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Chancellor insists she acted with ‘respect, courtesy and civility’, amid claims of intimidation and bullying 

Cutbacks by universities have seen them exit partnerships with providers that once promised to revolutionise online learning. Is demand for AI courses enough to save them?

Melbourne book explores slow conversion from institution that ‘excluded and dehumanised’ Aborigines into one that ‘accelerated their inclusion and success’

‘Traditional student experience’ off limits for most, researchers warn after estimating living costs at double available maintenance loans

Regulation proposed after concerns about quality but critics say it presents ‘individual solutions to collective problem’

ߣߣÊÓƵn race commissioner criticises proposal to withhold university funding, as watchdog begins ‘landmark’ survey of racism

Universities turn to advertising, freebies and unconditional offers to attract students, with large numbers expected to change their mind post-results

Incoming McMaster head Susan Tighe says record number of women at the top represents ‘important change’

Huge dividends from Denmark’s weight loss drug industry are result of high tax and high investment economy, says Nobel prizewinner Morten Meldal

Researchers hope examining history of scientific academy can help create a more â€˜just’ organisation in the modern day

New medical school will initially cater to international students as wait goes on for large rise in government-funded places

A$100m contribution ‘a gift to last a lifetime’ and ‘a weight off my mind’, says businessman Ted Powell

Mark E. Smith eyes destinations ‘closer to home’ for next overseas site after moving quickly to become first to get going in India

As tertiary education representatives gather for the round table before the round table, university voices remain mostly absent from the main show

Vice-chancellors warned against ignoring rise of populist party as political upheaval expected in coming years

Institutions not participating in annual negotiations again reward staff with more generous pay increases, with some paying double what employers have offered collectively

Some level 7 health and social care apprenticeships to be funded following concerns about NHS workforce

Proportion of young people planning to attend university full-time has fallen to just over half, survey suggests

Healthcare courses can lead reform of ailing system but only with more government support, says new chair of Medical Schools Council

Alternative social media platform matching engagement of Elon Musk’s X in ways that ‘would have seemed unthinkable until recently’, says study

Risk-averse mindset, fervour for meetings and ‘time sink’ labour-saving ploys leave everybody overburdened, finds Melbourne study

Omission of northern institutions from fund to attract top researchers does not add up, says select committee chair

UK science academy adopts ‘subscribe to open’ model, with libraries being asked to back transition

Regulator to examine quality controls at institution delivering degrees of UK’s biggest franchise university

Would-be female leaders â€˜not disadvantaged by process itself’ but reluctant to put themselves forward, according to researchers

Charity fears 64 per cent year-on-year decrease could be partly a result of students no longer reporting issues

No incentive for wealthy institutions to support initiatives such as bespoke clearing scheme, experts fear, as policymakers face hurdles in developing process for market exits

Submissions to ߣߣÊÓƵn Strategic Examination insist A$11 billion scheme is ‘not as effective as it could be’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Economic success of graduates key to showing worth of branch campuses, according to chief executive of site set up 25 years ago

Annual report reveals A$90m surplus but university insists ‘structural and operating deficit’ makes belt-tightening necessary

Liverpool Hope and Manchester to provide support as Spurgeon’s College shuts after nearly 170 years

Vocational and English language colleges have incurred the brunt of ߣߣÊÓƵ’s international education crackdown, latest figures show

Institutions including Liverpool and Southampton to continue to â€˜discourage’, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships despite new regulations, as others opt for partial bans

Economic reform begins with injecting order into the hotchpotch of research programmes, and enticing more locals into higher study, according to ß£ß£ÊÓƵn body

Intervention after apparent sponsorship breaches heralds stricter thresholds that some fear will turn institutions into ‘proxy border control agents’

Staff at Liverpool Hope announce 10 days of action at start of academic year, while union members at Lancaster and Leicester vote on taking action

English universities with gold or silver award qualify for â€˜streamlined’ process that will only take five minutes, says Department for Education

Creating common internship standards and encouraging exchanges between employers and universities key to jobs push, says Coimbra Group

New figures show university progression gap between London and the rest of the country widening, as ministers plan interventions in coming White Paper

New data shows applicants increasingly choosing computing and healthcare degrees in the UK, as post-study work options take precedence

Experts warn institutions against losing sight of their purpose, as more details emerge about university’s prolific spending on PR activities

Universities encouraged to offer language degrees to students with no prior experience as low uptake in schools creates pipeline problems

Visa fee hikes and processing delays achieved scuttled legislation’s goals to limit incoming students, data suggests

Two institutions enrol almost 40 per cent of all students from poorer regions as intake drops at other universities

Commission claim that decades-long discrimination dispute has been resolved described as ‘incomprehensible’

Promotion freezes at UK universities exacerbate frustrations caused by mass redundancies and low pay rises, with academics warning it could force more people out of the sector

Researchers find non-repayable grants key to increasing higher education participation in countries where more than two-fifths of adults have a degree