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Opposition of Labor and Greens means that measure proposed in December's mid-year budget update is unlikely to pass

Students’ union says major report suggests that humanities degrees are ‘not worthwhile’

Perth’s Murdoch University backs away from radical move to reboot staff conditions

Benefits appear to come from exposure to campus life rather than quality teaching, Australian researchers find

Latest skirmish in war of words sparked by claims of Chinese meddling on Australian campuses, and Canberra’s new foreign interference laws

Female students at the Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University in Yogyakarta must stop wearing full-face veils if they wish to graduate, rector warns

Former rector of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University is sentenced to four years on alleged terrorist charges

New outpost does not undermine commitment to remain in Budapest, institution insists

Political appointees to governing councils are ‘the weakest and most provincial ones we’ve ever had’, says Universities Austria 

Plans for 600 apartments on the National Autonomous University of Mexico campus breach world heritage site regulations

Historic flying of Trans Pride flag at University College Cork follows similar commitment to equality by other Irish universities

New schemes will provide grants to master’s and PhD students and postdoctoral researchers

Ethics modules ordered after warnings from students’ union that misconduct is on the rise

Higher education institutions make a loss when they invest in international partnerships, but the wider community reaps a windfall, says New Zealand report

Universities anticipate much greater scrutiny of teaching outcomes, potentially even ‘peer review’ of lectures

Pro-science party failed to make inroads against populist movements

Despite some progress, researchers are still reluctant to switch journals because of fears it could hinder their careers

Campus will be first outside a university’s home state, says Technical University of Munich

New money aims to attract students from groups with historically low university participation rates

Accusations are a ‘cruel and empty provocation against dedicated scientist’, say sector leaders

Federal structure has led to ‘expansion based purely on regional political interests’, says report

Radical ideas required to cut research grant waste

New centres mark new phase of collaboration between traditionally separate universities and research institutes

Former science and technology minister Naledi Pandor will guide sector through new free tuition policy

Legislation would require university presidents to review all incidents of sexual misconduct perpetrated by employees

Concerns have been raised over how Kuan Chung-ming was selected as leader of Taiwan’s top university

Government initiative funds five collaborations involving 60 academic institutions and more than 450 businesses

Despite fears that a new generation of graduates will find themselves serving coffee, Germany’s university leavers have fitted successfully into the economy, analysis finds

But ‘risks’ of open access and a shift away from subscription model could halt growth, publisher’s financial results reveal

Brock University is the latest Ontario institution to announce new financial support for overseas doctoral students

Pontifical Bolivarian University told students not to ‘distract’ classmates and teachers with low necklines, short skirts or tight-fitting clothes

New legislation will extend Israeli law to academic institutions in the West Bank

US Department of State ‘deeply concerned’ over lack of evidence against Serkan Gölge

Australian academic accused of copying statements from Wikipedia and other journal articles without attribution in court

Survey of German professors finds US-based doctoral candidates favoured over counterparts in Singapore or Vietnam

Government inquiry on internationalisation also calls for increased outbound mobility 

Rise is driven by increase in gifts from alumni, says survey 

Japan and South Korea latest countries to sign Tokyo Convention, which supports the mobility of students and academics across the region

Universities pay only for direct teaching time, making effective hourly pay derisory, union claims

Taif University lifts consent rule for female students in wake of royal decree

Up to 24,000 students will study at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University’s two campuses near Shanghai by 2028

Domestic students are being squeezed out of Dutch universities by growing numbers of international students, claims a leading newspaper 

Cross-continent campaign seeks to attract overseas students from South America to Asia

Ability to commercialise research is key to rebuilding war-torn countries such as Sri Lanka, but businesses must pledge support, say sector leaders

Union fears changes will increase selectivity in university system

Desire to climb global tables is bringing many institutions together – but there are risks, expert warns

New training centre hopes to boost the economy of a leading holiday area

Although Finland and South Korea have agreed deals with the publisher, European sectors are looking to take a harder line

Higher education minister questions future of $1 billion scheme, as focus shifts to three other new institutions

CETYS could be first Mexican university awarded membership to National Collegiate Athletic Association

Survey provides more evidence of fall in international student numbers post-Trump

Groningen pulls out after concerns about academic freedom, costs and staffing 

Denmark is not receiving repayments from 40 per cent of EU loan recipients from 2016

Technology behind Bitcoin is not just hype, say advocates, but could prevent data tampering and improve reproducibility

Working with pen and paper and cut off from the outside world, Ali Kaya wrote three papers, re-deriving physical formulas from scratch

University of Paris-Saclay will incorporate ethical considerations into research on emerging technologies 

‘Trained observers’ can help selection committees stamp out implicit bias against women, Europe’s biggest highest education institutions say

President’s broadside against Boğaziçi University raises questions over Islamisation of institutions and international links

Almost two-fifths of employed university leavers were working part-time in 2017 

Hotbed of student protest may struggle in future because of lack of interest in committee roles