-pound trade in illicit papyri

Booming business school that withheld 20 per cent of lecturers’ pay unless they passed nearly all students is heavily criticised by watchdog