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Modern institutions get millions more in quality-related grants, in first allocations to use 2021 REF results

The academic and civil rights crusader talks about a mother who showed her how to stand up for herself and for others

Survey findings reflect escalating scepticism of media in all its forms

Four decades as professor and campus vice-president, with a stint in Italy, has Robert Berne seeing parallels to global intrigue and prison life

Soaring youth unemployment could spur outward flight or lead young people to turn away from ambitions of studying abroad

Working-class pupils particularly fearful, finds survey, with universities urged to give ‘additional leniency’ on admissions

Next prime minister urged to appoint Cabinet-level minister for science and technology to show ambitious commitments are ‘more than just words’

Biologist became household name during coronavirus pandemic

Court action to follow alleged incident at Armidale club, according to reports

Authors of new Australian ‘ethical framework’ say academic senates should have as much power as university executives

After Supreme Court decision, websites specialising in finding accommodation abroad report spike in enquiries

Global poll of nearly 10,000 researchers reveals continued influence of bibliometrics in determining reputation and institutional ties

Staff will end marking boycott under agreement struck between management and UCU

First-time Clearinghouse assessment finds most undergraduates don’t even have 12 credits per semester, too few to finish in five years

Head of university employers’ body talks upcoming industrial action, cost-of-living crisis and future of collective bargaining

Just 20 years after their very existence was uncertain, LGBTQ campus leaders now writing the book on how to learn from their personal schools of hard knocks

Rector credits Austrian diplomats with getting student’s three-year jail sentence overturned

Institutions team up to offer scholarships as well as practical resettlement help targeting those affected by the conflict in Ukraine

Collapse of government means any extra funding for costlier contracts ‘cannot come for months’

Front runner for PM’s first major intervention into higher education suggests ‘narrow focus’ and ‘no regard for logistics or legalities’, critics claim

As loss in Harvard and UNC cases seems likely, dozens of top corporations argue in filings that they do better with diverse workforces

Complexity of implementing new rules means ‘a lot of effort for little gain’ as most universities opt for status quo

Ambitious scheme would see higher education institutions across 10 countries agree common framework, with a helping hand from Europe

Internationally renowned experts relinquish quality role just as English regulator steps up interventions 

Whitehall advisor who devised alternative Horizon programme says stablisation funds should be released immediately while talks over UK membership continue

Universities face tough decisions as staff argue for wage rises to keep up with cost of living and budgets become increasingly stretched

Britain’s first history professor of African heritage discusses Colston, the ‘myth’ of Windrush and surviving in academia without support

Narratives describing research in departments should be replaced by institution-level document, recommends funder-backed study

Overall satisfaction question to go in shake-up of influential poll, regulator confirms

More innovative screening of grant applications that avoid full peer review could remove red tape burden on researchers, says Adam Tickell

New figures show record-breaking levels of progression to higher education for pupils on free school meals

Universities’ pleas to train more professionals may now gain traction as Labor government creates new jobs and skills body

Judicial leader of campaign to end abortion rights abandons constitutional law seminar at George Washington University