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Homegrown data storage could hamper ‘global cybergangs’ and boost productivity as well as security, according to former cabinet minister

Sutton Trust says findings support argument that value of higher education should be judged on more than post-university salaries alone

Growing levels of questionable research practices have been overshadowed by a ‘moral panic’ over student use of AI, says education dean

Universities should be able to continue working with one another even when governments fall out, according to the president of body that represents 900 institutions

Innovative models of higher education, unimaginable in the West, are emerging in a big, youthful country confronting a demographic and economic crossroads

Academics who relocate to country among the most likely to only stay short term because of precarious contracts and global opportunities

University urged to follow Oxford’s lead and give staff extra allowance to cope with city’s high living costs

Treasury also implements A$11 million levy to fund National Student Ombudsman, and ‘enhanced security’ of student visa applications

Ministers urged to protect budget for ‘strategic priorities’ as government funding cuts over past decade place higher burden on graduates

New flagship university-based research centres may signal end of intentional sidelining of pedagogy academics

Latest tranche of financial accounts depicts a sector in hearty financial health, despite policy volatility

Cornish engineer specialising in the properties of food bites off leadership role at capital city university

University to shutter course less than a year after it launched, despite vice-chancellor’s commitment to training next generation of black academics

Uncertainty remains on whether students would be locked out of classrooms mid-semester if a university folded, education committee warns

Vice-chancellor defends deep job losses at embattled institution, insisting restructure will help it adapt to changed environment in higher education

‘Stark’ regional inequalities persist despite massive expansion of higher education globally, finds Unesco

Visa cost and ‘complexity’ among the factors pushing students away from traditional education destinations, survey finds

Regulator imposes extra conditions on institution following probe into computing courses that Northampton says was based on outdated data

Case against university being thrown out ‘swings pendulum’ back towards harassment protections, says legal expert

Institutions on the continent much more susceptible to government interference owing to reliance on state funding, report warns

Automation may be used as an excuse to cut further posts, experts warn, even if it isn’t capable of replacing academics

New figures highlight contribution of international education – and danger of shutting it down

Students will no longer be given money off in final year as coalition minister calls policy ‘wasteful spending’

Students on languages, medicine and veterinary sciences courses also report far higher incidents of harassment than sector average

Party predicted to abandon efforts to ‘out-Reform Reform’ despite losing half of seats, potentially easing pressure on universities struggling to recruit international students

Embattled leader warns interference was making her work untenable, but opponents say regulator’s actions are warranted

Withdrawal of education papers by British Education Research Association is long overdue, says integrity campaigner who argues more retractions are needed

UK nationals have increasingly looked abroad for medical training in recent years in light of caps on domestic places, but new laws mean they will find it harder to secure a job at home

Time spent on events and free exhibitions drops as academics face ‘work intensification and time deprivations’

Skills minister acknowledges commitment to reducing net migration is causing ‘competing priorities’ in UK government

Universities struggling to compete with the opportunities offered by the private sector as potential doctoral candidates question value of PhDs, summit hears

Universities say financial pressures forcing their hands as staff discontent grows over cost-saving measures

With data potentially stolen from 200 million users at 9,000 institutions worldwide, staff and students told to be alert for more sophisticated attempts to steal data