Suspended Buckingham v-c says allegations against him ‘baseless’
James Tooley vows to contest ‘serious’ claims as he faces inquiry at UK’s oldest private university
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What academia can learn from Edinburgh Cold War-era Soviet talks
Conversations between Scottish and Soviet researchers during the 1980s show academia’s potential to provide ideological safe space ‘outside of the state and its institutional needs’
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Academic pessimism on university funding as Japan goes to polls
Struggling universities unlikely to see greater support as warring parties focus on political reform
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Proposed resit fee ‘could deter students from finishing degree’
Charge students to retake passed exams, Norwegian government tells universities
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Clamping down on international HE will damage global development
Policymakers must recognise that international education is a lifeline for low- and middle-income countries, say Maia Chankseliani and Joonghyun Kwak
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London universities ‘more likely to be allowed to go bust’
Capital seen as being able to absorb ramifications of a market exit, while regional towns and cities would feel much greater impact
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UK-educated economists scoop Nobel for imperial legacy research
British-Turkish team behind the 2012 book Why Nations Fail awarded Nobel prize in economics
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California legacy admissions ban is signal, but no silver bullet
Experts weight in on how Supreme Court’s national prohibition on affirmative action has affected diversity of this year’s intake
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University interest in ‘suboptimal’ Turing scheme wanes
Number of higher education institutions applying to take part in UK student mobility programme fell this year
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Cultivating homegrown talent ‘better than buying superstars’
Personal touch the magic ingredient in a programme credited with keeping research hotshots on home base
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Better FE/HE collaboration will improve educational outcomes
UUK’s Blueprint is right to call for greater FE-HE collaboration so both sectors can complement each other’s strengths, say Sam Parrett and Nick Whitehouse
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Fifth of UK students report disability, true total likely higher
Campaigners think some groups of students, particularly those from overseas, are much less likely to report disabilities and mental health conditions
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Military deal threatens academic freedom, say Filipino students
New partnership with armed forces could lead to further harassment of students and staff, activists claim
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Business schools see ‘significant’ drop in overseas applications
Interest from Nigeria and India falls sharply, with challenging picture set to continue across courses with January start dates
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More job loss warnings over Australian international student caps
Pandemic-style redundancies feared as universities count their losses