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Weeks of protests end in victory for 1619 Project creator and advocates of academic freedom and racial awareness

Normally static sector’s landscape sees uncharacteristically rapid change as new standards take effect

Eminent judge’s departure follows ߣߣ��Ƶn university’s decision to fund new campus development while discarding staff

Half a year into office, moves on student loans, LGBTQ rights and foreign academics counter progressive image

As row over redundancies shows no sign of easing, academics see deeper-rooted problems of mismanagement

Sheffield corporate services head to join UK sector technology body

After 17 years as Ivy League leader, daughter of Holocaust survivor parlays extensive ties to Biden

Incoming ߣߣ��Ƶn vice-chancellor no stranger to foreign revenue challenges because he deals with same issues in current job

New European Research Council president has proven record of innovation and leadership, says European Commission lead for science

Panellists provide concrete expression of their commitment to cooperative working, ‘values-driven dialogue’ and the courage to speak truth to power

Performance can help explore academic questions, say advocates, but the field still lacks full acceptance in the corridors of power and policymaking

Letter to council says there has been a ‘deliberate breach’ of university policies in redundancy dispute

ߣߣ��Ƶn report warns that students and academics alike are learning to stay silent

Deal will enable for-profit provider 2U to reach almost 40 million learners on edX 

SFC sector review set up by Scottish government calls for more strategic approach, but does not advocate nationally planned mergers

Ambitious plans should enable research centre to apply its unique insights to ‘contemporary cultural, political and social understanding’

Hepi number two to succeed Greg Walker at mission group

Alumnus and established academic to take the helm at highly ranked university

Academic scientists, frustrated by years of lean budgets, again urged to value stimulating corporate innovation

While not complete or explained, Boston-Oakland partnership may ease major technology-university bottleneck

Wave of money is ‘truly unprecedented’, says Italian rectors’ head, but some worry the money is too focused on technology transfer and that national plans overlap

Restrictions reimposed as isolated infections trigger domino effect

Calls to use US federal research spending in universities to boost heartland regions gain political traction

Universities come under pressure to investigate scholars’ ties

Boris Johnson’s new ministerial council has revived discussion over who controls science spending and whether industrial strategy requires government to start ‘picking winners’

ߣߣ��Ƶn state’s audit reveals that the early financial benefits of Covid can outweigh the losses

But modelling at US university would mean more classes being scheduled at 7am

White Fragility author challenges institutions to live up to their proclaimed values

Students and faculty to be asked annually about their personal opinions, with public funding tied to answers

Regulator’s financial report predicts significant drop in European enrolment, but for revenue to hold steady

Sussex head rose to vice-principal during previous five-year spell at Midlands institution

Federal prosecutor alleges that ‘Ilnur N’ passed on university information to Russian intelligence services in return for cash

Tory peer Lord Johnson’s amendment to skills bill intended to stop ministers using ELQ rule or number caps in lifelong loans

Josie Jolley, who had previously been homeless and allegedly sexually assaulted, described as ‘most talented postgraduate who has ever come through the geography department at the University of Sussex’

Young Koreans take advantage of a scheme to give jabs to test-takers

Registered reports model produces better outcomes on all 19 criteria covering novelty, rigour, and importance

Scientists for EU says country now needs a plan to regain lost ground as Horizon Europe kicks off

Applicants will have to certify that they have not been found guilty of bullying or harassment under new policy

Sector’s social purpose must be ‘unleashed’ post-pandemic, yet government policy could revive ‘old inequalities’, warns ex-Labour minister turned UAL v-c

Education secretary urges universities to go ‘further and faster’ on aligning courses with economic needs or government ‘will step in’

ߣߣ��Ƶn consultants’ report reveals shortcomings in treatment of people who experience or witness sexual harassment or assault

UUKi says it will encourage UK government to consider findings when reviewing Turing mobility scheme

Postgraduate loans appeared to narrow gap between working class students and others but Sutton Trust warns that increased costs could wipe out this progress   

The retiring UBC scientist on inspirational partners, the precarious state of career options, and the formative value of stink bombs

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

Hepi-Advance HE survey finds growing frustration with UK university courses in a year of major upheaval

Oxford emails reveal efforts to block publication of DPhil thesis that was deposited almost six years after her viva

Tributes paid to lecturer who pushed his students to be ‘true detectives’ in helping companies solve their problems

Something distinctly unhealthy about environment where a few celebrity scholars are surrounded by ‘wannabes’ and embittered failures, claims new book

Fields essential to country’s development could become ‘unviable’ as faculty are forced out, observers say

Ex-BHP chief executive and current Shell chair defends himself as ‘committed to net zero’ in pre-appointment hearing

‘Patronising’ to expect lower standards from students from disadvantaged backgrounds, says OfS following newspaper report

Asian universities further boost their performance in list of world’s best universities founded during the past half-century

Institution confident of legal victory, but political costs loom in conservative state

Covid redundancy terms include non-disclosure and non-disparagement obligations, as corporate HR culture captures universities

Plans to reduce teaching grant are one of ‘biggest attacks on arts and entertainment in English universities in living memory’

Secret lists of preferred papers have been circulated prior to computer science meetings to help favoured scholars get ahead, says US professor

Many UK institutions say they do not plan to return to pre-pandemic methods and will use next academic year to test new approaches

New programme for universities modelled on version that increased racial equity within NIH’s own laboratories

Governments have focused on building up a lavishly funded research elite, but the forced switch online has made them realise losers in this system cannot cope