Government hands extra £95 million to Henry Royce Institute
Business secretary hails research as ‘critical way to turbocharge Britain’s growth’, in Sunak administration’s first major move on science
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Polish academia must not fall into authoritarianism’s potholes of fear
Fine words in support of academic freedom are welcome, but deeds are also required, says Agnieszka Piotrowska
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Polarised Brazil debates future of racial quotas at public universities
Decade-old policy has dramatically changed the make-up of institutions, but critics claim it is unfair and unconstitutional
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UCU plans three-day strike at UK universities for end of November
Higher education committee says walkouts should be followed by marking boycott and ‘escalation’ of action if settlement cannot be reached on pay and pensions
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US universities ease back on global engagement
Chief higher education lobby group finds decline in share of institutions boosting their overseas outreach, but takes comfort in unexpected areas of growth during the pandemic
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One in three UK university students ‘teased over accent’
Higher education settings found to be worse than schools and workplaces for accent-based discrimination
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Research leadership ‘vacuum’ harming UK science, professor warns
Hepi report advocates creation of new prizes and fellowships to recognise research leadership
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ߣߣÊÓƵn tuition fee review ‘must go back to first principles’
Policymakers will need to work out exactly what ‘equity’ means before entrenching it in new funding arrangements
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US faces battle over secrecy in presidential searches
Embattled university says nine sitting presidents of top-tier research institutions sought top Florida job – but only if they could be assured of sole finalist status
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UK universities have little to fear from Rishi Sunak’s Thatcherism
The new prime minister’s orthodoxy will prevent a repeat of the Iron Lady’s raid on the science and higher education budgets, says Terence Kealey
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Institutional diversity cannot flourish without tuition fee variation
ߣߣÊÓƵ’s new Labor government must allow more fee flexibility for high-cost degree subjects otherwise genuine student choice will disappear, say Robert Griew and Ian Anderson
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North Carolina governor seeks more diversity on university boards
Seeing racial inequities in system of Republican-controlled legislature appointing campus trustees, state’s Democratic leader sets up commission to press reforms
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Richmond slashes sticker price for US students
London’s ‘American’ university says move will offer ‘more transparency and greater value for money’
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The university and the asylum: Greece’s campus policing dilemma
A glorious history of anti-fascist protest means anarchy is tolerated on Greek campuses, but some are ready for the repeal of academic asylum to finally be enforced
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Test makers hope to open UK to ‘99 per cent’ of Chinese students
Nearly two dozen British institutions now accept a test that allows Chinese high schoolers taking domestic curriculum to apply to universities abroad