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Medical training organisations write to health secretary Wes Streeting as call for evidence takes ‘narrow focus’

Universities complaining about over-regulation should stop committing ‘own goals’ with franchising and grade inflation, says new OfS chair who believes Labour reforms can pave way to stronger sector

Australia should focus on training required number of fluent experts and leave basic translation to AI, Asia expert says

Increase in projects featuring ‘progressive discourse’ likely to fuel criticism that academia is too left wing, study warns

Many universities already factor school violence records into admissions ahead of nationwide roll-out but scholars fear move reinforces inequalities

Teesside University and Steve Smith win top prizes as ‘Oscars of higher education’ is held in Scotland for first time

Industrial action also planned at University of Derby as rows over employment conditions deepen

Wider range of graduate outcomes must be considered over longer time horizon, say panellists at THE event

University leaders should advocate for grants to be diverted to early years education to reduce later attainment gaps, conference hears

Regulator indicates it will act when financial pressures impact student choice and ‘supply of critical skills’

Proposed integrity bill risks making it almost impossible for new entrants to launch, starving sector of innovation, experts warn

Tension within union over whether pay dispute is a distraction, or helpful in galvanising branches trying to halt job cuts

Lack of supervisors and ‘uneven’ quality ‘deterring’ students, paper says, arguing that radical overhaul is needed

Chinese researchers worst affected as hundreds excluded from influential ranking because of ‘extreme’ level of authorship

‘Clever’ linkage to maintenance grants could encourage Scottish policymakers to adopt Westminster proposal, conference hears

Swinburne’s Pollaers reportedly asked for more money while confronting governance inquiry fuelled by resentment over overpaid leaders

Link between higher education and higher earnings weakens across many OECD countries, showing need to strengthen alternative options

New health and welfare payments mandated in country’s budget will leave institutions ‘unable to fulfil their mission’, scholars say

Academics running modules on US leader must grapple with fast-changing dynamics and the fear of provoking the world’s most powerful man

Timetable for phasing out testing on animals for antibody research and drug analysis is too demanding and may risk patient safety, argues expert

Innovation expert who previously held senior roles at RMIT back Down Under after four-year stint in West Midlands

New approach rewards institutions that ‘broadly’ conform to government quotas

UK delegation to Beijing paves way for ‘cautious, sensible and informed international science cooperation’ says minister

Strong levels of ‘instinctive’ backing for UK research cannot be taken for granted given lack of personal connection, warns science campaign group

Academics claim teaching practices at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University fail to live up to UK standards, with concerns over class sizes, grade inflation and language use highlighting the challenges of delivering British degrees in China

Focus switches to lifelong learning, TNE and online education as UK schools seek to overcome financial and demographic challenges

Hands-off councils said to have contributed to ‘governance crisis’ that Australian sector ‘needed and in many respects deserved’

Birmingham professor to temporarily oversee access and participation at English regulator following departure of John Blake

More than half of deans say parent universities want them to enrol more students, as leaders express concern over ‘growing disparities’

President has criticised student debt for being too high but his attempts at reform have focused on removing benefits for people doing jobs he disagrees with

Government and business should pick up the tab for national priorities, says opposition leader turned university boss

Slow departure of researchers for the East has increased as environment in US becomes more hostile

D66 election victory encouraging, sector leaders say, but financial and demographic pressures remain