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Scientists warily await details of Harvard chemistry chair’s case

Fears of recruitment hit lead institutions to consider action, as government keeps under wraps report on student demand impact

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

Sustainability is a priority in higher education, but information on best practice is sparse, writes Vivienne Reiner

Students tell Australian survey that institutions struggle to find right balance between offering ‘too much and too little’ information

Researchers warn country is among the most hostile in Europe to experiments involving animals, and restrictions could get even tighter

Debate over status of new agency for ‘high-risk, high-payoff research’ is non-issue compared with its direction and leadership, others suggest

Saskatchewan veterinary college says move has been forced on it by limits on public funding

Despite its tainted origins, genetics provides many of the essential tools for challenging racist thinking, argues UCL fellow and science broadcaster

University of Massachusetts Boston enables departments to bid for second position for under-represented scholar when undergoing existing search

Fallout over claims related to a £200 million development project continues

Australian universities face fiscal crisis, as virus chokes off vital revenue stream

Chinese students in New Zealand incensed at mounting costs, while Australian universities criticise ‘disturbing’ detentions

Furore over Oxford doctoral student’s journal article reignites debate over the limits of free speech

University leaders from the Middle East and North Africa will convene in Abu Dhabi to discuss how a multidisciplinary model can help build knowledge economies and advance academic research 

Contract reveals the Free University of Berlin is bound by Chinese law, which critics fear gives Beijing influence over teaching content

Academics and students at the Higher School of Economics forbidden from disclosing affiliation when engaging in politics 

Countries close borders to visitors from China and language testing suspended

While policy is regarded to have fallen short of aspirations, scaling it back may trigger political backlash

Walkouts to escalate over February and March

Data suggest the subject has one of the highest shares of students from other EU nations in UK universities

Bristol deal also gives greater recognition to ‘good citizenship’ in promotion process and is seen as model for sector

The hunt for a new UK research supremo continues, apparently after the shortlisted candidates failed to pass muster

Analysis of 10 years of data identifies sea change in research-intensive universities’ profiles

Free deferrals offered and online offerings boosted as virus outbreak keeps students away

Universities aim to boost bottom line by jettisoning SAT and ACT to gain freer hand in selecting entrants, some suggest

But study shows that difference in career prospects between men and women is considerably smaller within academia compared with other sectors 

Expert stresses that many universities are managing to diversify their income away from full-time undergraduate fees

New Capes president promoted teaching of ‘intelligent design’ as head of private religious university

Dutch virologist says partnerships are vital in race to develop vaccines

Huge rewards could ensue if governments bankroll the systematic sharing of research data, but experts warn of unintended consequences

Vice-chancellor discusses UAE’s economic gains from campus, plus academic freedom ‘understanding’

Australian survey finds ‘strong relationship’ between graduates’ attributes and demands of their jobs

Chief executive of Group of Eight says universities have ‘positive dialogue with security agencies’ after contributing to task force

The artist and King’s College London fellow discusses the relationship between research and art, and how climate change is reshaping her work

Researchers say that conservative Christian beliefs do not necessarily conflict with belief in concepts such as evolution

But data for 2019 show use of ‘conditional unconditional’ offers still high at some universities

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

Tributes paid to Irish expert on French literature who ‘recognised languages as a key to future opportunities in Europe’

Announcements on visas, funding and bureaucracy seen as sign of growing influence of Dominic Cummings

‘Commercial entanglements’ a deadweight on prosperity, Australian university insists

Total number of union branches eligible to strike this year reaches 74

Employers’ body says it has ‘gone further than ever before’ with latest offer, but union says it is ‘some distance’ from fulfilling staff demands

Nanotechnology innovator charged over alleged links to Chinese state-run academic talent programme, in expanding federal crackdown

Center for Open Science project will pass judgment on journals’ commitment to research transparency

Joybrato Mukherjee says Chinese researchers ‘not always on the same page’ over IP – and looks forward to a VR-enabled ‘entirely virtual semester abroad’

English regulator says universities will struggle to reach goals if they focus on “narrow funnel of 18- or 19-year-olds”

Academics call for restored government to give long-overdue attention to the sector, and to widen debate beyond tuition costs

Chris Skidmore says UK must increase diversity of its international intake

EU and UK should negotiate ‘standalone’ research deal outside wider talks to avoid damaging science with break, Wellcome Trust recommends

Research-intensive university groups ask funders to provide additional support for data management

Analysis of THE rankings data shows that more leading academics place universities in Asia among world’s best

Companies retreat for now, but see the technology’s spread as inevitable

The Buckingham education professor’s musings on educational decline are a mainstay of the British press. But is academia right to be dismissive of his views and unusual modus operandi?

Hundreds of complaints are passed to regulator, including claims that punishing hours and pressure have contributed to divorces and estrangement from children

Institutions remain open while isolating and testing possible cases

Partnership with local institution set to be the first UK campus in the African country

Sharing of information improves after Chinese president Xi Jinping warns officials against withholding data

UK Research and Innovation to manage uncapped visa programme

Tory manifesto pledge brings questions over Office for Students’ future approach on quality - and whether it is right organisation to judge