‘Sophisticated global networks’ undermining science, finds study

Systems in place to deal with fraud struggling to keep up, increasing risk of research becoming ‘completely poisoned’

OfS mistakenly grants degree-awarding powers to rugby player

Regulator reviewing processes after administrative mix-up weeks before applications set to reopen

International students ‘keep promoting UK decades after study’

Alumni who studied in the UK consistently more positive about the country as a travel and study destination, finds British Council survey

Scottish Highers: more young people heading to university

Pass rate in Scottish Higher exams nudges up but overall applications dip slightly owing to decline in older learners

Students ‘becoming anonymous’ to academics as teaching load soars

Growing class sizes and expanding workloads blamed as students doubt those teaching them know who they are

‘Critical moment’ as Danish reforms add to pressure on languages

Enrolments drop by a fifth in a year after business school opts to close programmes in response to government squeeze on undergraduate intake

Controversial third medical school greenlighted in New Zealand

‘Share the excitement’, sceptics told, amid conflicting claims over rationale for graduate-entry programme

The UK funding crisis may just see the emergence of a stronger sector

A systemic realignment is under way that, while painful, could lead to more efficient and adaptable provision, say Jonathan Barton and Mike Boxall

UN experts urge end to Serbian ‘crackdown’ on student protests

Policing of demonstrations, often using excessive force, has intensified since June, special rapporteurs say

China’s campus repression being ‘partially replicated’ in UK

Chinese students and scholars face surveillance, harassment and self-censorship at British universities, report finds, amid wider concerns over financial dependence on China

Australia to increase international student intake

Educators hail ‘stability and certainty’, as government stresses ‘sustainable growth’ mantra

New US graduates face ‘bleak job landscape’

Trump’s anti-DEI agenda ‘already having grave impact’

Some universities shut down initiatives entirely while others try to continue them in different guise but president unlikely to be appeased on hot-button issue, say scholars

Investors keen on takeovers as universities turn to private funds

Co-branded campuses and partial mergers expected to become more common in face of higher borrowing costs

‘Old habits returning’ as travel emissions rise by a quarter

Low carbon behaviours adopted during pandemic ‘not being maintained’, experts fear, as business flights push up environmental impact of institutions