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‘Oscars of higher education’ attract record number of entries and head to new venue

New analysis commissioned by Hepi and UUKi offers ‘stark reminder’ of financial impact that overseas students bring

As spending review looms amid wrangles within government, question of what Treasury wants from universities is pressing

Melbourne team focuses on ‘unsexy’ end of the next big thing in biomedicine

Hallucinogen use up but alcohol consumption down as Covid drives change in student social habits

South Pacific nations trade barbs as unique pan-national university enters world stage

First presidential spouse with independent career hopes community college class will show middle ground on Covid

Top HBCU is latest victim in ransomware onslaught that has institutions globally struggling to counter

Furious backlash against comments by University of the Highlands and Islands leader Todd Walker

Increasing number of co-authors is linked to speedier career progression, especially for women, says Royal Society paper

‘Wrong decisions’ by government on post-18 education at spending review could damage the places it wants to ‘level up’, warns Steve West

Unhappiness among research managers over recognition of career support activities revealed by Vitae survey

Total intake down 2 per cent year-on-year, as entry gap between richest and poorest grows

Alice Gast to leave in August 2022 after being found guilty of bullying

Long-time leader’s departure amid casino furore follows withdrawal of Newcastle’s coal-aligned appointee

Scholars offer a range of views on the popular and much-anticipated Netflix series

With land prices and Covid costs both ballooning, universities are selling up and retreating on to campus

As many universities resume in-person teaching on a larger scale, we aim to find out whether staff feel adequate steps have been taken to protect their welfare

Students prohibited from visiting off-campus restaurants and bars, and must wear masks indoors and outdoors

People will always ‘come up with the same bullshit’ to support anti-science agendas, says Nasa scientist

Fund’s embrace of employer-led reforms averts massive hikes in contributions

Edtech entrepreneurs, including Mendeley founder, have launched a new platform to share noteworthy online academic seminars

Interim report from Student Futures Commission spotlights priority areas for universities in wake of pandemic

Methodological issues in 2016 study will be addressed, representative body says

Author of ‘sleeping beauty’ coronavirus paper says her experience is ‘incredibly strong’ argument for funding basic science 

Gamification is not a magic bullet and it will not magically make the most boring task exciting, but it can be a catalyst for change

Cambridge statistician tells THE World Academic Summit that experts’ media role in pandemic had not been ‘unalloyed success’

Institutions in poorer nations have the eager students, and hope the West is now ready to supply the expertise

UCU warns that unauthorised reuse of lecturers’ materials across multiple academic years could lead to strike action

Ministers ‘negligent’ over failure to issue visas to scholars and activists who worked with British-based academics

Fait accompli shutdown ‘a metaphor for the decline of Western liberalism in Asia’, say experts after Singapore decision

But offshore bulwarks take many forms – and in some institutions, staying at home works best

THE survey finds that students rate in-person tuition significantly more highly