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Australia’s biggest university appoints from within following ‘rigorous and broadscale’ 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

Criticism of Australia’s ‘tax’ on international students escalates amid signs that it may be a done deal

Financial shortfalls follow student hunger strikes and faculty suspensions and ‘bode ill’ for long-term future of South Asian University

While new database signals ‘ongoing endeavour’, dominance of existing subscription database unlikely to be challenged any time soon

Australia has made strides in developing a commercialisation culture but still has a long way to go, says new STA president

Row at Journal of International Students spotlights challenges faced by periodicals that are free to publish in and read, and rely on volunteer labour

Xenophobia and complex career paths also dissuade researchers from pursuing professorships, study finds

Criticism of lecture shows close link between government foreign policy and attacks on freedom of expression, according to scholars

After killings of dozens of students, faculty and staff, and with 1,000 still displaced, Sapir College looks to rebuild and renew

Union pledges to fight ‘academic vandalism’ being consulted on by Scottish university

Analysis of growing distance between researchers looks at puzzle of why digital connections have not led to upsurge in innovation

Delight and alarm in equal measures, as political manoeuvres and drafting technicalities limit both casual employment and its antidote

In change welcomed by sector leaders, institutions can become fully accredited with only one PhD programme from 2025

Leading Korean and US institutions are equal partners in development of New York outpost

Even if university leaders are not experts in the technology, the potential is clear – and they might be able to draw on the ‘wisdom of ignorance’

Brown University becomes centrepiece for ending financial ties to Israel, after three Palestinian college students shot in Vermont

Victory of Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom likely to lead to stronger crackdown on English-language teaching and international student intakes, experts say

Higher satisfaction levels among the rising numbers of Indian and Pakistani students have led to strong approval ratings for UK universities, says Advance HE