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Government attempts to protect regional institutions by restricting growth in capital

Australian universities may have to wait months to find out how much funding they will forfeit

New centre could supply the ingredients to bring home-grown Fields medallists back, says director

Research reportedly picking up the tab for Australian government’s regional cash splash

A downturn last decade offers a textbook example of the risk universities face, say Melbourne researchers

Response to row over vetoing of humanities grants could result in curiosity-driven scholarship being pushed out

Many students who do not complete their course at the first attempt often return to their studies, say experts

Too many institutions fail to abide by their own statements of values, leaders warn

Australia’s freeze on teaching grants protected struggling institutions, not education budget

Record revenue fuelled by large foreign intakes at the country’s biggest universities

Regional institutions hardest hit as domestic cap dovetails with intense competition for foreigners

Education minister refuses to rule out future interventions in grant awarding process

University of Guerrero rector seeks support from military police after six violent attempts to abduct women are reported on campus

Authoritarian populist governments prevent bloc from taking action to protect academic freedom, say scholars

NUS vice-provost on crusade against built-in obsolescence

Storm of protest across academia against Simon Birmingham's scuttling of humanities grants worth A$4.2 million (£2.3 million) 

Tokyo Medical University not alone in rigging entrance exams to exclude women

Older partner left with regrets, as youngster pulls plug on mooted marriage

Negotiations unable to reach agreement on ‘threshold issues and strategic risks’

Regional universities ‘would be biggest victims’ of restrictions on city study

Government support for rural university initiative may not get it across the line

The animosity towards higher education seen in the UK is likely to head Down Under, vice-chancellor warns

Students say they have been dismissed from courses and turned over to police following a wave of mass demonstrations

As Australia’s science stars mount the red carpet, critics condemn falling government funding

Daniela Tejada says government support for Matthew Hedges, who has been held in solitary confinement for five months, has been ‘ineffective’

New projects at two Sydney universities show move towards multidisciplinary scholarship

Don’t let immediate employability focus undermine ‘blue sky teaching’, chancellor tells counterparts

Post-study work rights are not just about luring international enrolments, conference hears

Australian fears of official curbing of student visas ‘overblown’, experts say

Government also strikes partnerships with London and French institutions to build skills in hydrocarbon production

‘If we don’t get this right, we are in trouble,’ says university of applied learning chief

Perceptions of quality keep US and UK in the game, major survey finds

University offers 15 per cent discount to applicants who have already been offered support by another institution

Fear and shame deter foreigners from reporting attacks, University of Canberra study finds

‘Current policy climate’ may be a ‘contributing factor’, says Council of Graduate Schools

Male skew in overseas students conceals female slant among domestic recruits

Sydney sets ground rules for controversial Western civilisation programme before talking ‘tin tacks’

Brisbane institution the latest to quit its representative subgrouping

Higher education institutions too slow to adapt what and how they teach, rival says

Lengthy discussions slow pace of bringing products to market and are often irrelevant by the time they are concluded, summit hears

Humboldtian tradition at risk of unravelling in shift to use of teaching-only staff, Nobel prizewinning v-c says

Carlos Moedas tells MEPs institutions should introduce allocations for female academics ‘at some point’

Duke topples queen, as Kiwi institution opts for new identity

New agreement will ensure ‘direct access’ to doctoral programmes for skilled individuals in each country

As universities have turned to partisan lobbying and self-promotion, new head of Allea thinks ancient organisations now fill a crucial space in public debate

Fears that MEPs’ move will make little significant difference to plight of Budapest-based university

Lille’s medical dean says subject will no longer be taught because it lacks ‘absolute scientific proof’

Institutions say they don’t doctor their admissions, but figures tell a different story

Government pledges money after report found problem had been ‘largely ignored’

New admissions system, set up to end a lottery for places, has led some applicants to leave decisions to the last minute

Universities would have to share proposed equity grants scheme with colleges and non-profits

Government washing its hands over ‘market failure’, finance guru says

Ministry will remove at least 1,000 places on English-language courses, claiming two in three are a drain on the state

University chiefs’ remuneration rising at more than double the rate of staff’s

There has been a surge of applications for Dutch universities, while students are also trying to ‘catch the last train’ before Brexit

Men account for just 28 per cent of graduates from Iceland’s main university

Opposition promises stability, uncapped funding and a new target

Be more bolshie in your negotiations with government, sector told

Steady ship predicted as education portfolio changes hands

A divorced institute still living with its ex raises questions about why research centres jump ship