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Number of new teacher trainees entering some universities has fallen by as much as 66 per cent, as experts warn of ‘crisis’ in recruitment

Too heavy a focus on skills training restricts universities’ role in the world, THE event hears

Vice-chancellors warn that UK government immigration policy is behind fall in international recruitment by having ‘negative impact on perceptions’

Minister tells THE he has been calling vice-chancellors directly when he receives reports of Jewish students feeling threatened

Recently announced changes to skilled worker visa ‘bitter news’, says European Research Council president Maria Leptin

Adult education and skills development needs separate pot of money, THE event hears

End-of-cycle data also confirm falling numbers of international student acceptances, plus a slowdown in overseas applications

Year-long delay to UK research assessment follows concerns abolishing minimum output rule for researchers could harm inclusivity

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

As many as half of women on STEM degrees report being victims of sexism, with universities’ response seen as falling short

While concessions and newly flagged exemptions provide reassurance over Australia’s proposed defence trade control changes, ‘grey areas’ remain

Scholars advocate creation of global database after analysing scale of travel, free meals and gifts disbursed by medical sector in France

Wellesley environmental historian on drawing inspiration from students for his Cundill History Prize-nominated book on batteries, and why the West risks growing China dependency in clean energy era

Campus Live event hears sector leaders call for neighbouring institutions to share facilities in the face of declining enrolments

Solutions on higher education funding in England already known, says former secretary of state

Leaders of three elite universities berated in appearance before lawmakers alarmed by protests 

In culmination of decade-long pressure, NCAA leader suggests minimum annual compensation of $30,000 for top sports players

Australia’s biggest university appoints from within after ‘rigorous and broad-scale’ executive search

Persistent classroom absences attributed to online hype, mental stress, adjunct reliance and job-centric mindsets

Loss of foundational Southern California alliance highlights institutions feeling they can now competently provide their own virtual courses

The unexpectedly musical background of many sociologists might explain their academic success, Glasgow professor argues

Lawsuits and House probes launched against those who study online falsehoods leaves many questioning whether work will continue into next election cycle

Academics should emphasis role research can play in tackling other voter priorities going into next year’s election, says campaign group

Academy and fifth estate must team up, Nobel laureate says, as 3.2 billion people prepare to vote in a reality-free zone

Ivy League university denies Joan Donovan’s claim that huge donation turned leaders against her

Fee forgiveness or more generous student loans could be used to ensure an area’s skills needs are met, argues MillionPlus

All but a handful of universities now tarnished by short-changing scandal, according to academic union

Long series of demonstrations aims to resurrect troubled lecturer, largely because students value her bigger understandings

As state higher education leaders count growing share of support from gambling, experts detail reasons why they should be more alarmed

Institution faces first legal test of its EJRA policy as it grapples with fallout from Oxford tribunal

Graduate route needs fresh look to ‘prevent abuse’, says home secretary, as increase in visa salary thresholds confirmed

Sufyan Tayeh, head of the Islamic University of Gaza, dies with his family as war resumes

Loss of access to EThOS archive of 600,000 doctoral dissertations causes major disruption for PhD students